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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2019 - 06/30/2019

Lobbyist name	Michael T Caljouw
Business name	Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Address	101 Huntington Avenue
City, state, zip code	Boston, MA 02199
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	617-246-3499

Operating Expenses

No operating expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Total amount paid by client; lobbyist is unable to report compensation at activity level: $61,750.00

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	955	An Act relative to payments for use of ambulance services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1	making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	975	An Act relative to ambulance service reimbursement	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	913	An Act to increase consumer transparency about insurance provider networks	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1054	An Act relative to ambulance billing	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	610	An Act to increase consumer transparency about insurance provider networks	Support	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	932	An Act relative to out of network billing	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Division of Insurance (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Discussions with Division of Insurance regarding Medex regulations 211 CMR 71	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	634	An Act relative to payments for use of ambulance services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	957	An Act to protect consumers from surprise billing	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Division of Insurance (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Discussions with Division of Insurance regarding Annual Filing Guidance	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	655	An Act relative to ambulance service reimbursement	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1184	An Act for equity for high value community hospitals	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1848	An Act improving public health through immunizations	Support	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	3	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC)	Discussions with Health Policy Commission regarding Administrative Simplification	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	1046	An Act relative to out-of-network billing	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Division of Insurance (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Discussions with Division of Insurance regarding Rating Factors	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	967	An Act to protect consumers from surprise medical bills	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Division of Insurance (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Discussions with Division of Insurance regarding Prior Authorization – to approve changes to the previously issued bulletin and to additional future bulletins	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	607	An Act reducing the financial burden of surprise medical bills for patients	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Division of Insurance (Executive Office of Health and Human Services)	Discussions with Division of Insurance regarding merged market issues	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	946	An Act relative to payments for use of ambulance services	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC)	Discussions with Health Policy Commission regarding Out of Network billing solutions	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
House Bill	3500	An Act to protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants	Support	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority	Discussions with Commonwealth Connector Authority Seal of Approval Implementation	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
Senate Bill	2217	An Act furthering rate equity, access, and affordability in community hospitals	Oppose	$0.00	N/A
Executive	Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS)	Discussions with Executive Office of Health and Human Services and Health Policy Commission regarding quality measure alignment	Neutral	$0.00	N/A
			Total amount	$0.00

Meals, Travel, and Entertainment Expenses

No meals, travel, or entertainment expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Additional Expenses

No additional expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

Campaign Contributions

Date	Recipient name	Office sought	Amount
01/23/2019	Committee to Elect Maura Healey	Massachusetts Attorney General	$200.00
01/29/2019	The DeLeo Committee	Representative 19th Suffolk District	$200.00
02/07/2019	The Baker Committee	Governor of Massachusetts	$200.00
02/11/2019	The Spilka Committee	Senator 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk	$200.00
02/27/2019	Committee to Elect Ron Mariano	Representative 3rd Norfolk	$200.00
05/23/2019	Committee to Elect Aaron Michlewitz	Representative 3rd Suffolk	$200.00
06/26/2019	Committee to Elect Michael Rodrigues	Senator 1st Bristol and Plymouth	$200.00
		Total contributions	$1,400.00

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