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Lobbyist disclosure reporting period: 01/01/2014 - 06/30/2014

Lobbyist name	Elizabeth M. Murphy
Business name	Massachusetts Association of Health Plans
Address	40 Court Street Suite 550
City, state, zip code	Boston, MA 02108
Country	US
Agent type	Both
Phone	617-338-2244

Operating Expenses

Date	Type of expense	Amount
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Advertising expenses	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Photocopies, scans	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Computer equipment, supplies	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Professional dues	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Fax charges	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Internet fees	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Legal fees	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Postage, shipping, delivery	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Office supplies, equipment	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Printing expenses	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Public relations expenses	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Rent	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Office and support staff salaries	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Professional subscriptions	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Taxes	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Telephone, cell phone, handheld	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Utilities (heat, water, electricity)	$0.00
1/1/2014-6/30/2014	Other operating expenses	$0.00
	Total operating expenses	$0.00

Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles

Client: Massachusetts Association of Health Plans

House / Senate	Bill Number or Agency Name	Bill title or activity	Agent position	Amount	Direct business association
House Bill	862	An Act relative to the use and payment of ambulance services	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	916	An Act to provide early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment to privately insured children under the age of 21	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	945	An Act curtailing smoking addiction	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	981	An Act relative to financial services contracts for dental benefits corporations	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1015	An Act relative to the base premium rate discount of selective & tiered network products	Support	$6.10	N/A
House Bill	1808	An Act to improve access to the services of educational psychologists	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	436	An Act related to collection of health care co-insurance and deductibles	Oppose	$146.84	N/A
Senate Bill	483	An Act regulating pharmacy audits	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	540	An Act requiring reimbursement for the costs of providing competent interpreter services	Oppose	$18.30	N/A
House Bill	1815	An Act to require equitable payment from the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the DOI regarding Student Health Insurance	Neutral	$110.13	N/A
House Bill	868	An Act relative to health insurance coverage	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	924	An Act relative to administrative simplification	Support	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	951	An Act realtive to insurance companies and quality measures	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
House Bill	984	An Act relative to insurance coverage for PANDAS/PANS	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1025	An Act regarding the SHINE health insurance counseling program	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
House Bill	3665	An Act relative to behavioral health managed care organizations	Oppose	$73.42	N/A
Senate Bill	445	An Act providing coverage for hearing aids	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	493	An Act relative to women’s health and cancer recovery	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	544	An Act improving access to coverage for Medicaid beneficiaries	Support	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1034	An Act relative to administering national standards to Medicaid medical necessity reviews	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the DOI regarding Rate Filing Tool Amendments	Neutral	$36.71	N/A
House Bill	864	An Act increasing coverage on certain insurance policies	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	923	An Act relative to a mandated benefit advisory commission	Support	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	950	An Act relative to third party administrators	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	983	An Act to limit retroactive denials of dental insurance claims	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1022	An Act relative to streamlining administrative procedures	Support	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	3425	An act to extend coverage for any willing provider to qualify as a mental health professional	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
Senate Bill	439	an Act relative to patient medication adherence	Oppose	$73.42	N/A
Senate Bill	488	An Act establishing a consumer bill of rights in tiered and reduced network health plans	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
Senate Bill	530	An Act Relative to full application of telemedicine coverage	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
House Bill	1019	An Act making greater use of managed care in Medicaid	Support	$6.10	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the DOI regarding Coordination of Benefits	Neutral	$73.42	N/A
House Bill	839	An Act to facilitate access to individual health insurance	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	903	An Act relative to prescription eye drops	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	935	An Act relative to health care consumer protection	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	975	An Act to include fluoride varnish service in all health insurance coverage in the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	999	An Act relative to colorectal cancer screenings	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1043	An Act strengthening market impact review	Support	$6.10	N/A
Senate Bill	424	An Act to limit retroactive denials of dental insurance claims	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	467	An Act relative to telemedicine	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	514	An Act establishing a public health insurance option	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	558	An Act relative to transparency of rates	Support	$6.10	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the Connector regarding 2015 Seal of Approval Process/QHP Certification	Neutral	$220.26	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the Connector regarding Medical Loss Ratio Calculations	Neutral	$146.84	N/A
House Bill	884	An Act relative to aggregation of insurance rating factors	Support	$6.10	N/A
House Bill	928	An Act relative to the health insurance of children of divorced parents	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	960	An Act to prevent inappropriate denials for medically necessary services	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
House Bill	989	An Act relative to Lyme Disease treatment coverage	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1037	An Act making strategic investments in the Commonwealth's chronically distressed hospitals program	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	289	An Act regarding the SHINE health insurance counseling program	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
Senate Bill	449	An Act relative to in vitro fertilization for the purposes of genetic testing	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	498	An Act to prevent inappropriate denials for medically necessary services	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
Senate Bill	546	An Act relative to transparency in hospital margins	Support	$6.10	N/A
Senate Bill	519	An Act providing equitable access to behavioral health services for MassHealth	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the DOI regarding ACA Implementation	Neutral	$146.84	N/A
House Bill	882	An Act relative to insurance holding companies	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	925	An Act relative to mandated benefits	Support	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	956	An Act concerning the safety of autistic and alzheimer individuals	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	986	An Act relative to HIV-associated lipodystrophy treatment	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1035	An Act to provide improved Medicare for all	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	43	An Act providing for insurance coverage for vision screening for children	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	446	An Act for greater fairness in insurance policies	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	494	An Act to make habilitative services available to the children of the Commonwealth	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	545	An Act relative to supplemental lines of insurance	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	499	An Act concerning Medicaid and accountable care	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the DOI regarding Quarterly Rate Filings	Neutral	$110.13	N/A
House Bill	847	An Act relative to women's health	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	912	An Act regarding senior citizen buy in program for health care	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	941	An Act relative to health insurance coverage for Devic's disease	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	979	An Act to provide coverage for hearing aids	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1010	An Act to direct contracting of risk bearing provider organizations with certain state agencies	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
House Bill	1057	An Act to mitigate co-payment rates pursuant to care provided by physician assistants and nurse practitioners	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	432	An Act relative to payment for services	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	472	An Act relative to prescription drug voice synthesizers	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	536	An Act relative to eligibility for coverage	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	572	An Act to ensure effective heatlh care cost control	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the DOI regarding the Health Care Needs of Children and Cancer Patients in Limited and Tiered Network Plans	Neutral	$752.56	N/A
House Bill	840	An Act to require health care coverage for the emergency psychiatric services	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
House Bill	905	An Act relative to the electronic submission of claims	Support	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	936	An Act to further define adverse determinations by insurers	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
House Bill	976	An Act relative to insurance coverage for craniofacial disorders	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1011	An Act ro reduce liability of acute hospitals to Health Safety Net Trust Fund	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1044	An Act to set standards for Attorney General review of provider practices	Support	$6.10	N/A
Senate Bill	428	An Act relative to special education health care costs	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	469	An Act relative to promoting patient access and affordability in treating eye and vision conditions	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	515	An Act establishing Medicare for all in Massachusetts	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	559	An Act relative to program notification	Support	$6.10	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the Connector regarding Risk Adjustment and Reinsurance	Neutral	$73.42	N/A
House Bill	2	An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2015	Neutral	$367.10	N/A
House Bill	863	An Act relative to payment for use of ambulance services	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	921	An act improving access to rehabilitation counseling	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	948	An Act to promote efficient access to mental health services	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
House Bill	982	An Act relative to increasing choice for dental patients	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1020	An Act relating to equitable provider reimbursement	Support	$6.10	N/A
House Bill	2156	An Act relative to financial services contracts for dental benefits corporations	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	437	An Act relative to providing health insurance coverage for cochlear and auditory osseointegrated implants in children	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	484	An Act recognizing pharmacists as health care providers	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	542	An Act to define the use of observation services	Oppose	$36.71	N/A
House Bill	1018	An Act improving access to coverage for Medicaid beneficiaries	Support	$6.10	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the DOI regarding Provider Notification of Delinquencies	Neutral	$330.39	N/A
House Bill	846	An Act relative to physical therapy	Oppose	$36.71	N/A
House Bill	907	An Act relative to payment for services	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	939	An Act relative to consumer choice of nurse midwifery services	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	978	An Act relative to pre-authorization of medical and health care services	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1004	An Act relative to controlling health care in the Commonwealth	Support	$6.10	N/A
House Bill	1053	An Act to ensure effective health care cost control	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
Senate Bill	431	An Act relating to administrative simplification	Support	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	471	An Act relative to pancreatic cancer screening	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	529	An Act relative to coverage for chronic illness	Oppose	$18.30	N/A
Senate Bill	571	An Act ensuring clinically appropriate peer review	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the DOI regarding AV Calculator	Neutral	$110.13	N/A
Executive		Discussions with Postpartum Depression Commission regarding Screening and Coverage Issues	Neutral	$73.42	N/A
House Bill	889	An Act to define the use of observation services	Oppose	$36.71	N/A
House Bill	929	An Act relative to the treatment of infantile cataracts	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	967	An Act further regulating insurance benefits	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	993	An Act relative to certified occupational therapy assistants in the treatment of autism	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1038	An Act providing health care coverage for mandibular advancement splints	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	415	An Act ensuring access to life-saving colorectal cancer and breast cancer screenings	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	453	An Act to further define adverse determinations by insurers	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
Senate Bill	506	An Act expanding the determination of need threshold	Support	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	548	An Act providing immediate relief to businesses on health care costs	Support	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	541	An Act requiring the Division of Medical Assistance to provide adequate rates	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the Connector regarding ACA Implementation	Neutral	$807.62	N/A
House Bill	894	An Act relative to the public reporting of hospital margins	Support	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	930	An Act relative to the cancellation of certain health insurance policies	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	968	An Act further regulating insurance benefits	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	995	An Act to improve access to alcohol and other drug clinical services	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1040	An Act realtive to prohibition on public -private cost shift	Support	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	421	An Act relative to preventing fraud	Support	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	457	An Act promoting consumer choice in health care	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	507	An Act strengthening market impact review	Support	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	549	An Act to promote electronic transmission of health care transactions	Support	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	552	An Act extending protections to MassHealth recipients	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the Connector regarding Enrollment Issues	Neutral	$807.62	N/A
House Bill	835	An Act relative to the continuity of care of mental health treatment	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
House Bill	901	An Act to require health care coverage for medically necessary treatment for speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, disease, illness, injury, or bodily dysfunction which are required by a students individual educational program	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	932	An Act relative to anesthesia coverage for children hospitalized for dental treatment	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	974	An Act relative to providing insurance coverage for breast cancer screening	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	997	An Act promoting consumer choice in health care	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1042	An Act ensuring clinically appropriate peer review	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
Senate Bill	423	An Act relative to increase choice for dental patients	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	460	An Act relative to an affordable health plan	Support	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	510	An Act realtive to insurance companies and quality measures	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	557	An Act relative to patient safety	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the Connector regarding Quarterly Rate Filings	Neutral	$73.42	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the Connector regarding Commonwealth Care	Neutral	$91.78	N/A
House Bill	841	An Act related to collection of health care co-insurance and deductibles	Oppose	$146.84	N/A
House Bill	906	An Act strengthening patient health care networks	Support	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	937	An Act providing for certain standards in health care insurance coverage for eating disorders	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	977	An Act providing for care and treatment of patients with mitochondrial disease	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1003	An Act to control health care costs for individuals and small business in the Commonwealth	Support	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1052	An Act relative to prescription drugs	Support	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	430	An Act providing health insurance coverage for scalp hair prosthesis	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	470	An Act related to insurer reserve requirements	Oppose	$18.30	N/A
Senate Bill	518	An Act to provide access to patient protection services for all Massachusetts citizens	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	562	An Act relative to direct contracting	Oppose	$9.15	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the Connector regarding AV Calculator	Neutral	$110.13	N/A
House Bill	3947	An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2014 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Neutral	$146.84	N/A
House Bill	861	An Act eliminating the need for medical reauthorization for coverage of nonprescription enteral formula	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	915	An Act providing for certain health insurance coverage	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	944	An Act establishing a consumer bill of rights in tiered and reduced network health plans	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
House Bill	980	An Act to provide hearing aid coverage for persons with profound hearing loss	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1013	An Act relative to strengthening the dertermination of need process	Support	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1784	An Act regarding proportional payments of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	434	An Act relative to improving services for students with individual education programs	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	477	An Act relative to patient financial protection	Oppose	$6.10	N/A
Senate Bill	538	An Act realtive to provider's council	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1014	An Act to extend patient protections to recipients of MassHealth	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the DOI regarding Medical Loss Ratio Calculations	Neutral	$440.52	N/A
House Bill	900	An Act relative to prescription drug voice synthesizers	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	931	An Act relative to mastectomies	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	973	An Act relative to greater fairness in insurance	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	996	An Act relative to group purchasing of health insurance for private sector human service workers	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
House Bill	1041	An Act to promote affordable health care	Support	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	422	An Act relative to financial services contracts for dental benefits corporations	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	458	An Act relative to insurance coverage for pervasive developmental disorders	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	509	An Act to mandate health benefit coverage for certain tests for the early detection of cardiovascular disease	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	553	An Act to increase health insurer transparency	Oppose	$0.61	N/A
Senate Bill	1922	An Act establishing the childhood vaccine program	Oppose	$36.71	N/A
Executive		Discussions with the Connector regarding the HIX	Neutral	$1,799.16	N/A
			Total amount	$7,745.81

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

No campaign contributions were filed for this disclosure reporting period.

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