• Competitive Bidding Program; Rural Rate Cut Issue; HR 2771 Protecting HOME Act of 2019

Duration: May 15, 2017 to September 30, 2019

General Issues: Health Issues

Spending: about $480,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2017: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Related Foreign Entities: Chiron B1 S.a.r.l. (Luxemborg, LUX); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 27%; Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (Toronto, CAN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 25%; Port-Aux-Choix Private Investments, Inc. (Montreal, CAN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 21%