• Medicare and Medicaid coverage of allergy testing.

Duration: January 1, 2015 to April 17, 2015

General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $70,000 (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 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Affiliated organizations: Phadia AB

Related Foreign Entities: Phadia Holding AB (Uppsala 754 50, SWE); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%