• Monitor federal activity related to quality indications and specialty requirements for pediatric hospitals. Monitor movement toward alternative payment methodologies for childrens hospitals providing services.

Duration: September 1, 2015 to September 30, 2021

General Issues: Health Issues, Insurance, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $190,000 (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: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, White House Office, Office of Management & Budget (OMB)