• Support modification of Section 3202 of the the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) (Public Law 116-136) to require health insurance companies to separately cover, outside of bundled rates negotiated prior to the pandemic, the cost of point of care COVID-19 tests administered by providers in urgent care centers.

Duration: January 1, 2014 to October 31, 2020

General Issues: Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Medicare/Medicaid, Veterans, Defense, Transportation

Spending: about $169,250 (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 2014: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)