• Gaining support for H.R. 2404/S.1509 Treat and Reduce Obesity Act in the House and Senate. Asking for Congressional support to allow the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to include FDA-approved obesity and weight management medications under Medicare Part D. Chronic Care Management reform legislation.

Duration: April 1, 2014 to August 15, 2015

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $320,000 (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 2014: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)