• Tricare reimbursement; VA clinical studies/FDA approval; efforts to regulate compounding pharmacies; HR 1735 The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016, authorizing the budget for the Department of Defense and the national security programs of the Department of Energy (Sec. 714).
• Tricare reimbursement; VA clinical studies/FDA approval; efforts to regulate compounding pharmacies; Drug Quality and Security Act PL113-54
• Tricare reimbursement; basic insurance policies affecting the industry. HR 1735 The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016, authorizing the budget for the Department of Defense and the national security programs of the Department of Energy (Sec. 714).

Duration: September 1, 2013 to June 30, 2015

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Veterans, Insurance

Spending: about $290,000 (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 2013: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives