• S 1000/HR 2377, Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act

Duration: July 1, 2011 to December 31, 2023

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Government Issues

Spending: about $1,830,000 (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 2011: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),, Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)