• Implementation of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 Implementation of H.R. 4872, Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, provisions dealing with Medicare reimbursement for medical imaging procedures Medicare payments for medical imaging procedures H.R. 3269, The Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2011 S.2347, The Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2011

Duration: May 16, 2011 to January 31, 2013

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

Spending: about $240,000 (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, House of Representatives, Senate