• Section 216(a) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) (Pub. L. 113- 93) - payment and coding for laboratory tests
• Regulation of laboratory developed tests - discussion draft (no HR #) Diagnostic Accuracy and Innovation Act (DAIA)

Duration: September 16, 2011 to August 31, 2018

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Health Issues

Spending: about $4,340,000 (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), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),, House of Representatives,, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB),, Executive Office of the President (EOP), U.S. Senate,