• H. Res 295 and S. Res 243 - Resolution to promote increased awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of atrial fibrillation, and to address high mortality and morbidity and to reduce hospitalizations.
• - Support the addition of atrial fibrillation as a targeted condition in the Medicare Part D medication therapy management programs.

Duration: March 4, 2008 to December 31, 2011

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

Spending: about $244,000 (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 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)