• Oversight of laboratory services and genetic information and testing. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation. Policies regarding drugs of abuse testing.
• Medicare reimbursement related to the Physician Fee Schedule and Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (no specific bills). Self-referral abuses relating to anatomic pathology (Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2013, H.R. 2914). Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation. H.R. 4015 / S. 2000, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014.
• TRICARE reimbursement of laboratory tests (no specific bills).
• Veterans' employment training and recruitment programs.

Duration: May 14, 2010 to March 31, 2014

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

Spending: about $680,000 (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 2010: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. Senate,, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS),