• FDA regulation of In Vitro diagnostic laboratory testing
• Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, Sec. 216 regarding implementation of new Medicare Reimbursement system for laboratory tests Medicare reimbursement for point-of-care testing Medicare competitive bidding program for diabetic supplies

Duration: September 15, 2010 to October 3, 2017

General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Transportation, Foreign Relations, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Insurance, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $5,155,000 (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: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), State - Dept of (DOS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), White House Office, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)