• Racial and ethnic healthcare disparities, patient-centered research, healthcare workforce diversity Arthritis and musculoskeletal health issues Obesity as it relates to musculoskeletal health Cultural and linguistic competency Title VII & VIII Funding, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Health Equity & Accountability Act Arthritis, musculoskeletal and obesity health issues Title VII health professions training programs at HRSA Implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Healthcare Workforce Diversity & Training Programs Cultural & linguistically appropriate care Education of Health Professionals Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institutes (PCORI) Black males in medicine

Duration: July 1, 2010 to March 31, 2016

General Issues: Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $210,000 (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, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)