• Promoted provisions (Medicare Dependent Hospital extension, Low Volume program, GPCI Floor extension, supervsion rule, 96 hour rule) for H.R.2 and supported evenatual passage of SGR reform. Opposed ICD-10 deadline extension. Supported Making Education for Nurses Reliable (MEND)Act. Promoted Meaningful Use revisions. Supported extensions for CHIP and Medicaid payment equity for primary care physicians. Argued against new cuts to hospitals.

Duration: January 1, 2010 to June 3, 2015

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Insurance, Pharmacy, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Torts

Spending: about $3,769,117 (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 Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office

Affiliated organizations: St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital; St. Elizabeth's Hospital; St. Francis Hospital; St. Joseph's Hospital; St. John's Hospital; St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center; St. Mary's Hospital; Sacred Heart Hospital; St. Vincent Hospital; St. Nicholas Hospital