• Comparative effectiveness; and Medicare payment bundling.
• Monitor comparative effectiveness issues. Healthcare Reform, Comparative Effectiveness and Proton Beam Therapy reimbursement related issues and initiatives. Public Law 111-148, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Comparative Effectiveness and Proton Beam Therapy reimbursement related issues and initiatives. Public Law 111-152, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Comparative Effectiveness and Proton Beam Therapy reimbursement related issues and initiatives. H.R.4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Hospital related issues and initiatives.
• Medicare reimbursement for Proton Beam Therapy. Healthcare Reform, Proton Beam Therapy reimbursement related issues and initiatives. Public Law 111-148, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Comparative Effectiveness and Proton Beam Therapy reimbursement related issues and initiatives. Public Law 111-152, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Comparative Effectiveness and Proton Beam Therapy reimbursement related issues and initiatives. H.R.4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Hospital related issues and initiatives.

Duration: January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2010

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $120,000 (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 2009: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate,, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Affiliated organizations: University of PA School of Medicine