• Help develop a strategy to provide a better solution for Medicare reimbursement of physicians who administer Intravenous Immune Globulin, or IVIG, a medication that helps patients suffering from chronic diseases. Specific bills lobbied are Medicare Patient IVIG Access Act of 2009 (H.R. 2002/S. 701) and "Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.3590), America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (H.R.3200), Affordable Health Choices Act (S.1679),America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 (S.1796).

Duration: May 29, 2009 to November 21, 2009

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues

Spending: about $100,000 (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