• Health Care Reform. HR 4872 to expedite FDA/CMS approval process for cancer screening test. Work on VA and Tricare acceptance of new technologies. USPSTF approvals. Legislation on cancer screening test process. Interpretation of section 2713 of the Affordable Healthcare Act. American Healthcare Act. DEA Acceptance.

Duration: September 30, 2009 to January 24, 2020

General Issues: Health Issues, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $1,420,000 (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, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), House of Representatives, Senate, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS)