• Radiology Benefit Managers, Medicaid, Medicare, Community Health Centers, Behavioral Health, Prescription Drugs, Dual Eligibles. Implementation of Prior Authorization for Advanced Imaging, health homes

Duration: November 18, 2009 to September 30, 2016

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $536,300 (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: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), House of Representatives, Senate, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)