• Assist the NKF in securing federal funding for programs aimed at screening and preventing chronic kidney disease; Requesting funding for the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP)
• Assist the NKF in securing federal funding for programs aimed at screening and preventing chronic kidney disease; Requesting funding for the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP); S.565 Immunosupprossive Drug Benefit under Medicare and America's Healthy Future Act
• Medicare Coverage of Immunosuppressants; Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patient Act (HR 1458/S.565); America's Affordable Healthy Choices Act (HR 3200); America's Healthy Future Act of 2009

Duration: January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009

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

Spending: about $150,000 (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 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate