• S.3230, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2009, Specialty hospital issues; and Medicare payment reform. Department of Defense Appropriations, FY2009, Specialty hospital issues; and Medicare payment reform. S.3258/H.R.7324, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2009, Specialty hospital issues; and Medicare payment reform. H.R.1424/S.358, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007; Specialty hospital issues; and Medicare payment reform. H.R.2642, Supplemental Appropriations, 2008, Specialty hospital issues. Public Law 110-329, Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance and Continuing Appropriations Act, FY2009, Specialty hospital issues; and Medicare payment reform.
• S.3230, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2009, Specialty hospital issues; and Medicare payment reform. Department of Defense Appropriations, FY2009, Specialty hospital issues; and Medicare payment reform. S.3258/H.R.7324, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2009, Specialty hospital issues; and Medicare payment reform. H.R.1424/S.358, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007; Specialty hospital issues; and Medicare payment reform. H.R.2642, Supplemental Appropriations, 2008, Specialty hospital issues. Public Law 110-329, Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance and Continuing Appropriations Act, FY2009, Specialty hospital issues; and Medicare payment reform. S.1693, Wired for Health Care Quality Act, Health information technology related issues. H.R. 6357, Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication through Healthcare Technology Act of 2008, Health information technology related issues. H.R.6898, Health-e Information Technology Act of 2008, Health information technology related issues.

Duration: January 21, 2008 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues

Spending: about $160,000 (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