• Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act Medicare Must-Bill Policy for Reimbursement of Dual-Eligible Bad Debts (CMS Memorandum JSM-370, 08-03-04). Medicare Program: Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2009 Payment Rates (CMS 1404 FC, 11/27/07) Re: Section X Payment for Partial Hosp. Services, XII. A. Physician Suspension of Hosp. Outpatient Dept. Services. H.R. 2638, Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009, Re: Chapter 7, Health and Human Services and Education.

Duration: April 1, 2008 to April 1, 2009

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $200,000 (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, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)