• S. 1042 Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy ACT; development of pilot project for radiology benefit management; H. R. 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act; S. 3101 - Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act; S. 3118 - Preserving Access to Mediare Act

Duration: November 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $330,000 (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 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate,, U.S. Senate, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Y Y Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Med Pac, GAO