• Appropriatons for children's hospitals graduate medical education, mental health initiatives, workforce development, Medicare and Medicaid. HR 2397 The Department of Defense Appropriations Act
• Medical Research, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Medicare hospital payment policies, childhood obesity, health disparities, health care innovation, drug shortages, cancer prevention, health reform implementation-community benefit requirements.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to October 1, 2014

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Defense, Energy/Nuclear, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $1,608,774 (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, Federal Transit Administration (FTA),, Executive Office of the President (EOP), House of Representatives,, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education - Dept of, U.S. Senate,, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Treasury - Dept of, Transportation - Dept of (DOT),, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Natl Bioethics Advisory Commission,, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS),, White House Office, Government Accountability Office (GAO), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), White House Office,, Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Y Y OMB, HHS, Y