• Children's Health and Medicare Protection, generally and provisions related to Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance Coverage).Medicare Provisions of the following: H.R.2 : To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes. H.R.362 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for temporary improvements to the Medicare inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and to provide for the use of the non-wage adjusted PPS rate under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program, and for other purposes H.R.616 : To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an exemption of pharmacies and pharmacists from certain Medicare accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals. S.46 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps. S.275 : An original bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes. S.323 : A bill to provide infrastructure, nutrition, and housing assistance to rural areas of the United States. S.350 : An original bill to provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health. S.511 : A bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an exemption of pharmacies and pharmacists from certain Medicare accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals. Provisions of above contained in: HR 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 (Senate Finance Committee' Baucus Bill Proposal) Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Proposed Legislation

Duration: January 1, 2008 to January 1, 2010

General Issues: Health Issues

Spending: about $290,000 (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, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO)