• H.R.1093/S.588, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2007, Workforce shortage issues. H.R.1952, National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007, Health IT issues. General monitoring of Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement 340 B Program; and patient quality and safety.H.R.3533, Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act, GME related issues. H.R.4105, Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Moratorium Act of 2007, RAC related issues. H.R.2606/S.1376, 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007, Reimbursement related issues. H.R.4231, Rural Veterans Health Care Access Act of 2007, Veterans healthcare related issues. H.R.1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007, Mental health and addiction parity.
• Monitor Medicare/Medicaid issues generally.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008

General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $50,000 (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, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Y Y Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Department of Veterans Affairs, Y Y Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)