• oppose legislation to extend moratorium on physician owned hospitals in CHAMP ACT (HR 3162), Mental Health Parity Bill (HR 1424), War Supplemental Appropriations Act (HR 2642), and wherever proposed support HR 1459/S. 543 related to the 75% Rule
• oppose legislation to extend moratorium on physician owned hospitals in CHAMP ACT (HR 3162), Mental Health Parity Bill (HR 1424) and wherever proposed support HR 1459/S. 543 related to the 75% Rule
• monitor legislation related to Indian Affairs that affect hospital reimbursement

Duration: November 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Indian/Native American Affairs

Spending: about $60,000 (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, Y Y