• HR.3162, Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007 S.3101, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 S.3118, Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008 S. 3144, Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008HR.6252, Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008 HR.6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
• Issues pertaining to home respiratory therapy equipment and services provided under the Medicare program

Duration: November 1, 2007 to August 31, 2008

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $210,000 (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, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), U.S. Senate,, Executive Office of the President (EOP),, Y Y Executive Office of the President Department of Health and Human Services, Y Y