• Monitor federal legislation related to Medicare and other health care issues and advise client as it affects them. In addition, Pathway for Biosimilars Act (H.R. 1548) Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.3590), America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (H.R.3200), Affordable Health Choices Act (S.1679), America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 (S.1796). Pharmaceutical import safety legislation. Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R.2749).
• Monitor legislation related to Medicare and other health care issues and advise client. Monitor and advise re Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 and Food Safety Modernization Act (S510). Implementation of PPACA
• Patent Reform Act of 2009 (HR 1260/S515/S610).
• HR 4213, American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to June 30, 2010

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Defense

Spending: about $460,000 (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, U.S. Senate,, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), White House Office,, Y Y House of Representatives Senate Human Resources and Services White House