• H.R. 1384 - To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove limiting charges under the Medicare Program for non-participating physicians with beneficiary notice and to preempt State laws that prohibit balance billing. H.R. 3961 - H.R. 3961 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reform the Medicare SGR payment system for physicians and to reinstitute and update the Pay-As-You-Go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration. S. 1776 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the update under the Medicare physician fee schedule for years beginning with 2010 and to sunset the application of the sustainable growth rate formula, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 1087 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction under section 179 for the purchase of qualified health care information technology by medical care providers, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 1086 - To improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system. S. 1734 - A bill to reduce the costs of health care and ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform.
• Omnibus health Care Reform legislation to be introduced. S. 1213 - A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for the conduct of comparative effectiveness research and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund, and for other purposes.S. 1259 - A bill to protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effectiveness research to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response. H. R. 2520 - To provide comprehensive solutions for the health care system of the United States, and for other purposes. H.R. 3200 - To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes. S. 1796 - An original bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes. S. 1679 - An original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce. H.R. 3962 - To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes. H.R. 4030 - To suspend temporarily the duty on Triethylenediamine. H.R. 3590 - An act entitled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
• H.R. 3596 - To ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers. S. 1681 - A bill to ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to December 31, 2009

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Torts, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $700,000 (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.

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