• Proposed Medicaid rules on the definition of "public hospitals," Medicaid reimbursement issues, Federal Economic Stimulus Package (HR 7110 and S 3604).
• FY 09 Labor/HHS appropriations: Medical facilities expansion; Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (H.R. 2638)
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security programs supporting regional health care disaster centers, Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (H.R. 2638)

Duration: January 17, 2007 to September 30, 2009

General Issues: Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Homeland Security

Spending: about $100,000 (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, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Homeland Security Dept of (DHS), Y Y