• HR 1392/S 1221 - Legislation to ensure payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under Medicare Part B HR 2939 - Legislation to create a Medicare Oncology Pilot Program HR 3200 - House Healthcare Reform Bill - Accountable Care Organizations, Medicare Shared Savings Program Average Sale Price MethodologyHR 2366 - Legislation that requires insurance plans to provide equal coverage of oral chemotherapy drugs relative to I.V. chemotherapy. HR 1927 - Legislation to encourage physicians to provide treatment plans to cancer patients. America's Healthy Future Act - Accountable Care Organizations, Medicare Shared Savings Program, Average Sale Price Methodology. 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Affordable Healthcare for American Act Patient Protection and Affordable Act

Duration: January 1, 2008 to July 25, 2011

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues

Spending: about $1,512,500 (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 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Government Accountability Office (GAO)