• Appropriations for Division of Transplantation at HRSA (HHS); MACRA implementation; removal of disincentives and incentives for organ donation; immununosuppressive drug coverage extension under Medicare; non-discrimination in health insurance; essential health benefits; quality health care and registries; hospital readmission legislation.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to present

General Issues: Health Issues

Spending: about $1,855,000 (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 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)