• S. 1164/H.R. 1926: Colon Cancer Screen for Life Act of 2007 CY2009 Physician Fee Schedule and SGR issues CMS-1517-F: Revised Payment System Policies for Services Furnished in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) Beginning CY 2008 (formula and adequacy for GI ASCs)CMS-1404-P: Medicare Program: Proposed Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2009 Payment Rates; Proposed Changes to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System and CY 2009 Payment Rates (Provisions affecting ASC payments) CMS-1392-FC: Final Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and CY 2008 Payment Rates (Provisions affecting ASC payments) CMS-1403-P: Proposed Revision to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule, and other Revisions to Part B for CY 2009; and Revisions to the Amendment of the E-Prescribing Exemption for Computer Generated Facsimile Transmissions (Proposed rule) (Provisions relating to anti-mark-up rule, independent diagnostic testing facilities, pay-for-performance/reporting, physician update and Welcome-to-Medicare physical) CMS0013P: HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Modification to Medical Data Code Set Standards to Adopt ICD10CM and ICD10PCS (Proposed rule) CMS0009P: Health Insurance Reform; Modifications to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Electronic Transaction Standards (Proposed rule; timeframe for adoption of 5010 standard) H.R. 1823/ S. 2250 The Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act H.R. 3060, The Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Act of 2007 H.R. 3162: Childrens Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act (Provisions on physician reimbursement and preventive services) S. 2785: "Save Medicare Act of 2008 Infection control in the ambulatory setting H.R. 4879, "Virtual Screening for Cancer Act of 2007." S. 2785/H.R. 6091, "Save Medicare Act, Physician reimbursement S. 3118, Preserving Access to Medicare Act S. 3101/H.R. 6331/P.L. 110-275, "Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) of 2008, CMS National Coverage Analysis on Screening Computed Tomography Colonography (CTC) for Colorectal Cancer FDA labeling and approval of sedation agents used in endoscopy HR 6357: Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication through Healthcare Technology Act of 2008' or the `PRO(TECH)T Act of 2008'. S. 3343/H.R. 6821 The Medicare Imaging Disclosure Sunshine Act of 2008 H. Res. 1381, Expressing the sense of the House that there should be an increased Federal commitment prioritizing prevention and public health for all people in the United States S. 3584, Obesity Prevention, Treatment, and Research Act of 2008 Revisions to the National Cancer Act, focus on lethal cancers

Duration: January 1, 2008 to present

General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $9,140,699 (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), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)