• FY 2009 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bills Hematology Research
• Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Medicare Reimbursement for Drugs and Biologicals Medicare Coverage Policies Medicare Hospital Outpatient Payment System
• Oncology drug issues.

Duration: November 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008

General Issues: Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Medicare/Medicaid, Pharmacy, Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues

Spending: about $60,000 (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: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Y Y Department of Health and Human Services National Institute of Health Centers for Disease Control, Y Y Department of Health and Human Services NIH, Y Y CMS