• Educate policymakers and congressional committees on MedStar Health and importance ensuring critical medical transportation and trauma services in the National Capital Region. Work with federal agencies to include Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Aviation Administration and other federal entities involved with medical transportation in the National Capital Region.

Duration: January 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019

General Issues: Transportation, Homeland Security, Defense, District of Columbia, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines, Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Health Issues

Spending: about $140,000 (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 2018: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Senate, Defense - Dept of (DOD)