• Funding for Disproportionate Share Hospitals (Medicaid DSH). Funding for Medicare graduate medical education (GME). Support of telehealth policies, including for audio-only telehealth services. H.R.7053/S.3792 - acute hospital care at home waiver flexibility. H.R.2617, The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. H.R.1613, Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023. H.R.2665, Supporting Safety Net Hospitals Act. H.R.3561, Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency (PATIENT) Act of 2023. H.R.5378, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act; Medicare physician payment reductions. H.R.6545, Physician Fee Schedule Update and Improvements Act. S.3430, Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act (provisions related to Medicare physician payment). H.R.2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act. S.3450, Mental and Physical Health Care Comorbidities Act of 2023. Consolidated Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2024 - provisions to address Medicare physician fee schedule payment policies and access to physician services.
• Sustainability of safety net health systems. Social determinants of health. Promoting coordinated care. Support of telehealth policies, including for audio-only telehealth services. 340B Protect Act, H.R.4390. H.R.3290, To amend Title III of the Public Health Service Act to ensure transparency and oversight of the 340B drug discount program. H.R.1613, Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023. H.R.2665, Supporting Safety Net Hospitals Act. H.R.3281, Transparent PRICE Act. H.R.3561, Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency (PATIENT) Act of 2023. Support for policies to enhance health care workforce programs. H.R.5378, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act. S.3450, Mental and Physical Health Care Comorbidities Act of 2023. Support for policies to enhance healthcare workforce programs.
• Funding for the HUD HOME program; H.R.2617, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023; and congressionally directed spending request in the HHS Appropriations bill for capital funding for behavioral health facility. Consolidated Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2024 - provisions to address Medicare physician fee schedule payment policies and access to physician services.
• Support for policies to enhance healthcare workforce programs.

Duration: December 1, 2018 to present

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Housing, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Homeland Security, Pharmacy

Spending: about $880,000 (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: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)