• Advocating on behalf of ASC reimbursement and payment policy, including HR 972/S312 - the Outpatient Surgery and Quality Access Act. H.R. 5181 - Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2023; H.R. 5378, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act; S 1130 Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act or the Health Care PRICE Transparency Act.

Duration: January 15, 2022 to present

General Issues: Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $450,000 (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 2022: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)