• Advocate for funding for Veterans Affairs technology solution to improve accuracy of provider network directories.
• Monitor legislative action on Medicare Advantage provider directory accuracy, including provisions in S. 3430, the Better Mental Health Care, Lower Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act of 2023, in Sec. 109, to require Medicare Advantage plans to maintain accurate provider directories on a public website.

Duration: July 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023

General Issues: Health Issues, Veterans, Medicare/Medicaid

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 2023: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)