WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federation of American Hospitals cut its first-quarter spending on federal government lobbying 30 percent from the year-earlier quarter, when Congress debated and then passed the health care overhaul.
The federation, which represents investor-owned community hospital and health system companies, spent $550,000 in the first three months of 2011, down from $790,000 in the same quarter last year. Its spending total also fell 5 percent from the $580,000 recorded in last year's fourth quarter.
It lobbied on topics like implementation of the overhaul, which aims to cover millions of uninsured people but imposes new regulations on hospitals. The association lobbied on federal regulation of group purchasing organizations, the reform of federal medical liability laws, the President's Deficit Reduction Commission, and several Medicaid and Medicare-related topics.
Aside from Congress and the White House, the federation also lobbied the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a disclosure form filed April 20.
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