AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

Total Lobbying Spend

$457.0M

Filings

644

Firms Hired

Active Period

1999–2025

Spending by Year

Annual lobbying expenditures

Year	Total Spent	Filings	Firms
2025	$18,900,000	30	8
2024	$33,190,000	30	7
2023	$25,230,000	30	7
2022	$22,050,000	25	6
2021	$20,810,000	24	6
2020	$19,520,000	27	7
2019	$22,160,000	29	7
2018	$19,930,000	29	7
2017	$17,540,000	29	8
2016	$27,570,000	29	7
2015	$18,220,000	24	6
2014	$18,290,000	24	6
2013	$21,020,000	32	8
2012	$17,020,000	33	8
2011	$18,410,000	33	8
2010	$17,620,000	34	8
2009	$16,300,000	33	8
2008	$16,730,000	34	8
2007	$16,420,000	24	11
2006	$8,280,000	16	10
2005	$26,840,000	17	9
2004	—	13	8
2003	$6,740,000	12	8
2002	$16,840,000	11	7
2001	$6,760,000	10	5
2000	$560,000	8	5
1999	$4,040,000	4	3

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Medicare/Medicaid	—	461
Health Issues	—	360
Budget/Appropriations	—	284
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	—	142
Immigration	—	110
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	—	101
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	—	65
Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs	—	27
Homeland Security	—	9
Government Issues	—	9
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products	—	5
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties	—	4
Torts	—	4
Veterans	—	2
Education	—	2
Insurance	—	2
Science/Technology	—	2
Banking	—	2
Defense	—	1
Trade (domestic/foreign)	—	1

Lobbying firms retained by this client

Firm Name	Total Paid	Filings
ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER LLP	—	4
BOCKORNY GROUP, INC.	—	78
DIGENOVA & TOENSING, LLP	—	64
ERNST & YOUNG	—	4
HEALTH POLICY ALTERNATIVES	—	12
HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP	—	35
ML STRATEGIES, LLC	—	4
MORRISON PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP	—	81
O'NEILL, ATHY & CASEY, P.C.	—	84
PLURUS STRATEGIES, LLC	—	34
QGA PUBLIC AFFAIRS (FORMERLY QUINN GILLESPIE & ASSOCIATES)	—	16
RED+BLUE STRATEGIES	—	5
RICCHETTI INCORPORATED	—	38
THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC	—	83
THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC	—	14

Source: Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings.