American Academy of Otolaryngology-head and Neck Surgery

Based in VA

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AI Overview

With $8.0M in lobbying spend across 34 quarterly filings, American Academy of Otolaryngology-head and Neck Surgery is one of the biggest lobbying spenders in Washington. They deploy 11 individual lobbyists Their lobbying covers 18 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$8.0M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$780K
2019	$1.0M
2020	$820K
2021	$960K
2022	$1.2M
2023	$1.1M
2024	$1.1M
2025	$1.1M

Issues Lobbied

Taxation Health Issues Medicare/Medicaid Budget/Appropriations TOB Torts Veterans Trade Pharmacy Copyright/Patent Small Business Education Consumer Issues Defense Telecommunications Insurance MED Labor Issues

Lobbying Firms

American Academy of Otolaryngology-head and Neck Surgery

Lobbyists

Joy Trimmer Amelia Suermann Maura Farrell Karl Melton Michael Keegan Ruth Hazdovac Christopher Stewart Thomas Radder John Aguilar Harry Decabo Brad Gruehn

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that American Academy of Otolaryngology-head and Neck Surgery disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMedicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)SENATECenters For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)White House OfficeLabor, Dept of (DOL)Treasury, Dept ofFederal Trade Commission (FTC)Justice, Dept of (DOJ)Education, Dept of

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What They Lobby About

These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Taxation, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Budget/Appropriations, TOB and 13 more

H.R. 1, the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2018," all provisions.

Federal "Truth in Advertising" legislation; in general.

H.R. 3928, the "Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act," all provisions.

Issues pertaining to scope of practice; in general.

Health care reform ef

H.R. 2276/S. 2575, the "Audiology Patient Choice Act," all provisions.

Medicare physician payment reform and implementation of the Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, in general.

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H.R. 1892, the "Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018," provisions related to healthcare.

Opposition to H.R. 564 and any appropriations policy riders that would exempt some cigars, including flavored cigars

Opposition to H.R. 564 and any appropriations riders that would exempt some cigars, including flavored cigars, from regulation under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA).

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