American Society From Radiation Oncology (Astro)

Medical society for specialists in radiation therapy.

Based in VA

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AI Overview

With $580K in lobbying spend across 10 quarterly filings, American Society From Radiation Oncology (Astro) is an active lobbying client. Their lobbying covers 2 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2020.

$580K

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$240K
2019	$240K
2020	$100K

Issues Lobbied

Health Issues Medicare/Medicaid

Lobbying Firms

Red+blue Strategies

Lobbyists

Melanie Nathanson Megan Marshall

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: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid

•H.R. 1625 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 - Issues related to funding the NIH to support cancer research and innovation.
•H.R. 1301/ P.L. 115-124 - Continuing Resolution of 2018 - advocatin

•H.R. 1301/ P.L. 115-124 - Continuing Resolution of 2018 - advocating for the inclusion of policies that could positively impact the successful creation and promulgation of Alternative Payment Models f

•Rules and Regulations associated with the implementation of MACRA - including APMs for radiation oncology.
•Issues regarding the implementation of the Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act (S. 24

•Work to ensure that radiation oncologists on the island of Puerto Rico have access to the tools that they need to treat their patients after Hurricane Maria.
•Rules and Regulations associated with th