HCA Healthcare

Health system.

Based in TN

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AI Overview

With $1.2M in lobbying spend across 22 quarterly filings, HCA Healthcare is a significant lobbying presence. They deploy 28 individual lobbyists Their lobbying covers 5 issue areas. Active from 2020 to 2025.

$1.2M
Total Spend
6
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
28
Lobbyists Deployed
5
Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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YearLobbying Spend
2020$20K
2021$240K
2022$240K
2023$240K
2024$240K
2025$240K

Issues Lobbied

Health IssuesMedicare/MedicaidInsuranceBudget/AppropriationsTaxation

Lobbying Firms

Mehlman Consulting, INC.

Lobbyists

Steve HaroDean RosenDavid ThomasElise Finley PickeringDavid CastagnettiBruce MehlmanSage EastmanLauren AronsonMichael RobinsonConstantine HingsonHelen TolarNichole DistefanoMckenzie BricePaul ThornellStephen CoteAlexander PerkinsVictoria FloodRosemary GutierrezZachary MalloveCaitlin Van SantLisa GoldmanAlyene MlinarErica ChabotAnnie WolfNaveen ParmarJon AdameJoseph BrownEarl Flood

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that HCA Healthcare disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSENATECenters For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)Executive Office of the President (EOP)Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
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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: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Insurance, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation

Health care policy issues impacting hospitals.

H.R. 133 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

H.R. 1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021; P.L. 117-2.

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Last updated: February 2026

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