The American Occupational Therapy Association, INC. (Aota)

Based in MD

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AI Overview

With $6.0M in lobbying spend across 33 quarterly filings, The American Occupational Therapy Association, INC. (Aota) is one of the biggest lobbying spenders in Washington. Their lobbying covers 9 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$6.0M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$749K
2019	$750K
2020	$700K
2021	$770K
2022	$630K
2023	$739K
2024	$756K
2025	$945K

Issues Lobbied

Veterans Health Issues Medicare/Medicaid Budget/Appropriations Insurance Education Labor Issues MED Disaster Planning

Lobbying Firms

The American Occupational Therapy Association, INC. (Aota)

Lobbyists

Heather Parsons Christina Metzler Abraham Saffer Andrew Bopp Ryan Yeager

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: Veterans, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Budget/Appropriations, Insurance and 4 more

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•No bill: Advocated for continuation of the Essential Health Benefits that are included in the Affordable Care Act, protection of Medicaid and no cuts.
•No bill #: Educated about the role of occupatio

•S 253/HR 807 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017: Support passage to repeal the Medicare Part B Therapy cap on outpatient rehabilitation, including occupational therapy.
•S. 977/H

•ESSA - No bill #: Promote funding for Title IV A block grant programs in schools, which fund school-wide programs to support healthy students, school climate and access to learning for all students,

•No bill: Advocated for continuation of the Essential Health Benefits package included in the Affordable Care Act, and protection of Medicaid and no cuts.