AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS lobbying for AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q1 report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2026

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 16, 2026

Expenses

$660,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using IRS section 162(e) definitions (method C): the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 3

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 3

Health Issues

Issues related to the 340B Drug Pricing program Issues related to hospital infrastructure Issues related to essential hospital designation S.1261 CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 HR 2213 - Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act S.1600/HR 3178 - Save Healthcare Workers Act HR333 - MORE Nurses Act Issues related to hospital closures Issues related to research facilities and administrative costs Issues related to hospital workforce Issues related to GME

Budget/Appropriations

Issues related to federal spending levels Issues related to essential hospital designation H.R.7148 - FY2026 Consolidated Defense, LHHSED, Nat.Sec.-State, THUD, FSGG Appropriations Act

Medicare/Medicaid

Issues related to the Medicare/Medicaid dual eligible population Issues related to Medicare uncompensated care payments Issues related to Medicare Advantage Issues related to Medicaid DSH Cuts Issues related to Medicaid financing Issues related to Medicaid eligibility Issues related to Medicaid state directed payments Issues related to Medicaid provider taxes Issues related to essential hospital designation Issues related to Maternal health equity S.1261 - CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 HR 4150 - Advancing Maternal Health Equity Under Medicaid Act of 2025 S2879/HR5454 - Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act Issues related to Medicare Issues related to Medicare Prior Authorization Issues related to Medicare Payment Cuts Issues related to telehealth services under the Medicare program HR 7444- amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect access to telehealth services under the Medicare program HR 5064- the Save Our Safety Net Hospitals Act HR 7145 - the Reinforcing Essential Health Systems for Communities Act

Bills named in this filing 11

S. 1261
CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
H.R. 2213
Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act
S. 1600
Save Healthcare Workers Act
H.R. 3178
Save Healthcare Workers Act
H.R. 333
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
H.R. 7148
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
H.R. 4150
Advancing Maternal Health Equity Under Medicaid Act
H.R. 5454
Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act
H.R. 7444
Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act
H.R. 5064
Save our Safety-Net Hospitals Act of 2025
H.R. 7145
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a definition of essential health system in statute and for o…