VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

Lobbying for VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q3 report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2026

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 20, 2026

Expenses

$50,000

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

Client based in

Tennessee

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 5

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 8

Veterans

Issues related to academic affiliate relationships with the VA health system.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

H.R.9504, Tax Exempt Hospital Transparency Act.

Budget/Appropriations

H.R.6500, FY2027 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act H.R.9260, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 H.R.8469, FY2027 MilCon-VA Appropriations FY27 funding for NIH. FY27 funding for VA Medical Research. FY27 funding for ARPA-H. FY27 funding for the Defense Medical Research. FY27 funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. FY27 funding for the All of Us Research Program. FY27 funding for the CTSA program at NCATS. Funding for the PCOR Trust Fund and PCORI.

Health Issues

H.R.3178, Save Healthcare Workers Act Issues related to AI in healthcare. Issues related to military-civilian medical training partnerships Issues related to the Rural Health Transformation Program. Issues related to expanding access in rural areas. Issues related to behavioral health. Issues related to price transparency for providers and payers. Issues related to educational programming for pediatric inpatients.

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs

H.R.6500, FY2027 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act H.R.9260, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 H.R.8469, FY2027 MilCon-VA Appropriations FY27 funding for NIH. FY27 funding for VA Medical Research. FY27 funding for ARPA-H. FY27 funding for the Defense Medical Research. FY27 funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. FY27 funding for the All of Us Research Program. Issues related to indirect costs. Issues related to OMB rulemaking on grant process.

Medicare/Medicaid

H.R.6160, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act H.R.9693, Patients First Act of 2026 H.R.5454/S.2879, Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act. H.R.3514/S.1816, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act. H.R.9970, the RESCUE Act Issues related to implementation of healthcare provisions in H.R.1. Issues related to CMS telehealth policies. Issues related to hospital outpatient reimbursement. Issues related to the Medicare area wage index. Issues related to Medicare Advantage. Issues related to Medicare GME. Issues related to Medicaid. Issues related to CMS ACCESS Model.

Pharmacy

Issues related to the 340B discount drug program.

Immigration

Issues related to high-skilled healthcare and research workforce.

Bills named in this filing 13

H.R. 9504
Tax Exempt Hospital Transparency Act
H.R. 6500
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027
H.R. 9260
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
H.R. 8469
Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fisca…
H.R. 3178
Save Healthcare Workers Act
H.R. 6160
Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act
H.R. 9693
Patients First Act of 2026
H.R. 5454
Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act
S. 2879
Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act
H.R. 3514
Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
S. 1816
Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
H.R. 9970
RESCUE Act of 2026
H.R. 1
One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.