This amount represents a 16 percent drop from the $940,000 the association spent on lobbying in both the last and first quarter of 2009, according to the report.
Lobbyists for the investor-owned hospital group include Karen Conwell Smith, a former senior health policy adviser for the Senate Budget Committee, and Samantha Burch, a former press secretary and legislative assistant for Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), according to the report.
Read the Bloomberg Businessweek report on FHA lobbying.
Read other Becker’s coverage on the FHA.
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