To improve the company’s image on Capitol Hill, Epic retained Card & Associates in August to lobby on Epic’s behalf. “There’s been a lot of interest in asking questions and being able to get real answers because there’s been an awful lot of misinformation out in the press,” said Card & Associates CEO Brad Card, according to a report in Politico. “I think it’s been a very good and reasonable dialogue.”
So far, Epic has spent about $24,000 on its lobbying efforts. However, some of its competitors have spent more. Here’s how much four major EHR vendors have spent on lobbyists, according to Politco:
- Cerner: $50,000 between July and September
- Siemens: $40,000 between July and September
- McKesson: $425,000 during the first quarter and $250,000 during the second quarter
- Allscripts: $100,000 so far this year
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