DAVITA, INC. — Federal Lobbying Profile

The register keeps a separate record of this client for every firm that files for it and every spelling of its name. All 31 of its records are shown together here.

Filings

703

Filed by

Reported in-house

$75,115,000

Reported by firms

$23,983,000

These two are not added together. An organisation lobbying for itself reports its own spending, and the firms it retains report what they were paid; the rules ask the first to include the second, but filings do not always do so and a filing gives no way to tell. Each is shown as reported.

Reported lobbying by year

The larger of in-house and firm-reported each year, $ millions 2007 to 2026

Filings

39 filings for 2011, newest first.

Filing	Filed by	Amount
2nd Quarter - Report 2nd Quarter 2011	HEALTH POLICY SOURCE, INC.	— reported
4th Quarter - Amendment 4th Quarter 2011	PODESTA GROUP, INC.	$50,000 reported
4th Quarter - Reportreplaced 4th Quarter 2011	PODESTA GROUP, INC.	$50,000 reported
4th Quarter - Report 4th Quarter 2011	DAVITA INC.	$750,000 reported
4th Quarter - Report 4th Quarter 2011	VAN HEUVELEN STRATEGIES, LLC	$60,000 reported
4th Quarter - Report 4th Quarter 2011	JEFFERSON BUSINESS CONSULTING, LLC	— reported
4th Quarter - Termination 4th Quarter 2011	HEALTH POLICY SOURCE, INC.	$30,000 reported
4th Quarter - Termination (No Activity) 4th Quarter 2011	BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP	— reported
4th Quarter - Report 4th Quarter 2011	SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS	$30,000 reported
4th Quarter - Report 4th Quarter 2011	LIBERTY PARTNERS GROUP, LLC	$20,000 reported

Filed by

Each firm that has reported for this client, and the client itself where it lobbies in-house, with the reports filed and the amounts they disclose.

Firm	Reports	Amount
DAVITA INC. In-house	77	$75,115,000
RED+BLUE STRATEGIES	62	$4,090,000
PODESTA GROUP, INC.	41	$2,800,000
CAPITOL HILL CONSULTING GROUP	47	$2,610,000
AVOQ, LLC	49	$2,550,000
FEDERAL STREET STRATEGIES, LLC	36	$1,960,000
VAN HEUVELEN STRATEGIES, LLC	25	$1,630,000
KING & SPALDING LLP	10	$1,080,000
LIBERTY PARTNERS GROUP, LLC	53	$1,033,000
JEFFERSON BUSINESS CONSULTING, LLC	51	$1,010,000
PURPLE ADVOCACY, LLC	13	$780,000
PARK GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC	15	$740,000
CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC	6	$540,000
TOM BRADLEY HEALTH POLICY LLC	14	$420,000
S-3 GROUP	7	$390,000
FEDERAL CITY STRATEGIES	9	$385,000
STANTON PARK GROUP	2	$320,000
WEST FRONT STRATEGIES LLC	6	$280,000
HEALTH POLICY SOURCE, INC.	7	$240,000
POWERS PYLES SUTTER & VERVILLE, P.C.	17	$200,000
FTI GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS	8	$180,000
APOLLO GOVERNMENT RELATIONS (D/B/A APOLLO COUNSEL)	9	$170,000
ABERNATHY CONSULTANTS, CATHY	4	$110,000
BREAUX LOTT LEADERSHIP GROUP	1	$100,000
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP	3	$80,000
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS	14	$70,000
HORIZON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS	7	$70,000
FIRST SOURCE CONSULTANTS, LLC	1	$60,000
RICCHETTI INCORPORATED	2	$45,000
COLETTE DESMARAIS	38	$20,000
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD	13	$20,000

Issues lobbied

How many report sections named each issue, counting the current version of each report.

Issue	Code	Mentions
Medicare/Medicaid	MMM	429
Health Issues	HCR	409
Veterans	VET	158
Insurance	INS	67
Budget/Appropriations	BUD	51
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	TAX	22
Pharmacy	PHA	22
Government Issues	GOV	22
Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs	MED	14
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace	LBR	8
Trade (domestic/foreign)	TRD	1

Bills named in its filings

Bill numbers found in the filers' descriptions, most often named first.

Bill	Congress	Times named
S. 691	110th	72
H.R. 3200	111th	61
H.R. 1	111th	59
S.Con.Res. 13	111th	56
H.R. 2199	119th	50
H.R. 3162	110th	48
H.R. 1130	114th	47
S. 1796	111th	44
H.R. 6860	118th	43
H.R. 1193	110th	42
S. 1173	119th	39
H.R. 8	113th	38
H.R. 4143	115th	36
S. 1776	111th	35
H.R. 6331	110th	33
H.R. 4942	117th	32
S. 2649	117th	32
S. 1679	111th	31
S. 2065	115th	27
S. 3101	110th	27
S. 598	114th	26
H.R. 5506	114th	23
S.Con.Res. 8	113th	22
H.R. 2507	114th	20
H.R. 4814	113th	19

From reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. Firms report what each client paid them; an organisation lobbying for itself reports its own expenses. Amounts count the current version of each report once.