Article: Lobbying legacy: AHA's D.C. office forever changed by Medicare PPS.(American Hospital Association's Washington D.C. office, prospective payment system)

By most measures, this would appear to be the golden age for the American Hospital Association's Washington office.

The AMA's lobbying shop was recently named the 21st most powerful in Washington in a Fortune magazine poll of 2,200 Beltway insiders. Under current President Richard Davidson, the heart and soul, if not the flesh and bones, of the AHA have moved to Washington. The AHA lobbying staff is larger than ever. And donations to the political action committee continue to grow (See chart).

But when you ask veteran AHA lobbyists and alumni of the Washington lobbying staff if these are the best of times, they generally answer no.

Why? Three ...

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