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AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION

DC · US

Tracked direct giving

Tracked donations to candidate

LDA reported lobbying spend

$1,950,000

Connections

Coalition view

AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION operates as part of a multi-committee coalition with AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE. Combined tracked totals across all coalition members below give the figure most public sources quote (Sludge, JNS, OpenSecrets).

Combined tracked giving

$2,860,850

Combined tracked receipts

$737,276

Combined lobbying spend

$2,582,000

Dark Money Spending

Election spending by organizations that do not disclose their donors. Dark money flows through 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(6) trade associations, and similar entities that are not required to reveal their funders. Figures below are never combined with disclosed-donor totals.

IRS 990 Schedule I Grant Chain

Grants between nonprofits reported on IRS Form 990 Schedule I. These inter-organizational transfers are a key pathway in dark money flows — a nonprofit may receive a grant from one entity and then spend that money on election ads.

IRS 990 Schedule I grants received

$140,516

Grantor	Amount	Tax Year	Purpose
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY	$140,516	2022	Subaward

Source: IRS Form 990 Schedule I (Grants and Other Assistance to Organizations) via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and IRS 990 XML e-files. Grant amounts represent the most recent filing year available.

IRS 990 data lags a year or more behind filing. Grants shown are for the stated tax year and do not establish current-cycle funding.

Methodology Disclosure

Dark money figures are derived from FEC Form 5 (independent expenditures by non-committee organizations) and Form 9 (electioneering communications). These filings capture spending on ads and election communications but do not reveal the identity of the organization's donors. QPQ totals may differ from benchmarks like the Brennan Center's estimates because QPQ includes all Form 5 filers, while some benchmarks count only a subset of non-disclosing nonprofits. Grant chain data is from IRS Form 990 Schedule I and may not include all years or all grantee organizations.

Lobbying Activity Detail

Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.

Top Lobbying Issues

BUDBudget/Appropriations

$2.6M

EDUEducation

$2.6M

MMMMedicare/Medicaid

$2.6M

LBRLabor/Employment

$2.6M

TAXTaxation/Internal Revenue Code

$2.6M

TOBTobacco

$2.6M

VETVeterans

$2.6M

INDIndian/Native American Affairs

$2.6M

DEFDefense

$2.6M

HCRHealth Issues

$2.6M

Lobbying Firms Retained

AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION$2.6M

Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings

prior authorizationsugar programH.R. 3633

Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.

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Type	Connected To	Details	Source
Employed by	AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION	Hired this firm to lobby on H.R. 3633	Source
Lobbied for	CLARITY Act, Digital Asset Market Clarity Act	LDA filing: lobbied on CLARITY Act, period 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30), reported amount $360,000	Source
Lobbied for	Security Zone; Electric Boat Shipyard, Narragansett Bay, Quonset Point, North Kingstown, RI	Lobbied on prior authorization — matched LDA filing topic to Federal Register rule.	Source
Lobbied for	Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Rates; Changes to the FY 2025 IPPS Rates Due to Court Decision; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes; Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Electronic Prescribing, Real-Time Prescription Benefit and Electronic Prior Authorization	Lobbied on prior authorization — matched LDA filing topic to Federal Register rule.	Source
Lobbied for	Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs, Including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program; Health and Safety Standards for Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or Formerly in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare Special Enrollment Period for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities; Correcting Amendment	Lobbied on prior authorization — matched LDA filing topic to Federal Register rule.	Source
Lobbied for	Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability	Lobbied on prior authorization — matched LDA filing topic to Federal Register rule.	Source
Lobbied for	Prior Authorization Reform (Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act)	LDA filing: lobbied on Prior Authorization Reform, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $420,000	Source
Lobbied for	US Sugar Program (Farm Bill Title I)	LDA filing: lobbied on Sugar Program (Farm Bill), period 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30), reported amount $280,000	Source
Lobbied for	Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally- Facilitated Exchanges, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Clinicians, and Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program; Correcting Amendment	Lobbied on prior authorization — matched LDA filing topic to Federal Register rule.	Source
Lobbied for	Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs, Including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program; Health and Safety Standards for Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or Formerly in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare Special Enrollment Period for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities	Lobbied on prior authorization — matched LDA filing topic to Federal Register rule.	Source
Lobbied for	Medicare Program; Updates to the Master List of Items Potentially Subject to Face-to-Face Encounter and Written Order Prior To Delivery and/or Prior Authorization Requirements; Updates to the Required Face-to-Face and Written Order Prior To Delivery List; and Updates to the Required Prior Authorization List	Lobbied on prior authorization — matched LDA filing topic to Federal Register rule.	Source
Lobbied for	Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Clinicians, and Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program	Lobbied on prior authorization — matched LDA filing topic to Federal Register rule.	Source
Lobbied for	Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Organ Acquisition; Rural Emergency Hospitals: Payment Policies, Conditions of Participation, Provider Enrollment, Physician Self-Referral; New Service Category for Hospital Outpatient Department Prior Authorization Process; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; COVID-19	Lobbied on prior authorization — matched LDA filing topic to Federal Register rule.	Source
commented_on	Federal Trade Commission	Public comment on FTC-2022-0070: Trade Regulation Rule on the Use of Reviews and Endorsements	Source
commented_on	Office of the Comptroller of the Currency	Public comment on OCC-2023-0016: Regulatory Publication and Review under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996	Source
Lobbied for	Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs, Including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program; Health and Safety Standards for Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or Formerly in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare Special Enrollment Period for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities	Lobbied on prior authorization — matched LDA filing topic to Federal Register rule.	Source
Lobbied for	Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, and Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges	Lobbied on prior authorization — matched LDA filing topic to Federal Register rule.	Source
Lobbied for	Expediting Initial Processing of Satellite and Earth Station Applications	Lobbied on prior authorization — matched LDA filing topic to Federal Register rule.	Source
Lobbied for	Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Organ Acquisition; Rural Emergency Hospitals: Payment Policies, Conditions of Participation, Provider Enrollment, Physician Self-Referral; New Service Category for Hospital Outpatient Department Prior Authorization Process; Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating; COVID-19	Lobbied on prior authorization — matched LDA filing topic to Federal Register rule.	Source
Lobbied for	Medicare Program; Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly	Lobbied on prior authorization — matched LDA filing topic to Federal Register rule.	Source
Employs	AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION	Hired this firm to lobby on H.R. 3633	Source
Has as instrument	AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	Corporate political action committee. Exists to purchase policy supportive of AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION.	Source
Received money from	GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY	IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $140,516 (tax year 2022). Purpose: Subaward	Source