Tag Archive for ‘grassroots advocacy’
Tips for turning a strategic plan into active advocacy
Summarizes the differences between passive and active advocacy and identifies the importance of strategic planning for developing policy solutions.
The surgeon’s role in health policy: An introduction
Serving as a busy surgeon or surgical trainee is always a balancing act. Making time to fill a seat on one committee often means leaving an unfilled seat someplace else. Each time a surgeon is unable to attend a meeting leads to less inclusivity at future meetings, as these are often scheduled by, and with […]
Getting started in advocacy and health policy: The ACS can help
Identifies how young surgeons can participate in advocacy and health policy activities, and summarizes issues affecting physicians today, including reimbursement and policy related to information technology.
Surgical societies: Their impact on health policy
Outlines the role of surgical societies in developing health care policy and summarizes current policy initiatives led by the ACS Commission on Cancer, the American Urological Association, and others.
Surgeon advocacy in action: Challenges, accomplishments, and future direction
Summarizes examples of advocacy-related successes in the areas of surprise billing and administrative burden, and describes current issues, including pandemic-related challenges, that are the focus of surgeon-advocates today.
Medicare physician payment and effective grassroots advocacy: A case study
Outlines how grassroots activity can motivate decision-makers to act on surgery’s behalf and underscores the importance of maintaining momentum in the 117th Congress.
Dateline DC: 2019 Advocate at Home Program demonstrates the importance of advocating for surgery outside of Washington, DC
The aim and development of the ACS Division of Advocacy and Health Policy’s Advocate at Home Program, which provides resources to support in-district meetings, are described.
Grassroots advocacy demonstrated at Advocacy Summit
The efforts of surgeon-advocates in educating policymakers on key issues at the annual Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC, are outlined.
You are your own best advocate: A how-to guide
Strategies for enhancing the role of surgeons in health policy advocacy are highlighted.
ACS Chapter Grant Program supports opportunities to lobby state lawmakers
The events and accomplishments of ACS Chapters this year—supported by the College’s Chapter Lobby Day Grant Program—are summarized.
The ACS and advocacy: A tradition of protecting our patients and advancing our profession
Successful regulatory and legislative efforts led by surgeon advocates, such as the repeal of the sustainable growth rate, are summarized in this article, as are ongoing initiatives to reform graduate medical education to sustain the health care workforce.
Applying advocacy skills: Gaining influence from the statehouse to Capitol Hill
Grassroots advocacy—with a focus on relationship building over the course of an elected official’s political career—is the focus of this article.
Advocacy and grassroots: Leveraging local issues at the national level
The ACS Division of Advocacy and Health Policy has developed several platforms, including SurgeonsVoice, to empower members to advocate for health care policies that are in the best interest of surgeons and their patients.
Georgia coalition develops bariatric surgery pilot project
A bariatric surgery pilot program developed by a Georgia coalition is highlighted as an example of a successful grassroots advocacy initiative at the regional level.
Massachusetts Chapter develops new grassroots advocacy program
This article discusses the rationale behind the District Office Contact by Surgeons program and summarizes the benefits of this grassroots advocacy initiative.
Surgeons as state advocates
The surgeon’s voice is critical in health care policy debate. This article outlines how surgeons can be effective advocates and highlights efforts by the College to support these initiatives at the regional level.
Surgeons as state advocates: Success stories
The surgeon’s voice is critical in health care policy debate. This article outlines how surgeons can be effective advocates and highlights efforts by the College to support these initiatives at the regional level.
SurgeonsVoice: Your patients, your profession, your voice
An overview of SurgeonsVoice—the College’s nationwide, grassroots advocacy program—is featured in this article, including updates on how to use this tool to educate and influence members of Congress on issues of importance to surgery.
Liability reforms needed to provide timely care to disaster victims
This article describes the need for uniform license recognition and liability protection laws for volunteer health professionals, provides an update on Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act, and discusses the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act.
Campaign to end the SGR gains ground
This Web exclusive summarizes the College’s efforts to promote the enactment of the SGR Repeal Act, what the repeal would mean to surgeons, and provides steps for contacting legislators to voice support for the repeal.
