Year in Review: ACG in Washington D.C. and State Houses across the Country

 

ACG on Capitol Hill and Washington D.C.:

• ACG-FDA Visiting Fellowship Program: Dr. Kendall Beck’s Experience at the FDA
• Congress passes 21st Century Cures Act:  Thank you ACG Members for your advocacy in 2016
• ACG Leaders Participate in the DDNC Annual Winter Board Meeting and Fall Forum
• From Tedd Cain, MD FACG, Chair of the ACG FDA Related Matters Committee: ACG Meets with FDA Commissioner and Leaders
• November: 2016 Election Reflections: Summary and Potential Impact on ACG Members Moving Forward
• CMS Releases CY 2017 Medicare Outpatient Facility Rates and Physician Fee Schedule
• ICD-10 Grace Period Ends; ACG can help make sure you are using the current ICD-10 set
• Fall Update from Capitol Hill: What ACG Members Need to Know
• ACG and GI Societies Meet with CMS on Sedation
• Update from the Hill: Congress in Recess until September; Lame Duck Post-Election Schedule
• From National Affairs Committee Chair, Whitfield L. Knapple, FACG: House of Representatives Passes Medicare Hospital Payment Package: Includes One of ACG’s Legislative Priorities
• From National Affairs Committee Chair, Whitfield L. Knapple, MD, FACG: ACG and Coalition of Specialties Oppose Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) In-House Pathology Legislation
• From ACG Board of Governors Chair, Immanuel K. H. Ho, MD, FACG: Check out the Photos of ACG on Capitol Hill: Your Voice for Clinical GI
• ACG Governors on Capitol Hill: Your Voice for Clinical GI
• From ACG Governor for Southern Texas, Daniel C. DeMarco, MD, FACG: ACG Joins Physicians on Capitol Hill; will be back advocating for GI practices
• From Public Relations Committee Chair, Jordan Karlitz, MD, FACG: March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: ACG Joins Patient Advocates on Capitol Hill
• From National Affairs Committee Chair, Whitfield L. Knapple, MD, FACG: March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: ACG Urges Congress to Support CRC Screening Legislation
• From the ACG Board of Governors Vice-Chair, Costas H. Kefalas, MD, MMM, FACG: ACG Members & DDNC Advocate on Behalf of Patients
• From National Affairs Committee Chair, Whitfield L. Knapple, MD, FACG: Congress Seeks ACG’s Advice on Changes to Stark Law
• ACG Members: Utilize ACG’s Practice Management Tools!
• From ACG FDA Related Matters Committee Chair and ACG Governor for Wisconsin, Tedd P. Cain, MD, FACG: FDA Updates Instructions to Obtain Domperidone

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ACG at the State and Local Level

• November 2016 State Ballot Summary for ACG Members: Health Care Ballot Issues Around the Country
• The States and MOC: An ACG Update from Missouri
• ACG Member Call to Action for Massachusetts Members: ASC Determination of Need Proposal Needs to Change
• At the State and Local Level, from ACG Governor for Northern California, Neil H. Stollman, MD, FACG: ACG Endorses CA Bill to Waive Patient Cost-Sharing for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Screening Colonoscopy: ACG Update on CA Colorectal Cancer Screening Legislation
• ACG Call to Action for Michigan Members: Support ACG’s Efforts to Eliminate MOC Requirements in Michigan
• At the State Level: ACG Governor for Kansas to Serve on Medicare Contractor Advisory Committee
• More at the State Level: New England States Pass Restrictions on Physician Non-Compete Agreements
• North Carolina Legislature Passes Law Limiting MOC for State Licensing
• From ACG Governors for Ohio, Ashley L. Faulx, MD, FACG and David G. Mangels, MD, FACG: At the State Level: Prior Authorization Bill Passed in Ohio
• From ACG Governor for Southern New York, Brad M. Dworkin, MD, FACG: At the State and Local Level: ACG and MSSNY Opposing NY Legislation on Medical Malpractice
• From ACG Governor for Oklahoma, Donald J. Kastens, MD, FACG: A Breakthrough at the State Level? Oklahoma State Legislature Passes Law Making MOC Optional
• From ACG Governors for Ohio, Ashley L. Faulx, MD, FACG and David G. Mangels, MD, FACG: At the State and Local Level: Important Medicaid and Commercial Payment Changes in Ohio
• At the State and Local Level, from ACG Governor for Connecticut, Jeffry L. Nestler, MD, FACG: ACG to Help Eliminate Connecticut ASC Tax
• At the State and Local Level, from ACG Governor for Kentucky, Susan Galandiuk, MD, FACG: Kentucky Passes Bill to Waive Patient Cost-Sharing for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Screening Colonoscopy
• At the State Level: ACG Urges NY Members to Help Change NY Governor’s Budget Proposal
• This Week NOT in Washington, DC: ACG Part of Coalition on OH Medicaid Reimbursement Rates