Advocacy Priorities

Download a fact sheet on AACU’s federal legislative priorities for the 117th Congress

Support Early and Accurate Disease Detection, Research-Led Prevention Strategies
  1. Eliminating Misdiagnosis and Reducing Wasteful Medicare Spending.
  2. Improve Preventive Task Force Recommendations, Preserve Access to Prostate Cancer Screening.
Promote Physician-Led Urologic Care and Ensure Patient Access to Effective Treatments

Prior authorization; Fail First / Step Therapy; Pharmacy benefits transparency; Prompt payment; PDE5 inhibitor requirements.

 

  1. Make Prescriptions More Affordable and Accessible by Increasing Transparency and Regulation of Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Encourage Patient-Centered Payer Reform Efforts in the Public (Medicare, Medicaid) and Private Sectors
  1. Modernize Law Restricting Coordinated Care (“Stark Law”)
  2. Patients Over Paperwork: Reducing the Burden of Medicare Red Tape
Minimize Defensive Medicine and Enhance Patient Safety with a Well-Trained Physician Workforce

Medical liability reform; Residency training funding; Non-physician provider scope of practice

 

  1. Graduate Medical Education and Physician Workforce Shortage

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