Latest AACU News
AACU Joins Coalition to Reform “Fail First” Mandate
More than 100 patient and provider organizations, including AACU, have endorsed federal legislation to reform step therapy protocols that require patients to “fail first” on one or more... Read More
Texas Lawmakers Consider Cost-Free Prostate Cancer Screening
In April 20, 2021, correspondence with the Texas House Insurance Committee, the AACU and a coalition of patient and physician groups called for support of legislation to prohibit a health... Read More
Urology Community Statement on Most Favored Nation Model
On May 4, 2021, the AACU, along with 10 other organizations from the urologic and kidney cancer community, released a joint statement expressing concerns about the Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model... Read More
Increase Access to PSA Screening
Congress Needs to Expand Access to PSA ScreeningHouse Bill Would Remove Financial Barriers for Highest-Risk MenIn February, Representatives Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN... Read More
Urologists Make an Impact on Profession’s Policies and Priorities
About the House of DelegatesThe House of Delegates (HOD) is the legislative and policy-making body of the American Medical Association. State medical associations and 124 medical specialty... Read More
President’s Message: AACU: A National Presence
AACU Mission StatementThe AACU is dedicated to developing and advancing health policy education as it affects urologic practice in order to preserve and promote the professional autonomy of its... Read More
Reducing Health Disparities Through Prostate Cancer Screening Coverage
By William C. Reha, MD, MBA AACU State Advocacy Network ChairThe Medical Society of Virginia (MSV) holds an annual advocacy summit where individual members, group practices, or other associations... Read More
UROPAC Summer 2021 Update
By Kevin J. Barlog, MD Chair, UROPAC – Urology’s Advocate on Capitol HillAs we inch closer to the 30-year anniversary of UROPAC (est. 1992), I hark back to the original mission of AACU... Read More
In Brief (Summer 2021)
Edited by AACU StaffSurprise Billing Regulations Sidestep Arbitration IssueSurprises in Surprise Billing RuleTucked into the 411-page regulation is a provision that targets a controversial practice... Read More
State Briefs (Summer 2021)
As Congress Cools Its Public Option Ambitions, a Proxy Fight Is Playing Out in the StatesProponents of government-issued insurance for the general population tout a ‘state-to-national... Read More