ACEP is an active force in Washington, DC, working on important issues that affect emergency medical care. ACEP's federal advocacy efforts revolve around one thing: ensuring that life-saving emergency care is there when it’s needed nationwide.
Please see ACEP's 2009 Advocacy Agenda for a complete listing of all issues that the ACEP Board of Directors has approved as priorities in the 111th Congress. See ACEP Letters to the Editor for letters published on national policy issues.
Health Care Reform Activities
ACEP Letter to CMS Admisitrator Donald M. Berwick 
July 19, 2010
EM Provisions in the passed health care reform bill, P.L. 111-148
Health Care Reform Provisions Timeline
Focus on Health Reform - Side-by-Side Comparison of Major Health Care Reform Proposals
Emergency Medicine Provisions - 2009-2010 Congressional Health Care Reform Proposals (Full Legislative Language)
ACEP Letter to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid
Video Clips: Amendments Offered to Ensure EM Access
Letter to the Editor- Swine Flu
White House Regional Forum on Health Care, Burlington, Vermont, March 17, hosted by Governors Douglas (VT) &Patrick (MA)
ACEP Access Bill Reintroduced
"Access to Emergency Medical Services Act of 2009"
Right now, ACEP is advocating for the passage in the 111th Congress of the "Access to Emergency Medical Services Act" and is encouraging Congress to hold hearings on the state of emergency medical care in our nation.
Other Federal Health and Health-related Issues
Coalition Letter to CMS Regarding Proposed Rule on the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs
HHS Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform Demonstration
ACEP EDPMA Letter 05-05-09 (Rockefeller)
ACEP Letter 12-11-08 (Davis)
Wakefield Act reauthorizes Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program
Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009
Health Items in the Budget Outline for FY10
Comparison of Health Provisions in the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act" (HR 1)
Clarifications of Recent Mischaracterizations of Health Care Provisions in the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act" (HR 1) – prepared by the AMA
ACEP Unveils 2009 Report Card
The grades have been tabulated, and the nation's emergency health care system has received its ranking with the release of the second "National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine."
ACEP Attends Political Conventions, Provides Emergency Physician Perspective
ACEP has joined with nine of the nation's leading physician associations to release a set of principles to reform the U.S. health care system.
