summer 2013
Protecting the Political and Professional Interests of Urology Since 1968
AACU State Advocacy Conference
Promises to be Innovative, Informative
The upcoming annual AACU State Society Network Advocacy Conference in October, 2013, promises to be an innovative and informative
forum for urologists interested in the socioeconomic, political and technological issues that affect our practices. This year’s meeting will
include symposia on political issues at the state and federal levels with an emphasis on extending advocacy activities to state legislatures as
well as with our federal legislators in their home districts. To this end, the first full day of the meeting will include a state society presidents’
forum, a urology advocacy roundtable discussion, a federal policy update, a review of USPSTF policy advocacy, a discussion of health insurance exchanges and their potential effect on urology practice, a primer on the evolution and future of health delivery systems, and a segment
dedicated to issues surrounding pay for performance and value based medical practice. On Sunday, the meeting transitions from the politics
of medicine to the impact of technology on medical practice with cutting edge segments on technological innovation in the private and public
sectors, state promotion and regulation of life science inventions and discoveries, and the role of ‘Big Data’ and health IT on private and
academic practices. All in all, this year’s SSN meeting will be an exciting and impactful forum covering the full range of socioeconomic and
technological issues facing all urologists.
Mark D. Stovsky, MD, MBA, FACS
Chair, AACU State Society
Featured in this issue:
UROLOGISTS SECURE SUPPORT FOR VETS IMPACTED BY UROTRAUMA
page 4
Administrative simplification,
uniform prior auth trending nationwide
page 5
WASHINGTON STATE UROLOGISTS ACHIEVE LEGISLATIVE SUCCESS
page 6
iPAB POWER GRAB – ABSENT NOMINEES, SEBELIUS ASSUMES AUTHORITY
page 7
UROPAC – A STRONG AND IMPACTFUL VOICE IN WASHINGTON
page 8
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