Bladder health is an important public health issue that deserves greater visibility and public discourse. Bladder diseases and conditions – such as urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, interstitial cystitis, urinary tract infections, urotrauma and bladder cancer –significantly reduce health...
Late last year, the AUA alerted the urology community to multiple activities at the federal level that threatened a man’s right to prostate cancer screening: a quality measure recommending against PSA screening and a draft research plan from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)...
This week’s updates include information on prior authorizations, 10- and 90-day global research, Stark, and advocacy on the Hill. Pre-authorizations: Surveys and Research A Snap Survey was sent to the Practice Management Network assessing employee burdens and characterizing various...
Dr. C.J. Stimson, the Warburon-Jewett Fellow in Urologic Oncology at the Johns Hopkins' Brady Urological Institute, is currently serving as the inaugural AUA H. Logan Holtgrewe Legislative Fellow. As part of this program, Dr. Stimson spent six weeks in the office of Rep. Phil Roe, MD, (R-TN-01)....
This February, join your fellow urologists in Washington, DC, for the 2016 Urology Joint Advocacy Conference (JAC) -- the only national advocacy conference devoted to protecting and promoting the interests of urologists and their patients. This year’s event, cosponsored by the American...
During the recent fall meetings of the Public Policy Council and its associated committees, the AUA added two issues to its list of advocacy priorities: Minimizing the negative impact of meaningful use (MU)/Electronic Health Records (EHR) regulations and ICD-10 was removed from the list. The...
2015 was a banner year for AUA advocacy efforts as the AUA and its physician volunteers worked diligently to raise urology’s public policy voice at multiple levels. Together, we provided testimony at congressional hearings, increased in-district meetings for physicians with their Members of...
For years, the AUA has been active in Washington, DC working with policymakers to diligently advance urology and clearly communicate member concerns at legislative and regulatory levels. In 2015, the investment in health policy programs at the AUA clearly paid off with numerous “wins” on the...
Join physician leaders for the 11 th Annual Urology Joint Advocacy Conference (JAC) this February in Washington, D.C. The American Urological Association (AUA) and the American Association of Clinical Urologists (AACU) invite you to attend the only national advocacy conference devoted to...
Bladder health advocacy and awareness will receive renewed attention in the coming year at both the state and federal level. The AUA added and approved bladder health advocacy to the AUA’s list of legislative priorities for 2016. The decision to add this priority will help guide the AUA’s...