ASA's Office of Governmental and Legal
Affairs is located in Washington, D.C. It monitors and engages in advocacy with respect to federal and
state legislative and regulatory activities affecting
the practice of medicine by the Society's members.
Further, it is responsible for providing Practice
Management assistance and advice for the membership,
principally with respect to the Medicare program but
also with respect to all "business" aspects
of the delivery of anesthesia care. The American Society
of Anesthesiologists Political Action Committee (ASAPAC),
a separate segregated fund of the Society, is also
administered in the Washington Office, as are the
Society's internal legal affairs and maintenance of
relations with outside legal counsel.
With the exception of federal regulatory materials related
to Medicare reimbursement, materials related to federal
and state legislation and regulations can be found on this
site and are listed on the Index. Regulatory materials related
to Medicare reimbursement can be found and are indexed on
the Practice
Management site. |
