AAPM&R Health Policy Advocacy “Tools”

AAPM&R values the contributions of its resident members in promoting the profession’s health policy agenda. To help facilitate this process, helpful information is posted on the Academy Web site for all members to use for their advocacy efforts. Whether you are drafting testimony for state legislation or working with your state PM&R society on a comment letter to a Fiscal Intermediary on a local coverage determination (LCD), you will find a range of template documents to assist you with developing important correspondence. There is also basic information on how to schedule a meeting with your legislator and how to bolster your state society’s lobbying efforts.

Advocacy around issues such as Medicare and Medicaid reform, scope of practice initiatives, medical rehabilitation research and medical malpractice reform often requires grassroots activities at the both the federal and state levels and is vital to the PM&R profession and benefits from the efforts of all AAPM&R members.

Click on here to see all of the tools available.

Examples of what you will find:

• Sample Meeting Request Letter
• Suggested Issues for Discussion with your State Legislators
• Background, Sample Letters, and Talking Points on Scope of Practice Issues
• Overview of Local Medical Review Policies (LMRPs)/Local Coverage Determinations (LCDs)
• Fact Sheet on the 75% Rule
• Tool Kit for Physicians Challenging Denials in IRFs
   

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