Access
to Quality Health
Services
Antibiotic
Resistance
Arthritis, Osteoporosis, and Chronic Back Conditions
Cancer
Chronic
Diseases
Disease
Prevention and Health
Promotion
Environmental
Health
Food Safety
Genetics
GME/Residency Funding
Governance (Medicine and Health)
Governance
(Professional Standards)
Heart Disease and Stroke
Health
Disparities
Health
Funding
Immunizations
and Infectious Diseases
Informatics
and E-Health
Injury
and Violence Prevention
Maternal,
Infant, and Child Health
Medical
Privacy
Medical
Research
Mental Health
Nutrition,
Obesity, and Physical
Activity
Occupational
Safety
Oral Health
Patient
Safety and Medical Errors
Preventive
Services
Public
Health Infrastructure (incl. Terrorism/Disaster Preparedness)
Reimbursement
and Financing
Research
Sexually
Transmitted Diseases
Specialty of Preventive Medicine
Substance
Abuse
Tobacco
Use
Women’s
Health
Other
Access to Quality Health Service
2005-036 (H)---Sign-on letter to
Chairman Spector and Senator Harkin
re: increase funding for AHRQ to at
least $440 million
2005-019 (J)---Friends of AHRQ
Testimony for FY2006 to Congress
2004-063 (I)---ACPM letter to
Senator Frist in response to his 21st
century healthcare vision speech at
National Presss Club
2004-053 (H)---Sign-on letter to
House L-HHS-E approp subcom urging
support for the Senate mark for FY
2005 AHRQ funding
(expired)
2004-045 (H)---Letter to House
Energy and Commerce Committee
leadership to move H.R. 663,
"Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement Act"
(expired)
NOT POLICY---ACPM 2004
Presidential election candidates'
comparison, comparison to ACPM
position, and press release
2004-040 (J)---ACPM press release
commending expanded coverage of
preventive services under Medicare
2004-018 (H)---Supporter of
Cover the Uninsured Week 2004
(expired)
2004-014 (H)---Sign-on letter to
Senate in support of S.720 “Patient
Safety and Quality Improvement Act
of 2003”
2004-010 (H)--Sign-on letter to
Congress urging adequate funding for
Function 550/AHRQ
(expired)
2004-001 (H)---Sign-on letter in
support of mental health benefits parity
law
2003-085
(F)---ACPM position statement: Health Care for All
2003-081
(J)---ACPM Press release: position statement on reproductive health benefits under SCHIP
2003-073
(F)---ACPM Position Statement: The Scope of Reproductive Health Care Benefits for Adolescents under the SCHIP Program
2003-061
(H)---ACPM's
support of Consortium's
Planning Advisory
Committee recommendations
2003-036
(H)---Letter
urging and increase in
HRSA funding for FY 2004
(expired)
2002-060
(F)--Genetic Nondiscrimination in
Health Insurance and Employment
2002-046
(C)--Health Care for All
2001-027 (I)
--- Letter to Congress regarding the
Medicare Wellness Act of 2001
2001-006 (H) --- Friends of HRSA letter to Congress regarding
FY 2002 appropriations (expired)
2000-038 (H) --- Letter to Congress regarding funding for the Emergency Medical
Services for Children grant program
(expired)
2000-001 (H) --- Joint Statement on Universal Healthcare
List
of Topics
Antibiotic
Resistance
2004-017 (H)---Sign-on letter to
Bayer Corporation urging compliance with
FDA proposal to ban Baytril, a
fluoroquinolone antibiotic used in
poultry
2003-051
(H)---Support
for S 1460/HR 2932
"Preservation of
Antibiotics for Medical
Treatment Act of
2003"
2003-016
(H)---Letter
to Congress Regarding
Streamlining of Drugs and
Antibiotics for use in
food-producing animals
2002-033
(H)---Endorsement of Kennedy bill (H.R. 3804) to phase out routine use of medically important antibiotics in healthy farm animals
2002-024
(C)---ACPM Resolution #05-02(A) -
Principles for Combating Antibiotic
Resistance
2002-001
(H)---Bill introduced by Representative
Brown (D-OH) phasing out use of
non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in food
animals
2001-034 (I)
--- Letter to Congress supporting funding for
FDA's work on antibiotic resistance
NOT POLICY --- Expert comments on the AMA's Council on Scientific Affairs' Antimicrobial
report
2000-076 (H) --- Letter to poultry farmers asking them to cease using fluroquinolones
2000-070 (H) --- Letter to
Bayer Corp. regarding FDA proposal to withdraw fluoroquinolone approval
2000-034 (F) --- Statement
on use of antimicrobials in food animals
List
of Topics
Arthritis, Osteoporosis, and Chronic Back Conditions
NOT POLICY --- Expert comments on the New Jersey Health Wellness Promotion
law
2000-056
(G) --- Final comments on the New
Jersey Health Wellness Promotion law
2000-039 (J) --- Statement to the Panel on Musculoskeletal Disorders and the
Workplace, National Academy of Sciences
List
of Topics
Cancer
NOT
POLICY---ACPM Comments on USPSTF R&R for Screening for Oral Cancer
NOT
POLICY---ACPM
comments on USPSTF
R&R for screening for
pancreatic cancer
NOT
POLICY---ACPM
comments on USPSTF
R&R for screening for
testicular cancer
NOT
POLICY---ACPM
comments on USPSTF draft
"Screening for
Ovarian Cancer:
Recommendations and
Rationale"
2003-009
(G)---ACPM
Comments on ACS Breast
Cancer Screening
Guidelines
2003-04
(G)---ACPM
Comments on ACS/CDC
Clinical Breast Exam
Recommendations
2002-059
(C)--Availability and Distribution of
Potassium Iodide (KI) for Ionizing
Radiation Emergencies
2002-005
(H)---Full page ad in NY Times responding
to questions about the efficacy of
mammography screening
2002-003 (H)---Letter to editor of NY
Times responding to questions about the
efficacy of mammography screening
2000-071 (H) --- AMA Quality Care Alert "Colorectal Cancer: Screening and
Surveillance
2000-067 (G) --- Comments
on USPSTF Recommendations and Rationale statements on skin cancer, lipid disorders,
and chlamydia
2000-021 (G) --- Comments
on prostate cancer screening consensus statement
2000-020 (G) --- Comments
on the AMA's Council on Scientific Affairs' Prostate Cancer report
List
of Topics
Chronic
Diseases
2005-014 (I)---Letter to Senator
Frist re: ACPM response to Frist's
lecture entitled "Health Care in the
21st Century"
2004-054 (H)---Sign-on letter to
House/Senate L-HHS-E approp subcoms
urging highest possible CDC
appropriation for FY 2005
(expired)
2004-049 (A)---ACPM Practice Policy
Statement: Hepatitis C Screening
NOT POLICY---ACPM comments on the
ASHP draft, "the Use of Aspirin for
Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease"
2004-002 (H)---Sign-on letter to
Congress urging co-sponsorship of STOP
Stroke Act
2003-079
(D)---ACPM resolution for AMA HOD: built environment and physical activity
2003-050
(H)---Letter
supporting cholesterol
screenings under Medicare
prescription drug bill
2003-022
(H)--Child
Nutrition Program
Reauthorization
Recommendations
2003-015
(H)---Endorsement
of Principles for
Childhood Obesity
Prevention for Local
Policy Makers
2003-009
(G)---ACPM
Comments on ACS Breast
Cancer Screening
Guidelines
2003-07
(H)---Press
release lauding HHS
Secretary for funding CDC
CD prevention programs
(expired)
2003-06
(H)---Support
of bill to enact
cholesterol screening
benefit under Medicare
2003-04
(G)---ACPM
Comments on ACS/CDC
Clinical Breast Exam
Recommendations
NOT
POLICY---Reponses to the USPSTF
Recommendations and Rationale:
Screening for Obesity in Adults
2002-057
(F)--ACPM Position Statement:
Diet in the Prevention and Control of
Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Type II
Diabetes
NOT
POLICY---ACPM Comments on the USPSTF
Draft R&R Statement on Hypertension
Screening
2002-054
(H)---Letter to House Members in
Support of the STOP Stroke Act (H.R.3141)
2002-050
(H)---Letter to House L/HHS/Ed
Subcommittee urging support for CDC
chronic disease programs
(expired)
2002-030
(H)---Written
Testimony of Research to Prevention on
Chronic Disease Funding (Labor/HHS/Ed
Subcom)
(expired)
2002-019 (I)---Letter to Congress
regarding Health Tracking Act
2001-076 (H) --- Letter urging
Congressional members to co-sign STOP Stroke Act (HR 3431)
2001-074 (D) --- Nutrition
Labeling for Trans Fatty Acid Content
2001-073 (D) --- Stroke Prevention
and Care Legislation
2001-066 (H) --- Letter to
Congress regarding FY 2002 funding for CDC chronic disease and disability programs
(expired)
2001-045 (E) --- Research to Prevention statement regarding the need for increased
FY 2002 funding for the CDC (expired)
2001-039 (H) --- Letter to
Congress supporting a national health tracking network
2001-032 (D) --- AMA resolution
on Understanding and Reducing the Increase in Childhood Asthma
List
of Topics
Disease
Prevention and Health
Promotion
2008-013 (G)---Joint
op-ed with AARP on "cover the uninsured
week" and need to inject prevention into
current insurance system
2007-041 (H)---Sign
on letter urging House to support
legislation that would authorize the
sale of property in Washington, DC, to
the National Health Museum (NHM)
2007-010 (G)---Wall
Street Journal editorial on benefits of
preventive screenings
2003-021
(H)---Support
for Proposed Health
Promotion and Research
Dissemination Act
2004-047 (G)---ACPM/PfP/AAFP
comments on Medicare rule - new
preventive services
2003-063 (I)---ACPM
Letter for HHS Secretary
recommending actions to
further prevention
NOT
POLICY---ACPM
Comments on the National
Ambulatory Medical Care
Survey
2003-053
(H)---Endorsement
of AAFP ACE:
Prevention patient
education handouts
List
of Topics
Environmental
Health
2007-047 (H)---Sign
on letter to House and Senate Interior
Appropriations Chairs and Ranking
members urging CDC Director be included
as a member of the Commision on Climate
Change Adaptation and Mitigation
2007-044 (H)---Sign
on letter to Chairman Obey (house
appropriations subcomm) urging to
include Director of CDC as a member of
the Commission on Climate Change
Adaptation and Mitigation
2007-006 (C)---ACPM
resolution calling for the proper
disposal of pharmaceuticals and personal
care products
2007-005 (C)---ACPM
resolution calling for a ban on lindane
use and production
2006-022 (H)---Sign
on letter to Senate L-HHS Committee in
support of CDC environmental health and
injury prevention programs
2006-014 (H)---Sign
on letter to HHS Office of Global Health
Affairs in support of proposed
resolution on Internation Trade and
Health (E.B. 0117.R5)
2006-010 (H)---Sign
on letter to Sen. Obama and Rep. Solis
in support of "Healthy Places Act of
2006"
2006-002 (C)---ACPM
resolution on climate change
2005-055 (H)---Sign-on
letter to EPA Administrator regarding
the standard setting process for fine
particulate matter
(expired)
2005-045 (H)---Sign-on
ad in Congress Daily supporting the
Collin-Leahy join resolution to stop EPA
from implementing its new Mercury Clean
Air rule
2005-044
(H)---Sign-on letter to Senate re:
supporting the Collins-Leahy joint
resolution to stop EPA from implementing
its new Mercury Clean Air Rule
2004-041 (H)---Sign on letter to
Senate leaders supporting A Coordinated
Environmental Health Network
2004-038 (H)---Sign-on letter to
Congress urging new funding in FY 2005
for National Children's Study
(expired)
2004-037 (H)---Endorsement of
NEETF's position statement, "Health
Professionals and Environmental Health
Education"
2004-013 (H)---Endorsement of
Consensus Statement on Methylmecury and
Public Health
2004-007 (H)---Endorsement of
statement calling for international ban
on asbestos
2003-064
(H)---Letter
to Congress in support of
transportation policies
that support physical
activity and health
2003-051
(H)---Support
for S 1460/HR 2932
"Preservation of
Antibiotics for Medical
Treatment Act of
2003"
2003-046
(H)---Letter
to House VA/HUD Subcom.
urging for increased
appropriations for ATSDR
for FY2004
(expired)
2003-045
(H)---Letter
to Senate VA/HUD Subcom.
urging for increased
appropriations for ATSDR
for FY2004
(expired)
2003-040
(H) ---
Letter to Bush about
children's environmental
health
2003-030
(D)---AMA
resolution on toxicity of
computers and electronics
waste
2002-059
(C)--Availability and Distribution of
Potassium Iodide (KI) for Ionizing
Radiation Emergencies
2002-045
(H)---Thank you letter for increased
ATSDR funding in the FY 2002 Emergency
Supplemental appropriations bill
(expired)
2002-038
(H)---Letters to Congress regarding
Emergency Supplemental Appropriation and
Chemical Terrorism Preparedness
(expired)
2002-019
(I)---Letter to Congress regarding Health
Tracking Act
2001-042 (H) --- Letter to
the Bush Administration regarding the protection of children from environmental
health hazards
2001-032 (D) --- AMA resolution
on Understanding and Reducing the Increase in Childhood Asthma
2001-011 (I) --- Letter to Congress regarding Vital Child-Protective
Provisions of the Food Quality Protection Act
2001-008 (I) --- Letter to Congress regarding arsenic water
standards
2001-001 (A) --- Practice
policy statement on Screening for Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children
2000-048 (G) --- Comments
on ATSDR's draft Environmental Public Health Research Agenda
2000-045 (H) --- ACOEM comments on ATSDR's draft Environmental Public
Health Research Agenda
2000-031 (H) --- Letter to Congress regarding Food Quality Protection Act and
children's exposure to pesticides
List
of Topics
Food
Safety
2005-061 (H)---Sign-on
letter to HHS Sec. Leavitt calling for
reduction in sodium levels
(expired)
2005-060 (H)---Comments
to FDA Re: Assessing Consumer
Perceptions of Health Claims
(expired)
2004-005 (H)---Comments to FDA Re:
Food Labeling: Health Claims; Dietary
Guidance
NOT
POLICY---ACPM
Comments on AMA Foodborne
Illness Primer
2001-011 (I) --- Letter to Congress regarding Vital Child-Protective
Provisions of the Food Quality Protection Act
2000-031 (H) --- Letter to Congress regarding Food Quality Protection Act and
children's exposure to pesticides
2000-023 (G) --- Comments
on diarrheal foodborne illness educational primer
2000-018 (H) --- Food and
Nutrition Labeling Group letter regarding the Pearson court decision
2000-005 (G) --- Comments on President's Council on Food Safety's draft
Food Safety Strategic Plan
List
of Topics
Genetics
2008-012 (G)---Press
release congratulating Congress on
passage of the "Genetic Information
Nondiscrimination Act."
2004-021 (H)---Sign-on letter to
House Speaker in support of Genetic
Information Nondiscrimination Act [S.
1053]
2003-042(I)---Letter to Congress in support of genetic nondiscrimination bill
2003-041(I)---Letter to Senate in support of genetic nondiscrimination bill
2002-060
(F)--Genetic Nondiscrimination in
Health Insurance and Employment
NOT POLICY --- Expert comments on the
draft proposals of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on genetic testing
List
of Topics
GME/Residency Funding
2007-040 (H)---Sign
on Letter urging the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to
rescind the May 23, 2007, proposed rule
that seeks to eliminate federal
financial participation (FFP) matching
funds associated with Medicaid graduate
medical education (GME) payments
2007-030 (H)---Sign
on letter to urge the CMS to rescind the
May 23, 2007, proposed rule that seeks
to eliminate federal financial
participation (FFP) matching funds
associated with Medicaid graduate
medical education (GME) payments
2005-039
(H)---Sign-on letter to Senator
Cochran re: expressing concern over the
elimination of the Title VII Health
Professions Programs
(expired)
2005-033
(H)---Sign-on letter to Chairman
Regula re: restore funding to the Title
VII Health Professions Program
(expired)
2005-022
(J)---Testimony: House L-HHS-Ed
Statement FY06
(expired)
2005-011 (I)---Letter to Senator
Harkin re: HHS appropriation for funding
preventive medicine residency training
programs (expired)
2005-010 (I)---Letter to Congressman
Regula re: HHS appropriation for funding
preventive medicine residency training
programs (expired)
2004-062 (G)---ACPM Comments to AAMC
Title VII Reauthorization Committee
2004-055 (G)---ACPM/ACOEM/AsMA/JCPMRD
comments on proposed CEPH criteria
revisions
2004-048 (H)---Sign-on letter to
Senate urging members to retain the
health professions funding incl. in
Senate Approp. Com. Bill
(expired)
2004-030 (H)---Sign-on letter to
House urging adequate funding for Title
VII health profession programs and Title
VIII nursing programs
(expired)
2004-025 (I)---ACPM testimony for
record on FY 2005 appropriations for
consideration by the House Labor,
Health, Education, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee
(expired)
2004-011 (H)---Endorsement of HPNEC
brochure for FY 2005
(expired)
2003-076
(I)---Letter and background paper to CMS Administrator Scully urging Medicare GME financing for PMRs
2003-075
(J)---ACPM white paper on PM physician shortage for CDC prevention research proposal
2003-074
(J)---ACPM press release in response to Health Affairs article on public health physician shortage
2003-068
(H)---Letter to House and Senate
conferees urging them to restore Title
VII health professions funding
2003-063 (I)---ACPM
Letter for HHS Secretary
recommending actions to
further prevention
2003-044
(H)---Letter
to Senate urging an
increase in health
funding for FY2004
(expired)
2003-043
(H)---Advertisement
re Title VII published in
the July 14 edition of
Roll Call
(expired)
2003-037
(H)---Letter
of support for health
professions education
programs under titles VII
and VIII for FY 2004
(expired)
2003-036
(H)---Letter
urging and increase in
HRSA funding for FY 2004
(expired)
2003-029
(H)---ACPM
statement for record on
FY2004 appropriations -
Senate L-HHS-E Subcom
(expired)
2003-024
(H)---ACPM
statement for record on
FY 2004 appropriations -
Senate L-HHS-E Subcom
(expired)
2003-017
(H)---Thank
you letter to
Congressional leaders re
HP funding increase
(expired)
2002-063
(H)---HPNEC Letter on Health
Professions Appropriations
(expired)
2002-048
(H)---Letters to L/HHS/Ed
Subcommittees urging increased funding for
health professions programs
(expired)
NOT
POLICY-- Comments on draft report
"Delivering the Good: Improving
the Public's Health By Enhancing the
Primary Care/Public Health Interface in
the U.S."
2002-037
(H)---Letter and comments to CEPH on
criteria for accreditation for schools of
public health
NOT
POLICY---Nominations for ACGME/IHI Workshop
2002-036
(H)---HPNEC's Written Testimony to the Senate
(expired)
2002-016
(H)---HPNEC Letter to President regarding
budget cuts
(expired)
2002-011
(J)---Press Release - ACPM response to
Budget Cuts
(expired)
2002-002 (H)---HPNEC letter to
House/Senate appropriators thanking them for the
increase in health professions funding
(expired)
2001-070 (C) --- Emergency
Resolution to Strengthen Preventive Medicine as a Medical Specialty
2001-067 (H) --- HPNEC letter
to Congress on negotiating the FY 2002 conference agreement
(expired)
2001-061 (H) --- HPNEC letter
to Congress on negotiating the FY 2002 conference agreement
(expired)
2001-054 (H) --- HPNEC letter to Congress regarding FY 2002 appropriations
(expired)
NOT POLICY --- Expert comments
on draft report "Reauthorization of Title VII, Section 747 of the Public
Health Service Act"
2001-019 (H) --- HPNEC letter to Congress regarding FY 2002 appropriations for
health professions training (expired)
2001-003 (H) --- HPNEC letter to Congress regarding FY 2002 appropriations for
health professions training (expired)
2000-066 (H) --- HPNEC letter
to Congress regarding FY 2001 appropriations for health professions training
2000-065 (C) --- ACPM resolution
on Administration as "Practice of Medicine"
2000-064 (C) --- ACPM resolution
on PM Physicians as Directors of Public Health Agencies
2000-063 (C) --- ACPM resolution
on Postgraduate Fellowships
2000-062 (C) --- ACPM resolution
on Job Market Initiatives
2000-051 (H) --- HPNEC letter
to Congress regarding FY 2001 appropriations for health professions training
(expired)
2000-040 (G) --- Comments
on COGME draft report on financing GME programs
2000-037 (H) --- HPNEC letter
to Congress regarding FY 2001 appropriations for health professions training
(expired)
2000-033 (H) --- HPNEC letter
to Congress regarding FY 2001 appropriations for health professions training
(expired)
2000-030 (H) --- HPNEC letter
to Congress regarding FY 2001 appropriations for health professions training
(expired)
2000-014 (I) --- ACPM statement
to Congress regarding FY 2001 appropriations (expired)
2000-013 (I) --- Letter to Congress regarding FY 2001 appropriations
for health professions training (expired)
2000-007 (H) --- HPNEC letter to Congress regarding FY 2001 appropriations
for health professions training (expired)
2000-004 (E) --- HPNEC recommendations for FY 2001
(expired)
List
of Topics
Governance (Medicine and Health)
2004-051 (H)---Sign-on letter to
House/Senate urging public health
representation in US trade negotiations
NOT POLICY---ACPM 2004 Presidential
election candidates' comparison,
comparison to ACPM position, and press
release
2004-028 (H)---Sign-on letter to
Congress on public health and the
US-Central American Free Trade Agreement
2003-077
(H)---Letter to AMA and
declaration urging that international
trade agreements prioritize health over
commercial interests
2003-071
(H)---Principles of the Ethical Practice of Public Health
2002-052
(I)---Letters to Congress re:
ACPM's position on Homeland Security
2002-051
(F)---ACPM Position Statement of
Proposed Department of Homeland Security
2002-035
(H)---Endorsement of AMA's Declaration of Professional Responsibility: Medicine's Social Contract With Humanity
2002-025(G)---Comments
on draft report of AMA Special Advisory
Group Extraordinaire
(SAGE)
2001-055 (G) --- Letter supporting David Sundwall
as Assistant Secretary for Health
2000-049 (G) --- Comments on the Commission on Unity Federation survey
List
of Topics
Governance
(Professional Standards)
2005-023
(H)---"International Trade Advisory
Committee Warranting Public Health and
Health Care Representation"
2005-012 (H)---Sign-on letter to
USTR re: Public Health and Health Care
Representation on U.S. Trade Advisory
Committees
2005-008 (G)---ACPM
letter to HHS Secretary re: PHS
Commissioned Corps reorganization
2004-055 (G)---ACPM/ACOEM/AsMA/JCPMRD
comments on proposed CEPH criteria
revisions
2004-052 (F)---ACPM position
statement: Hospital Privileges for
Preventive Medicine Physicians
2004-037 (H)---Endorsement of
NEETF's position statement, "Health
Professionals and Environmental Health
Education"
2004-009 (C)---ACPM Resolution:
standards for hospital privileging of
preventive medicine physicians
List
of Topics
Heart
Disease and Stroke
2007-018 (H)---Sign
on letter to House to co-sponsor H.R.
477, the STOP Stroke Act
2005-020
(H)---Sign-on letter to House
supporting STOP Stroke Act - HR 898
NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on the
USPSTF draft, "Recommendation Statement
on Screening for PAD"
NOT POLICY---ACPM comments on the
ASHP draft, "the Use of Aspirin for
Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease"
2004-002 (H)---Sign-on letter to
Congress urging co-sponsorship of STOP
Stroke Act
2003-079
(D)---ACPM resolution for AMA HOD: built environment and physical activity
2003-050
(H)---Letter
supporting cholesterol
screenings under Medicare
prescription drug bill
2003-022
(H)--Child
Nutrition Program
Reauthorization
Recommendations
2003-015
(H)---Endorsement
of Principles for
Childhood Obesity
Prevention for Local
Policy Makers
2003-06
(H)---Support
of bill to enact
cholesterol screening
benefit under Medicare
NOT
POLICY---Reponses to the USPSTF
Recommendations and Rationale:
Screening for Obesity in Adults
2002-058
(E)--Consensus Statement Regarding
Stroke and Trauma
NOT
POLICY---ACPM Comments on the USPSTF
Draft R&R Statement on Hypertension
Screening
2002-054
(H)---Letter to House Members in
Support of the STOP Stroke Act (H.R.3141)
2002-012 (H)---Letter to Congress from
STOP Stroke Act Coalition
2001-076 (H) --- Letter urging Congressional members to co-sign STOP
Stroke Act (HR 3431)
2001-074 (D) --- Nutrition Labeling for Trans Fatty Acid Content
2001-073 (D) --- Stroke Prevention and Care Legislation
2001-043 (H) --- Endorsement of the Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention
Act of 2001
2001-005 (C) --- Resolution
on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
2000-067 (G) --- Expert comments on USPSTF Recommendations
and Rationale statements on skin cancer, lipid
disorders, and chlamydia
List
of Topics
Health
Disparities
2004-008 (C)---ACPM Resolution:
Condemning Recent Attacks on Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender and
HIV-Related Research
List
of Topics
Health
Funding
2008-006 (H)---Sign
on letter to Congress urging increased
funding in budget for Function 550
public health programs
2008-002 (H)---Sign
on letter to Rep. Waxman in support of
H.R. 4992, "The Medicare Improvement Act
of 2007" shifting vaccine coverage to
Part B
2007-050 (H)---Sign
on letter to Sen appropriators in
support of Fresh Fruit and Vegetable
Snack Program
2007-049 (H)---Sign
on letter to the Senate in support of FY
08 Senate Labor/HHS bill
2007-048 (J)---Letter
to the editor in support for federal
funding for PMR training
2007-042 (H)---Sign
on letter urging ICCPUD to secure
funding for FY09 STOP Act (letter from
NAPUD)
2007-040 (H)---Sign
on Letter urging the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to
rescind the May 23, 2007, proposed rule
that seeks to eliminate federal
financial participation (FFP) matching
funds associated with Medicaid graduate
medical education (GME) payments
2007-039 (H)---Letter
urging House Members to vote in favor of
the fiscal year (FY) 2008 Labor, Health
and Human Services (HHS) and Education
Appropriations Bill, which includes the
317 program funding increase
2007-038 (H)---Letter
thanking the House Appropriations
Committee for including a $58.8 million
increase for the 317 program, and $19.8
million increase for seasonal flu
vaccine demand
2007-036 (H)---Sign
on letter urging Members of the House to
vote in favor of the FY 2008 Labor-HHS-Education
Appropriations bill
2007-032 (H)---Sign
on letter to the Senate to increase
SCHIP funding by increasing a federal
excise tax rates on alchololic beverages
2007-031 (H)---Sign
on letter to Sen. Harkin for funding of
$300 million for Title VII Health
Professions program and $200 million for
Title VIII Nursing workforce development
in FY 08
2007-030 (H)---Sign
on letter to urge the CMS to rescind the
May 23, 2007, proposed rule that seeks
to eliminate federal financial
participation (FFP) matching funds
associated with Medicaid graduate
medical education (GME) payments
2007-028 (H)---Sign
on letter to House appropriators to vote
in favor of the FY 2008 Labor, Health
and Human Services and Education
Appropriations bill
2007-027 (H)---Sign
on letter thanking Chairman Obey and
Honorable Walsh for increasing FY 08
funding for Section 317 of the PHSA
2007-026 (H)---Sign
on letter to House appropriators to vote
in favor of the FY 2008 Labor, Health
and Human Services and Education
Appropriations bill
2007-025 (H)---Sign
on letter to the Senate Finance
Committee and House Ways and Means, and
Energy and Commerce Committees for a
$.61 increase in Federal tobacco tax to
fund SCHIP reauthorization
2007-024 (H)---Sign
on letter to the Senate Finance
Committee and House Ways and Means, and
Energy and Commerce Committees for a
$.61 increase in Federal tobacco tax to
fund SCHIP reauthorization
2007-022 (H)---Sign
on letter to House and Senate
appropriators to increase CDC Budget FY
08
2007-021 (H)---Sign
on letter to Congress discussing SGR
Legislative Options
2007-019 (H)---Sign
on letter to Congress to increase
funding for public health through the
Function 550/discretionary budget
allocation FY 2008
2007-017 (H)---Sign
on letter to House appropriators
requesting increased funding to the
CDC’s health tracking and biomonitoring
programs
2007-016 (H)---Sign
on letter to House and Senate
appropriators requesting increased FY 08
NCHS funding
2007-015 (H)---Sign
on letter to CMS to adopt policy changes
for the 2008 Medicare payment schedule
2007-013 (H)---Sign
on letter to House appropriators
requesting increased FY 08 funding to
Departments of Education, Health and
Human Services and Labor
2007-012 (H)---Sign
on letter to Senate appropriators
requesting increased FY 08 funding to
Departments of Education, Health and
Human Services and Labor
2007-011 (H)---Sign
on letter to House and Senate
appropriators requesting increased FY 08
CDC funding
2007-008 (D)---AMA
resolution calling on the AMA to join
the CDC Coalition and support the
Campaign for Public Health
2007-001 (H)--Sign
on letter to congressional leadership
urging increased FY 2007 funding for
Title VII programs
2007-002 (H)--Sign
on letter to congressional leadership
urging increased FY 2007 funding for the
Labor/HHS Approps bill
2006-022 (H)---Sign
on letter to Senate L-HHS Committee in
support of CDC environmental health and
injury prevention programs
2006-021 (H)---Sign
on letter to Senate Appropriators in
support of Health professions funding
2006-020 (H)---Sign
on letter to Congress rejecting budget
process reform measures
2006-018 (H)---Sign
on letter to Rep. Regula in support of
increased funding for HRSA Health
Professions Programs
2006-017 (H)---Sign
on letter to Sens. Specter and Harkin in
support of increased funding for Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality
2006-016 (H)---Sign
on letter to Rep. Lewis in support of
increased funding for the CDC FY 2007
budget
2006-015 (H)---Sign
on letter to Sen. Specter in support of
increased funding for the CDC FY 2007
budget
2006-013 (H)---Sign
on letter to Speaker Hastert urging
support for adoption of Senate passed
funding level for FY 2007 Labor/HHS/Ed
funding bill
2006-011 (H)---Sign
on letter to congressional leadership in
support of increased appropriations for
the FY 2007 Labor/HHS/Ed bill
2006-008 (H)---Coalition
for Health Funding sign-on letter to
Congress and White House in support of
increase funding for all public health
funding
2006-006 (H)---NVDRS
Coalition sign on letter to Congress on
FY07 NVDRS appropriation
2005-059 (H)---Sign-on
letter to House L/HHS Approps Sub Comm
members urging their support of Senate
passed funding level for Title VII
(expired)
2005-058 (H)---Sign-on
letter to House members urging their
support of Sen passed L/HHS funding and
restore funding for health programs that
have been zeroed out
(expired)
2005-057 (H)---Sign-on
letter to Reps Regula and Obey in
support of increased funding for AHRQ in
L/HHS approps(expired)
2005-056 (H)---Sign-on
letter to Rep Regula in support for
increased NIH funding in L/HHS approps
bill (expired)
2005-052 (H)---Sign-on
letter to members of Congress in support
of increased FY 2006 funding for the NIH
(expired)
2005-051 (H)---Sign-on
letter to President Bush in support of
increased FY 2006 funding for CDC
(expired)
2005-043
(I)---Letter to Senator Cochran re:
Thanking Senate Committee on
Appropriations for the funding dedicated
to Title VII health professions programs
(expired)
2005-042
(H)---Sign-on letter to Senator
Cochran re: Thanking him for restoring
funding to Title VII and VIII health
professions programs
(expired)
2005-039
(H)---Sign-on letter to Senator
Cochran re: expressing concern over the
elimination of the Title VII Health
Professions Programs
(expired)
2005-038
(H)---Sign-on letter to Congress re:
urging Congress to reject the
President's proposed CDC and HRSA budget
cuts (expired)
2005-037
(H)---Sign-on letter to Congress re:
Inadequate funding provided in House L-HHS-Ed
Appropriations Bill
(expired)
2005-036
(H)---Sign-on letter to Chairman
Spector and Senator Harkin re: increase
funding for AHRQ to at least $440
million
2005-032
(H)---Sign-on letter to House and
Senate L/HHS Appropriations
Subcommittees urging $10 million in FY06
for continued implementation of the
National Violent Death Reporting System
(NVDRS) (expired)
2005-028
(D)---AMA Resolution: Promoting the
Utilization of New and Old Medicare
Preventive Services Benefits
2005-022
(J)---Testimony: House L-HHS-Ed
Statement FY06
(expired)
2005-021
(H)---Sign-on letter to Senate
urging to reject the FY06 budget
proposal to eliminate the CDC's
Preventive Health and Health Services
Block Grant
(expired)
2005-019 (J)---Friends of AHRQ
Testimony for FY2006 to Congress
2005-013 (H)---Sign-on letter to
Chairman Spector re: NCBDDD funding
request
2005-011 (I)---Letter to Senator
Harkin re: HHS appropriation for funding
preventive medicine residency training
programs (expired)
2005-010 (I)---Letter to Congressman
Regula re: HHS appropriation for funding
preventive medicine residency training
programs (expired)
2005-003 (H)---Sign-on
letter to President and Congress urging
increased PH funding through Section 550
budget allocation
2004-054 (H)---Sign-on letter to
House/Senate L-HHS-E approp subcoms
urging highest possible CDC
appropriation for FY 2005
2004-053 (H)---Sign-on letter to
House L-HHS-E approp subcom urging
support for the Senate mark for FY 2005
AHRQ funding
2004-048 (H)---Sign-on letter to
Senate urging members to retain the
health professions funding incl. in
Senate Approp. Com. Bill
2004-043 (H)---Sign on letter to
Sen. Specter urging increased support in
FY '05 for the Prevention Block Grant
2004-038 (H)---Sign-on letter to
Congress urging new funding in FY 2005
for National Children's Study
2004-035 (H)---Sign-on letter to
Senate urging sufficient funding for
HRSA programs in FY 2005
2004-034 (H)---Sign-on letter to
Congress in support of increased funding
for the CDC in FY 2005
2004-030 (H)---Sign-on letter to
House urging adequate funding for Title
VII health profession programs and Title
VIII nursing programs
2004-026 (H)---Sign-on letter to
Congress in oppostion to the proposal to
reprogram FY 2004 bioterrorism
preparedness funds
2004-025 (I)---ACPM testimony for
record on FY 2005 appropriations for
consideration by the House Labor,
Health, Education, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee
2004-024 (H)---Sign-on letter to
House/Senate Appropriators urging
highest possible 302b allocations for
Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human
Services and Education
2004-016 (H)---Sign-on letter to
House/Senate L/HHS/E Appropriators
requesting appropriations for NCBDDD/CDC
2004-015 (H)---Sign-on letter to HHS
Secretary calling for adequate funding
of smoking cessation quitlines network
2004-012 (H)---Support for
Harkin/Feinstein amendment to FY 2005
Budget Resolution
2004-011 (H)---Endorsement of HPNEC
brochure for FY 2005
2004-010 (H)--Sign-on letter to
Congress urging adequate funding for
Function 550/AHRQ
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