American College of Preventive Medicine
Policy Compendium

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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
2008-033 (H)---Press release following Sen. HELP Comm hearing on health care reform focused on prevention and wellness

2008-031 (H)---ACPM letter to Partnership for Prevention endorsing their report "Realth Health Reform Starts with Prevention."

2008-025 (H)---Sign-on letter to Senate in support of "Healthy Workforce Act of 2007" (S. 1753)

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

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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

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Food Safety
2008-010 (H)---Sign on letter to FDA Commissioner rescinding the qualified health claims policy for conventional foods

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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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Heart Disease and Stroke
2008-024 (E)---Coalition media ad in support of "Advancing America's Priorities Act" (S. 3297)

2008-021 (H)---Sign-on letter to Sen. Majority Leader in support of "Advancing America's Prioriorities Act" (S. 3297)

2008-007 (G)---Comments on AHA/ACC CVD risk reduction guidelines

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

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Health Disparities
2004-008 (C)---ACPM Resolution: Condemning Recent Attacks on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender and HIV-Related Research

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Health Funding
2008-042 (H)---Sign on letter to Congress in support of increased health care funding in economic stimulus package

2008-041 (H)---Sign on letter to House and Senate Appropriations Comm urging increased funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

2008-040 (H)---Sign on letter to House and Senate Appropriations Comm urging increased funding for the National Center for Health Statistics

2008-038 (H)---Sign on letter to president-elect Obama urging increased support for the CDC

2008-037 (H)---Sign on letter to president-elect Obama urging increased support for HRSA

2008-036 (H)---Sign on letter to Speaker Pelosi urging increased support for the CDC

2008-035 (H)---Sign on letter to president-elect Obama urging increased support for the NIH

2008-032 (H)---Sign on letter to House and Senate leaders urging that Congress fund 100,000 new state and local public health workers

2008-030 (H)---Sign on letter to president-elect Obama urging increased support for National Center for Health Statistics

2008-026 (H)---Sign-on letter to Senate Appropriations Comm in support of increased Title VII health professions funding

2008-023 (H)---Sign-on letter to House/Sen appropriations committee in support of $124.7 million in FY 09 for NCHS

2008-022 (H)---Sign-on letter to House/Sen appropriations committee in support of increased FY 2009 health funding

2008-020 (H)---Sign-on to congress in support of $1.9 B for NIH

2008-019 (H)---Sign-on to congress in support of $59.7 B for health spending in FY 09 budget

2008-018 (H)---Sign-on to letter supporting $7.9 B in FY09 funding for HRSA

2008-016 (H)---Sign on letter to congress in support of at least $15 B increase in FY09 funding for DHHS, DoL, DoE

2008-014 (H)---Sign on letter to Congress requesting at least $7.4 B for CDC core programs in FY09

2008-011 (H)--Sign on letter with AARP in support of health IT

2008-008 (H)---Sign on letter to Congress in support of increased funding fo the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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

2007-052 (H)---Sign on letter to Congress thanking those members who voted to override the president's veto of the FY 08 Labor/HHS Approps bill

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

2004-003 (H)---Sign-on letter to President and Congress urging increased PH funding through Section 550 budget allocation

2003-069 (H)---Letter to House/Senate Conference Committee on Appropriations in support of the National Violent Death Reporting System

2003-068 (H)---Letter to House and Senate conferees urging them to restore Title VII health professions funding

2003-062 (H)---Letter to Senate urging increases in AHRQ FY2004 funding

2003-048 (H)---Appropriation letter urging continued implementation of NVDRS for FY2004 (expired)

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)

2003-044 (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)

2003-026 (H)---Letter to House urging highest possible allocation for the L/HHS/Ed Subcom. under 302B allocations (expired)

2003-024 (H)---ACPM statement for record on FY 2004 appropriations - Senate L-HHS-E Subcom (expired)

2003-023 (H)---Letter to the House L/HHS/Ed Subcommittee urging support for AHRQ (expired)

2003-018 (H)---Letter to House and Senate conferees re Budget Resolution (expired)

2003-017 (H)---Thank you letter to Congressional leaders re HP funding increase (expired)

2003-07 (H)---Press release lauding HHS Secretary for funding CDC CD prevention programs (expired)

2003-01 (H)---Letter Urging Congress to finish FY2003 Appropriations and Fund Health Programs (expired)

2002-063 (H)---HPNEC Letter on Health Professions Appropriations (expired)

2002-061 (H)--Letter to President and congressional leaders urging closure on FY2003 appropriations (expired)

2002-050 (H)---Letter to House L/HHS/Ed Subcommittee urging support for CDC chronic disease programs (expired)

2002-048 (H)---Letters to L/HHS/Ed Subcommittees urging increased funding for health professions programs (expired)

2002-045 (H)---Thank you letter for increased ATSDR funding in the FY 2002 Emergency Supplemental appropriations bill (expired)

2002-040 (H)---Letter to Appropriations Committee urging funding for the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee (expired)

2002-039 (H)---Letter to Congress requesting funding for CDC's Office on Smoking and Health (expired)

2002-038 (H)---Letters to Congress regarding Emergency Supplemental Appropriation and Chemical Terrorism Preparedness (expired)

2002-036 (H)---HPNEC's Written Testimony to the Senate (expired)

2002-034 (H)---Letter to President and Labor/HHS/Ed appropriators thank them for their FY 2003 budget proposal and FY 2002 appropriations, respectively, for bioterrorism preparedness (expired)

2002-030 (H)---Written Testimony of Research to Prevention on Chronic Disease Funding (Labor/HHS/Ed Subcom) (expired)

2002-027 (I)---Letter to Congress requesting meeting (Hill Day) regarding Title VII funding (expired)

2002-021 (H)---Letter to Congress from Friends of AHRQ in response to Budget Cuts (expired)

2002-020 (I)---Bioterrorism Advocacy document for Congress

2002-016 (H)---HPNEC Letter to President regarding budget cuts (expired)

2002-013 (H)---Letter to Congress from Friends of AHRQ in response to Budget Cuts (expired)

2002-011 (J)---Press Release - ACPM response to Budget Cuts (expired)

2002-010 (H)---Coalition for Health Funding Press Release (expired)

2002-009 (H)---Friends of HRSA Funding Request for HRSA (expired)

2002-008 (H)---CDC Coalition Funding Request for CDC (expired)

2002-007 (H)---FY 2003 Funding Recommendations for the Agency for  Healthcare Research and Quality (expired)

2002-006 (H)---Ad Hoc Group Memorandum supporting NIH medical research funding (expired)

2002-002 (H)---HPNEC letter to House/Senate appropriators thanking them for the increase in health professions funding (expired)

2001-068 (H) --- Friends of AHRQ letter to Congress regarding FY 2002 appropriations (expired)

2001-066 (H) --- Letter to Congress regarding FY 2002 funding for CDC chronic disease and disability programs (expired)

2001-065 (H) --- Letter supporting development of a nationwide health tracking network

2001-063 (H) --- Newspaper ad supporting S.R. 171 to strengthen public health defenses against bioterrorism

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Immunizations and Infectious Diseases
2008-029 (H)---Sign on letter expressing concern re: unsubstantiated claims about vaccine risks

2007-029 (H)---Sign on letter to Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to support universal vaccination against influenza for children under the age of 18

2007-020 (H)---Sign on letter to ACIP urging an expanded influenza vaccination recommendation to include all school-age children through 18 years of age

2006-024 (H)---AMA resolution on flu vaccine for health care workers

2006-019 (H)---Sign on letter to CMS Administrator Scott McClellan regarding coverage and payment for shingles vaccine

2006-005 (H)---Immunization Action Coalition sign-on letter to Congress opposing restricted access to vaccines

2005-018 (H)---Strengthening Adult Immunization: A Call-to-Action

2004-049 (A)---ACPM Practice Policy Statement: Hepatitis C Screening

2003-083 (F)---ACPM Position Statement on vaccine shortages

2003-082 (H)---Press release urging late season influenza vaccination

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on USPSTF R&R on HBV screening

2003-072 (H)---Letter to CMS Adminstrator re: implications of the proposed drug payment rule on adult immunization rates

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on USPSTF R&R for Screening for Hepatitis C

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on AMA Foodborne Illness Primer

2003-059 (H)---Endorsement of influenza vaccination pocket guide

2003-057 (J)---Press release announcing ACPM Policy Statement on Childhood Immunizations

2003-056 (A)---ACPM Policy Statement on Childhood Immunizations

2003-047 (H)---Support for National Immunization Awareness Month congressional briefing

2003-020 (H)---Letter to appropriations leaders re emergency supplemental request for smallpox vaccination efforts (expired)

2003-019 (H)---Standards for Child and Adolescent Immunization Practices

2003-014 (H)---Endorsement of National Immunization Awareness Month

2003-05 (H)---Sponsorship of Congressional education outreach conference on childhood vaccination

2002-062 (E)---Joint Press Release Declaring "National Influenza Vaccination Catch-up" fortnight

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on AMA CSA Smallpox Scientific Update

2002-053 (A)---ACPM Policy Statement on Routine Adult Immunization (Updated 2002)

NOT POLICY---Comments on draft report of AMA CSA on Safe Disposal of Used Needles/Syringes

2002-023 (C)---ACPM Resolution #02-02(A) - National Immunization Program

2001-026 (G) --- Comments on the AMA's Council on Scientific Affairs' report on Safe Disposal of Used Syringes, Needles, and other Sharps in the Community

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Informatics and E-Health
2008-034 (G)---Comments to CDC on changes to National Vital Statistics System

2008-017 (H)---Sign-on to House on support of e-prescribing

2005-040 (H)---Sign-on letter to Senator Frist and Clinton re: ACPM and ACMQ voicing support for the Health Technology to Enhance Quality Act of 2005

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

2001-010 (C) --- Resolution on Electronic Medical Record Process Consensus Formation

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Injury and Violence Prevention
2008-001 (H)---Amicus brief sign on to Supreme Court in support of DC gun ban

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)

2004-060 (C)---ACPM Resolution: Administrative Home for Doctors Against Handgun Injury (expired)

2004-029 (H)---Sign-on letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman urging renewal or strengthening of the current assault weapons ban (expired)

2004-004 (H)---Sign-on letter to Congress in support of S. 1807, the Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2003

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on USPSTF R&R for Screening for Family Violence

2003-078 (D)---ACPM resolution for AMA HOD: assault weapons ban

2003-069 (H)---Letter to House/Senate Conference Committee on Appropriations in support of the National Violent Death Reporting System

2003-065 (H)---Letter to Congress in support of extending and improving the assault weapons ban act

2003-055 (H)---Opposition to S 659 which would provide legal immunity to the gun industry

2003-048 (H)---Appropriation letter urging continued implementation of NVDRS for FY2004 (expired)

2003-038 (H)---Letter of support for bill to strictly regulate transfer and trade of assault weapons

2002-032 (H)---Letter in support of continued funding for the National Violent Death Reporting Systems (NVDRS)

2002-029 (F)---Preventing Handgun Injury

NOT POLICY---Comments on draft report of AMA CSA on Bullying Behavior

2002-004 (H)---Letter supporting Senator Reed’s (D-RI) "Gun Show Background Check Act" (S. 767)

2001-040 (H) --- Letter to Congress requesting FY 2002 Appropriations to the CDC for the establishment of a National Violent Death Reporting System (expired)

2001-030 (D) --- AMA resolution on Bullying Behavior among Youth

2001-025 (H) --- Letter to Congress in support of the Gun Show Background Check Act

2001-016 (J) --- Quotation on the Doctors Against Handgun Injury Coalition Statement made by Dorothy Lane

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Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
2007-020 (H)---Sign on letter to ACIP urging an expanded influenza vaccination recommendation to include all school-age children through 18 years of age

2006-009 (H)---Sign on letter to Sens. Specter and Harkin in support of increased funding for National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at CDC

NOT POLICY---USPSTF Draft Recommendation Statement for Screening for elevated lead levels in children and pregnant women.

2005-013 (H)---Sign-on letter to Chairman Spector re: NCBDDD funding request

2004-038 (H)---Sign-on letter to Congress urging new funding in FY 2005 for National Children's Study (expired)

2004-019 (H)---Endorse written testimony to Sen L/HHS/E approp subcom in support of CDC's Folic Acid Education Campaign (expired)

2004-016 (H)---Sign-on letter to House/Senate L/HHS/E Appropriators requesting appropriations for NCBDDD/CDC (expired)

NOT POLICY--- Expert review of CSA report on screening of pregnant women for HIV infection

2001-058 (H) --- Letter supporting the Children's Dental Health Improvement Act of 2001

2001-053 (H) --- Letter to Congress regarding FY 2002 funding for pediatric emergency medicine grants (expired)

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Medical Privacy
2001-044 (H) --- Letter to the HHS Secretary urging modifications of final privacy rule

2001-022 (G) --- Comments on the final rule "Standards of Individually Identifiable Health Information"

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Medical Research
2007-023 (H)---Sign on letter to Senator Baucus urging continued support for AHRQ's comparitive effectiveness research (CER)

2004-033 (H)---Endorsement of Ecological Society of America's Peer Review Position Statement

2004-010 (H)--Sign-on letter to Congress urging adequate funding for Function 550/AHRQ (expired)

2004-008 (C)---ACPM Resolution: Condemning Recent Attacks on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender and HIV-Related Research

2003-062 (H)---Letter to Senate urging increases in AHRQ FY2004 funding (expired)

2003-023 (H)---Letter to the House L/HHS/Ed Subcommittee urging support for AHRQ (expired)

2003-021 (H)---Support for Proposed Health Promotion and Research Dissemination Act

2002-021 (H)---Letter to Congress from Friends of AHRQ in response to Budget Cuts (expired)

2002-007 (H)---FY 2003 Funding Recommendations for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (expired)

2002-006 (H)---Ad Hoc Group Memorandum supporting NIH medical research funding (expired)

2001-047 (H) --- Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Funding FY 2002 Proposal (expired)

2001-046 (H) --- Friends of AHRQ letter to Congress regarding FY 2002 appropriations (expired)

2001-022 (G) --- Comments on the final rule "Standards of Individually Identifiable Health Information"

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Mental Health
2004-001 (H)---Sign-on letter in support of mental health benefits parity law

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Nutrition, Obesity, and Physical Activity
2008-015 (H)---Draft Amicus brief in support of the defendant in NYSRA v. NYC Board of Health

2008-003 (H)---Sign on letter to FDA drawing concern to level of sodium in US foods

2007-053 (H)---Sign on letter to Sen Kohl in support of a prohibition on qualified health claims for foods by the FDA

2007-037 (H)---Amicus brief in the New York City menu labeling lawsuit   Additional Documentation

2007-035 (H)---Sign on letter to Chairman Pallone urging a 50 percent reduction in sodium in processed and restaurant foods over the next 10 years

2007-034 (H)---ACPM letter to American Medical Association in support of the Expert Committee Recommendations on Child and Adolescent Overweight, and Obesity Prevention, Assessment and Treatment

2007-009 (D)---AMA resolution in support of menu-labeling of nutrition information

2006-001 (H)---Sign on letter to Agriculture Sec. Johanns on the new Dietary Guidelines

2005-054 (H)---Sign-on letter to Sen Harkin in support of "Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection" bill (expired)

2005-050 (I)---ACPM support letter to Sen. Bingaman for Team Nutrition Program (expired)

2005-027 (D)---AMA Resolution: Imposing Taxes on Sugar-sweetened Soft Drinks

NOT POLICY---ACPM comments on the CSA report, "Recommendations for Physician and Community Colloborationn the Management of Obesity"

2004-042 (F)---ACPM Position Statement: Physical Activity Counseling in the Adult Primary Care Setting

2004-032 (I)---ACPM letter to Senate in support of S.2558 "Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention America Act"

2004-023 (H)---Sign-on letter to Sen. Ag. Committee urging improvements to WIC program

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on the USPSTF draft, "Screening for Childhood Overweight"

2003-079 (D)---ACPM resolution for AMA HOD: built environment and physical activity

2003-064 (H)---Letter to Congress in support of transportation policies that support physical activity and health

2003-054 (H)---Letters in support of S1392 and HR2987, bills to improve nutritious food in schools

2003-022 (H)--Child Nutrition Program Reauthorization Recommendations

2003-015 (H)---Endorsement of Principles for Childhood Obesity Prevention for Local Policy Makers

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

2001-074 (D) --- Nutrition Labeling for Trans Fatty Acid Content

2001-062 (H) --- NANA letter to Congress supporting CDC's nutrition, physical activity, and obesity program

2001-035 (A) --- Practice policy statement on Weight Management Counseling of Overweight Adults

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Occupational Safety
2003-030 (D)---AMA resolution on toxicity of computers and electronics waste

NOT POLICY---Comments on draft report of AMA CSA on Safe Disposal of Used  Needles/Syringes

2001-026 (G) --- Comments on the AMA's Council on Scientific Affairs' report on Safe Disposal of Used Syringes, Needles, and other Sharps in the Community

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Oral Health
NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on USPSTF R&R for Screening for Oral Cancer

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Patient Safety and Medical Errors
2006-024 (H)---AMA resolution on flu vaccine for health care workers

2005-040 (H)---Sign-on letter to Senator Frist and Clinton re: ACPM and ACMQ voicing support for the Health Technology to Enhance Quality Act of 2005

2005-036 (H)---Sign-on letter to Chairman Spector and Senator Harkin re: increase funding for AHRQ to at least $440 million

2005-035 (H)---Sign-on letter to Speaker Hastert re: Federal patient safety legislation

2005-034 (H)---Sign-on letter to Senator Frist re: Federal patient safety legislation

2004-045 (H)---Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee leadership to move H.R. 663, "Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act" (expired)

2004-031 (H)---Sign-on letter to Senate in support of S.720 "Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act" (expired)

2004-014 (H)---Sign-on letter to Senate in support of S.720 “Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2003”

2003-084 (H)---Sign-on letter in support of S.720, “Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2003”

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on USPSTF R&R for Screening for Oral Cancer

2003-023 (H)---Letter to the House L/HHS/Ed Subcommittee urging support for AHRQ (expired)

2003-013 (C)---ACPM Resolution:  Patient Safety

2001-046 (H) --- Friends of AHRQ letter to Congress regarding FY 2002 appropriations (expired)

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Preventive Services
2008-005 (H)---Sign on letter to Congress urging expansion of Medicare preventive benefits

2005-041 (I)---Letter to Senator Bingaman supporting the Medicaid Preventive Services Coverage Act of 2005

2005-028 (D)---AMA Resolution: Promoting the Utilization of New and Old Medicare Preventive Services Benefits

NOT POLICY---ACPM comments on the CSA report, "Recommendations for Physician and Community Colloborationn the Management of Obesity"

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)

2005-020 (H)---Sign-on letter to House supporting STOP Stroke Act - HR 898

2005-018 (H)---Strengthening Adult Immunization: A Call-to-Action

2005-014 (I)---Letter to Senator Frist re: ACPM response to Frist's lecture entitled "Health Care in the 21st Century"

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on the USPSTF draft, "Recommendation Statement on Screening for PAD"

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on the USPSTF draft HIV screening recommendations

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on the USPSTF draft gonorrhea screening recommendations

2004-056 (X)---Sunset Review: Recommended Actions for Expired ACPM Practice and Public Policy Statements (1996-1999)

2004-049 (A)---ACPM Practice Policy Statement: Hepatitis C Screening

2004-047 (G)---ACPM/PfP/AAFP comments on Medicare rule - new preventive services

2004-043 (H)---Sign on letter to Sen. Specter urging increased support in FY '05 for the Prevention Block Grant (expired)

2004-042 (F)---ACPM Position Statement: Physical Activity Counseling in the Adult Primary Care Setting

2004-040 (J)---ACPM press release commending expanded coverage of preventive services under Medicare

NOT POLICY---ACPM comments on the USPSTF draft, "Screening for Glaucoma"

2004-039 (H)---Sign-on letter supporting a National Coverage Determination for tobacco cessation counseling services under Medicare

2004-027 (I)---ACPM letter to Senate in support of giving Secretary of HHS authority to approve Medicare coverage of preventive medical services

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on USPSTF R&R on HBV screening

2003-085 (F)---ACPM position statement: Health Care for All

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on USPSTF R&R for Screening for Oral Cancer

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on USPSTF R&R for Screening for Family Violence

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on USPSTF R&R for Screening for Hepatitis C

2003-070 (G)---Letter to editor of Parade Magazine re 9/14/03 article recommending preventive services

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

2003-058 (H)---Letter endorsing Partnership for Prevention's recommendations to modernize Medicare

2003-050 (H)---Letter supporting cholesterol screenings under Medicare prescription drug bill

NOT POLICY---ACPM comments on USPSTF draft "Screening for Thyroid Disease:  Recommendations and Rationale"

2003-035 (F)---ACPM position statement on chlamydia screening for young women

2003-034 (H)---Press Release on ACPM's position on chlamydia screening for young women

NOT POLICY---ACPM comments on USPSTF draft "Screening for Ovarian Cancer:  Recommendations and Rationale"

NOT POLICY ---ACPM Comments on AMA CSA report entitled, "Commercialized Medical Screening"

2003-06 (H)---Support of bill to enact cholesterol screening benefit under Medicare

2002-046 (C)--Health Care for All

2002-022 (C)---ACPM Resolution #01-02(A) - Preventive Medicine

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

NOT POLICY --- Expert review of USPSTF report on vitamin supplementation to prevent cancer and CVD

NOT POLICY --- Expert review of CSA report on process for endorsing or supporting coverage of screening standards

2001-036 (J) --- Quote on Medicare preventive services by Mark Johnson

2001-027 (I) --- Letter to Congress regarding the Medicare Wellness Act of 2001

2000-059 (D) --- AMA resolution on Implementing the Guide to Community Preventive Services

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Public Health Infrastructure (incl. Terrorism/Disaster Preparedness)
2006-004 (G)---ACPM comments to the IOM on provision committee on public health workforce

2005-029 (D)---AMA Resolution: Collaboration and Coordination during Disaster Relief

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

2005-006 (D)---AMA Resolution: Development of Coordinated Donated Physician Resources (expired)

2004-051 (H)---Sign-on letter to House/Senate urging public health representation in US trade negotiations

2004-041 (H)---Sign on letter to Senate leaders supporting A Coordinated Environmental Health Network

2004-028 (H)---Sign-on letter to Congress on public health and the US-Central American Free Trade Agreement

2004-026 (H)---Sign-on letter to Congress in oppostion to the proposal to reprogram FY 2004 bioterrorism preparedness funds (expired)

NOT POLICY---ACPM comments on the draft CSA report, "AMA National Disaster Life Support Program."

2003-080 (D)---ACPM resolution for AMA HOD: regional, national preparedness for terrorism

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

2003-033 (D) - AMA Resolution on Elevating Health Concerns in International Trade Agreements

2003-028 (G)---ACPM's comments on AMA's COO process

2003-020 (H)---Letter to appropriations leaders re emergency supplemental request for smallpox vaccination efforts (expired)

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on AMA CSA Smallpox Scientific Update

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

2002-049 (H)---Health tracking sign-on letter

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)

2002-034 (H)---Letter to President and Labor/HHS/Ed appropriators thank them for their FY 2003 budget proposal and FY 2002 appropriations, respectively, for bioterrorism preparedness (expired)

2002-020 (I)---Bioterrorism Advocacy document for Congress

2002-019 (I)---Letter to Congress regarding Health Tracking Act

2002-018 (H)---Letter to the President regarding Public Health Leadership vacancies

2002-017 (I)---ACPM Letter to Congress regarding Bioterrorism bills

2002-015 (H)---Letter to Congress regarding public health preparedness

2002-014 (H)---Letter to Congress regarding a national laboratory network

2001-072 (D) --- Bolstering Public Health Preparedness

2001-065 (H) --- Letter supporting development of a nationwide health tracking network

2001-063 (H) --- Newspaper ad supporting S.R. 171 to strengthen public health defenses against bioterrorism

2001-057 (H) --- Letter urging CDC/ATSDR funding for bioterrorism preparedness (expired)

NOT POLICY --- ACPM staff comments on the Public Health Leadership Society Proposal for Enumerating the Public Health Workforce

2001-041 (H) --- Letter to Congress regarding FY 2002 appropriations for the Public Health Threats and Emergencies Act (expired)

2001-039 (H) --- Letter to Congress supporting a national health tracking network

2001-023 (H) --- Letter to Congress regarding the CDC status report on Public Health Infrastructure

2000-024 (D) --- AMA resolution on An International Code of Ethics for the Internet in Health

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Reimbursement and Financing
2008-027 (H)---Sign on letter to CMS to delay and modify "incident-to" billing guidelines

2007-045 (H)---Sign on letter to Margaret Spellings Sec of Ed urging to increase the aggregate combined Stafford loan limit for health professions students

2007-043 (H)---Sign on letter to Sen. Reid to include two years of positive Medicare physician payment updates in a final SCHIP conference

2005-041 (I)---Letter to Senator Bingaman supporting the Medicaid Preventive Services Coverage Act of 2005

2004-047 (G)---ACPM/PfP/AAFP comments on Medicare rule - new preventive services

2004-040 (J)---ACPM press release commending expanded coverage of preventive services under Medicare

2004-027 (I)---ACPM letter to Senate in support of giving Secretary of HHS authority to approve Medicare coverage of preventive medical services

2003-085 (F)---ACPM position statement: Health Care for All

2003-076 (I)---Letter and background paper to CMS Administrator Scully urging Medicare GME financing for PMRs

2003-073 (F)---ACPM Position Statement: The Scope of Reproductive Health Care Benefits for Adolescents under the SCHIP Program

2003-072 (H)---Letter to CMS Adminstrator re: implications of the proposed drug payment rule on adult immunization rates

2003-058 (H)---Letter endorsing Partnership for Prevention's recommendations to modernize Medicare

2001-050 (H) --- Letter to Secretary supporting AMA CPT coding

2000-047 (G) --- Comments on AMA's editorial revision of preventive medicine notes and revision of preventive medicine codes

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Research

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on the USPSTF draft HIV screening recommendations

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on the USPSTF draft gonorrhea screening recommendations

NOT POLICY---ACPM Comments on the USPSTF draft, "Screening for Genital Herpes"

2004-057 (D)---AMA Resolution: Patient Delivered Partner Therapy

2004-008 (C)---ACPM Resolution: Condemning Recent Attacks on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender and HIV-Related Research

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

2003-035 (F)---ACPM position statement on chlamydia screening for young women

2003-034 (H)---Press Release on ACPM's position on chlamydia screening for young women

2001-052 (H) --- Response to report from meeting on condom effectiveness and STDs

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Specialty of Preventive Medicine
2008-004 (G)---Press release in response to Washington Post article on benefits of investing in prevention

2005-014 (I)---Letter to Senator Frist re: ACPM response to Frist's lecture entitled "Health Care in the 21st Century"

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)

2004-061 (C)---ACPM Resolution: New Goal for ACPM Strategic Plan

2004-059 (C)---ACPM Resolution: ACPM Medical Student Section (expired)

2004-058 (C)---ACPM Resolution: Allowing Non-Physician Members in ACPM (expired)

2004-052 (F)---ACPM position statement: Hospital Privileges for Preventive Medicine Physicians

2004-009 (C)---ACPM Resolution: standards for hospital privleging of preventive medicine physicians

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Substance Abuse
2008-009 (H)---Sign on letter to Congress in support of full funding for the underage drinking prevention activities under STOP Underage Drinking Act

2007-014 (H)---Sign on letter to congressional leadership urging for increased funding for the Sober Truth on Preventing (STOP) Underage Drinking Act in the FY 2008

2007-003 (H)---Sign on letter to congress urging increased alcohol beverage taxes

2006-003 (C)---ACPM resolution to end beer ads on college sports telecasts

2006-012 (H)---Sign on letter to FTC Chairman re: information requests to manufacturers of alcoholic beverages

2005-031 (D)---AMA Resolution: Eliminate Underage, Destructive, and High Risk Alcohol Consumption

2005-026 (D)---AMA Resolution: Increasing Taxes on Alcoholic Beverages

2005-009 (H)---Sign-on letter to Congress urging alcoholic-beverage tax increases

2005-005 (D)---ACPM Resolution: Eliminate Underage, Destructive, and High Risk Alcohol Consumption

2005-004 (H)---Sign-on letter to House and Senate opposing reduction in federal excise tax on alcoholic beverages

2004-050 (H)---Sign-on letter to House/Senate urging co-sponsorship of "STOP" Underage Drinking Prevention Act

2004-022 (H)---Sign-on letter to Inter-Agency Committee on Underage Drinking

2004-020 (H)---41Sign-on letter to House urging co-sponsor of H.Res.575-NCAA end alcohol promotion in College Sports

2003-010 (H)---Letter to Congress to reject alcohol beverage tax cuts

2003-03 (H)---Letter to Congress opposing reductions in federal excise taxes on alcoholic beverages

2002-026 (H)---Letter calling for congressional hearings on alcohol advertising

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Tobacco Use
2007-051 (G)---Sign on to Supreme Court in suppot of regulation of "low tar" and "light" cigarettes

2007-033 (H)---Sign on letter to Congress to support and pass The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

2007-007 (D)---AMA resolution recommending that a postage stamp be issued in 2014 to commemorate the first Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health

2007-004 (I)---ACPM letter to Sens. Kennedy and Cornyn and Reps. Waxman and Davis in support of "The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act"

2006-023 (H)---AMA resolution on smoke-free meeting places

2006-007 (H)---PARTNERS sign on letter on priority issues for 2nd session of 109th Congress

2005-053 (H)---Sign-on letter to the President urging Admin. to send the FCTC treaty to the Senate for immediate ratification (expired)

2005-046 (H)---Support amicus brief with comments: DOJ v. Philip Morris (expired)

2005-030 (D)---AMA Resolution: Collaborative Approach to Addressing Tobacco Use and Dependence

2005-025 (H)---Amicus brief: Issues concerning National Public Education Fund for the Truth Campaign

2005-024 (E)---Amici Curiae: Motion for Leave to File in support of plaintiff American Legacy Corporation

2005-017 (H)---Sign-on letter to Congress concerning tobacco issues deemed as a priority for the first session of the 109th Congress

2005-016 (H)---Sign-on letter to Congress supporting S666 DeWine Kennedy

2005-015 (H)---Sign-on letter to Congress supporting HR 1376 Davis Waxman

2005-007 (H)---Sign-on letter to the President urging Administration to send the FCTC treaty to the Senate for immediate ratification (expired)

2005-002 (H)---Sign-on letter to CMS re: Medicare's proposed smoking cessation counseling rule

2005-001 (G)---ACPM Comments on the Medicare proposed rule re: smoking cessation counseling coverage

2004-046 (I)---ACPM letter to Congress urging passage of the DeWine/Kennedy FDA tobacco amendment (expired)

2004-044 (H)---Sign on letters to House and Senate in support of the DeWine/Kennedy amendment re FDA tobacco regulation (expired)

2004-039 (H)---Sign-on letter supporting a National Coverage Determination for tobacco cessation counseling services under Medicare

2004-036 (H)---Sign-on letter to Congress in support of providing the FDA with effective authority over tobacco products

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 (expired)

2004-006 (H)---Partners for Effective Tobacco Policy's 2004 legislative priorities (expired)

2003-066 (H)---ACPM agrees to sponsor Kick Butts Day 2004

2003-060 (H)---Letter to Congress re proposed bill establishing federal standards for fire safe cigarettes

2003-052 (H)---Letter urging support of legislation to tighten sales of tobacco products over the Internet

2003-049 (H)---Letter urging support of S.1177 (tax evasion on tobacco products sold over internet)

2003-039 (H)---Letter to express concerns about "reduced risk" tobacco products

2003-032 (D)---AMA Resolution on support for federal interagency committee on smoking and health report

2003-031 (D)---AMA Resolution on tobacco advertising aimed at gay and lesbian community

2003-027 (H)---Letter urging DHHS to support Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

2003-012 (H)---Letter supporting proposed NY fire safe cigarette regulations

2003-011 (H)---Letter to Chair of ICSH supporting recommendations of Cessation Subcommittee

2003-08 (H)---Letter to Congress and Admin re:  Partners' Legislative Priorities for the 108th Congress

2003-02 (H)---Letter to the FTC regarding Philip Morris' petition

2002-064 (H)---Letter to HHS ICSH Cessation Subcommittee

2002-056 (J)---ACPM Testimony Before HHS in Favor of a National Smoking Cessation Certification Program

2002-055 (H)---Statement of America's Leading Public Health Organizations on Granting FDA Authority Over Tobacco Products

2002-047 (H)---Resolution in support of reducing teen smoking by increasing states' tobacco taxes

2002-044 (H)---FDA Ads (click here for print ad)
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2002-043 (H)---FDA Ad supporting Bill HR 1097

2002-042 (H)---Letter to Senate requesting support for the Youth Smoking Prevention and Public Health Protection Act

2002-041 (H)---Press Release on Kennedy-DeWine Bill

2002-039 (H)---Letter to Congress requesting funding for CDC's Office on Smoking and Health (expired)

2002-031 (H)---Letter of support for FDA's action to bar the sale of nicotine lollipops and nicotine lip balm

2002-028 (H)---Draft Letter to Congress regarding Smoking Cessation Promotion Act of 2001 (HR3676)

2001-077 (H) --- Petitions to FDA to regulate "safe" tobacco products

2001-071 (D) --- "Expert" Witness Testimony by Physicians on Behalf of Tobacco Companies

2001-069 (H) --- Reaction to NCI study on light and low tar cigarettes

2001-064 (H) --- Letter supporting cigarette fire safety standards

2001-049 (H) --- Endorsement of Initiative 773 in Washington state (expired)

2001-038 (H) --- ENACT Letter to Congress in support of two bills that would give the FDA authority over tobacco

2001-029 (D) --- AMA resolution on Assuring Adequate Funding for the DOJ Tobacco Lawsuit

2001-024 (H) --- Letter to Congress regarding the Philip Morris proposal to give FDA authority over tobacco

2001-021 (H) --- Amicus Brief filed by Tobacco-Free kids and Public Citizen on Massachusetts's advertising case

2001-020 (H) --- ENACT letter to Congress in support of the Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Smoking Cessation Promotion Act of 2001

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Women’s Health
NOT POLICY---ACPM comments on elevated lead levels in children and pregnant women

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

2003-035 (F)---ACPM position statement on chlamydia screening for young women

2003-034 (H)---Press Release on ACPM's position on chlamydia screening for young women

NOT POLICY---ACPM comments on USPSTF draft "Screening for Ovarian Cancer:  Recommendations and Rationale"

2001-052 (H) --- Response to report from meeting on condom effectiveness and STDs

2000-057 (G) --- Comments on the AMA's Council on Scientific Affairs' draft report "Women's Health: Sex and Gender-Based Differences in Health and Disease"

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Other
2007-046 (H)---Sign on letter to Congress to give public health a voice in trade policy by co-sponsoring HR 3204 (Trade Advisory Committee Reform Act)

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)

NOT POLICY---ACPM comments on elevated lead levels in children and pregnant women

2005-048 (H)---AMA sign on letter to Speaker Hastert in support of National Health Museum Act, H.R. 3630 (expired)

2005-047 (C)---ACPM resolution honoring Bill Kane and renaming the Rising Star Award the "William Kane Rising Star Award"

2004-061 (C)---ACPM Resolution: New Goal for ACPM Strategic Plan

2004-060 (C)---ACPM Resolution: Administrative Home for Doctors Against Handgun Injury (expired)

2004-059 (C)---ACPM Resolution: ACPM Medical Student Section (expired)

2004-058 (C)---ACPM Resolution: Allowing Non-Physician Members in ACPM (expired)

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