Transcript 2002 Annual Clinical Meeting College Advisory Council

The American Congress
of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists
What ACOG Does
For You
ACOG’s History
 ACOG is the leading group of physicians in the US
providing health care for women
 Founded in Chicago in 1951
 Moved to Washington, DC in 1981
 Changed from a 501c-3 to a 501 c-6 in January 2010
Membership Statistics
 Total Members: 55,469 (over 55,000)
 Female – 27,898
(51%)
 Male – 27,571
(49%)
 Fellow/Fellow Senior Status/JFs out of residency – 65%
 Fellow/Fellow Senior Status: 30,944 (56%)
 Total Junior Fellows:
10,031 (18%)
 Junior Fellows out of Residency: 4,833
(8%)
 Junior Fellows in Residency:
5,198 (10%)
 94% of board-certified Ob-Gyns are Fellows
ACOG Organization
 10 Geographic Districts + Armed Forces District
 Districts divided into sections (89)
 Each section has both Fellow and Junior Fellow
leadership structure
 District (section) Advisory Councils for Fellows, Junior
Fellows and various involvement at other levels as well
ACOG Leadership Structure
 ACOG Executive Board
 Council of District Chairs
 Junior Fellow Congress Advisory Council
 District and Section Advisory Councils
 Committees and Task Forces
 Education, Service, Outreach,
 Advocacy…
Fellow & Junior Fellow
Leadership Structure
 Consists of District Chairs and Vice Chairs Fellow
Chairs and the Junior Fellow National Chair
 Reports to Executive Board on issues relevant to
members
 Initiates programs and priorities
Membership Benefits
 ACOG Leadership Opportunities
 Web Site – www.acog.org
 ACOG Compendium & other publications
 Resource Center
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 Publication queries & literature searches
Green Journal – “Obstetrics & Gynecology”
 Access to full text online
ACOG Today – monthly publication of timely topics
ACOG Career Connection – job placement
Higher Education Loan Programs for JF (HELP)
 Low interest loan up to $10,000
Membership Benefits
 ACOG Group Insurance Plans
 3rd & 4th yr residents - $100,000 Term Life Ins. at no cost
 First year out of residency, ACOG pays 50% of the cost to
maintain the $100,000 Term Life Insurance
 Identity Theft Fraud Expense Coverage
 All members are offered this coverage (except where not
allowed by law in New York)
 Additional Low-Cost Insurance Plans
- Accidental death & dismemberment - Practice overhead
- Major hospital
- Excess major medical
- Disability income
- Employee disability
- Catastrophic medical expense
- Hospital money
Fellow Officer Activities
 Annual Clinical Meeting (ACM)
 Annual District Meeting (ADM)
 Annual SECTION Meetings
 ADM Scientific Programs
 Work with Junior Fellow Section Officers
Educational Opportunities
 Postgraduate Courses
 Continuing Medical Education
 CPT Coding Workshops
 Research Fellowships and Awards
 Congressional Leadership Conference
 CME (Cognate) Activity Reports
College (501c3) to Congress (501c6)
 Although Fellows want ACOG to continue with its
educational mission, recently Fellows have become
more interested in:
 Political issues
 Business of medicine issues
 Grievance activities
Ob-GynPAC is ACOG’s
Political Action Committee
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Ob-GynPAC
The only federal PAC cmte representing our specialty
Bi-partisan
Develops relationships with ACOG Fellows and
Members of Congress
 Fundraisers
 Check delivery
Works to elect the right candidate
Elects our own
 Candidate classroom
Ob-GynPAC Candidate Support:
Who Decides?
 The Ob-GynPAC Governing Committee decides the
contribution strategy our PAC will employ throughout
each election cycle to accomplish ACOG’s federal
legislative goals
 25 members, representing every ACOG District
 Fundraise for our PAC, bring their knowledge to the
Committee’s decisions, and abide by relevant FEC and
IRS rules governing PACs
How do we decide who we’ll support?
 The Ob-GynPAC Governing Committee determines our
giving strategy including:
 Our legislative goals
 How funds will be distributed, and
 What candidates we’ll support, under clear objective
guidelines developed & approved by the Ob-GynPAC
Governing Committee
 These decisions are based on ACOG’s legislative
priorities recommended by ACOG’s Government Affairs
Committee and approved by ACOG’s Executive Board
ACOG Ob-GynPAC
Legislative Victories
 Won re-introduction of ACOG’s women’s health care
resolution
 ACOG’s women’s health care included in health reform
 No ultrasound cuts
 Direct access to Ob-Gyns
 Guaranteed maternity coverage
 Preventive services
 Medicare payment
 With Ob-GynPAC!
Get involved …
ACOG needs you !
Thank you!
Questions?