AACOM Government Relations: Interact With Your Government

AACOM's Office of Government Relations keeps Congress and federal policy makers regularly informed of developments in the profession and seeks to sensitize policy makers to the needs of students and osteopathic medical educators. AACOM works in concert with various national coalitions to influence both the legislative and regulatory processes on issues relevant to medical education, and to extend AACOM's presence in Washington.

AACOM Announcements

January 2007 Legislative Update (Powerpoint: 261k, 27 slides)

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Current Issues

Archived Issues (19 Issues)

Alliances and Groups We Participate in:

AACOM Councils

• Council of Student Financial Aid Administrators
• Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents
  http://www.cosgp.aacom.org
• Council of Osteopathic Medical Student Services Officers
• Council for Information and Technology

Coalitions

• Health Professions and Nursing Education Coalition (HPNEC)
• Ad Hoc Medical Research Funding Group
• Coalition for Health Funding
• Bone and Joint Decade
• Rural Assistance Center
• Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions (FASHP)

Other Healthcare Associations

• National Rural Health Association

Advisory Groups

• Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME)
• Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

Federal Agencies

• Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
  • The Rural Assistance Center (RAC)
• Department of Education
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
• Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Click here for NIH websites and subdivision

Legislative Links & Reference Area

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Appropriations Tables

Legislative Process

• Appropriations Process
  • Budget
  • Authorizations

Regulatory Process

US Senate

• Members (Email a senator)
• Committees

US House of Representatives

• Members (Email a representative)
• Committees
  • House Budget Committee
  • House Education and Workforce Committee
  • House Energy and Commerce Committee
  • House Ways and Means Committe

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Have a question or comment? Email the Office of Government Relations.