Advocating for Surgeons and Patients across the US
The ACS advances its health policy agenda through Congress via lobbying activities, grassroots efforts (SurgeonsVoice), and political affairs (SurgeonsPAC). The agenda includes Medicare physician payment, medical liability reform, quality and patient safety, graduate medical education financing and governance, trauma systems, cancer and research funding, scope of practice, health information technology, and more.
Issue that Impact Your Practice
The ACS Mission is to help surgeons provide care that improves patient outcomes. For that reason, our regulatory strategies are focused on physician and facility payment, quality, value-based care, digital health, coding, billing, and reimbursement practice. Learn More
Give to the ACSPA-Surgeons PAC
A strong, united voice for surgery is essential to effective advocacy. That’s why the American College of Surgeons Professional Association (ACSPA) political action committee, ACSPA-SurgeonsPAC, promotes access to the highest-quality surgical resources for patients and surgeons every day. Learn More