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Family Medicine Congressional Conference | FMCC 2013

Tuesday, May 14 – Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Renaissance Hotel
Washington, D.C.

Registration for this event is sold out! If you are not registered, please plan to attend next year.

FMCC Attendees

Access all the information you need for each day of the Family Medicine Congressional Congress here.
Day 1: Tuesday, May 14 Day 2: Wednesday, May 15

Hotel Information

Renaissance Washington
999 Ninth Street NW
Washington, District Of Columbia 20001
(800) 228-9290

The Renaissance Washington is sold out. We do not have additional hotel recommendations to offer. Please consider using resources such as www.hotels.com to seek accommodations nearby.

About FMCC

The Family Medicine Congressional Conference is an exceptional opportunity to understand federal advocacy, get up-to-date on current priorities for family medicine, receive practical, hands-on experience with the legislative process, and share the power of your story with confidence in Washington, D.C. -- all in two days.
  • LEARN the fundamentals of advocacy.
  • ENGAGE legislators in issues important to you and your patients.
  • SHARE your experience.
  • INSPIRE change.

AGENDA | FMCC 2013

Key Speakers

Hear physician-legislators share why it is important for family physicians to practice advocacy and reiterate the important role that citizen activists have in the legislative process. This year’s invited guests include:

Representative Ami Bera, MD (D-CA)

Representative Ami Bera, MD (D-CA)







Representative Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA)

Representative Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA)







Representative Joe Heck, DO (R-NV)

Representative Joe Heck, DO (R-NV)



Key Sessions

Considering Medicaid Expansion
This session will highlight the State Health Reform Assistance Network, an initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to help state policymakers assess the many variables involved in the decision to expand Medicaid, and calculate the long-term fiscal impact on their state.

 

Physician Workforce
This session will highlight the Teaching Health Center program established by the Affordable Care Act. Speakers will discuss the history, highlight the benefits, and raise the need for reauthorization.

 

Primary Care Valuation
This session will discuss the need for physician payment reforms that appropriately value primary care, repeal Medicare SGR, and extend Medicare/Medicaid primary care payment parity.

 

Political Advocacy: The Tools Needed to be Effective Citizen Advocates
Everyone can be a citizen advocate! This session will provide AAFP members with the skills and confidence they need to be effective advocates on behalf of the issues they care about most.

 

What Others Are Saying About FMCC


“I’d personally encourage each and every AAFP member to become involved in the political process. Their future depends on it, and one way to definitively do this, is to participate in the FMCC program.”
– Joseph A. Lieberman III, MD, MPH

“FMCC exposed me to a paramount side of patient care—advocacy. I was immediately impressed by the diversity of family physicians, residents, and students who attended FMCC. It was powerful to be in the presence of over two hundred physicians who not only dedicate their lives to caring for patients, families, and communities, but also make advocating for them a priority. In summary, Congressional Conference was inspiring.”
– Marissa Black, Tulane MD/MPH Candidate 2013

Contact Us

Lorlita Alexander
Program Coordinator, AAFP Government Relations
lalexander@aafp.org
(888) 794-7481
(202) 986-3325

Hope Wittenberg
Government Relations Director, STFM
hwittenberg@stfm.org
(202) 986-3309
Sponsored by AAFP and the Council of Academic Family Medicine (CAFM), FMCC educates participants on family medicine’s legislative priority issues, trains attendees on how to lobby on Capitol Hill, and allows participants to put these skills to use with federal legislators and their staff. Advocacy is a high priority of AAFP and the CAFM organizations; every family physician and educator can learn how to be effective in Washington and at home.