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Advocacy and Health Policy
General Division E-Mail Address: ahp@facs.org
Interim Director
Christian Shalgian
Division of Advocacy and Health Policy
Washington Office
1640 Wisconsin Ave NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-337-2701 (DC office); 312-202-5343 (Chicago office)
Fax: 202-337-4271
E-Mail: cshalgian@facs.org
 Advocacy and Health Policy Staff
Legislative Affairs Staff
Regulatory Affairs Staff
State Affairs Staff
| Staff |
Issues/Responsibilities |
Cynthia Purdie
Office Administrator
Phone: 202-337-2701
E-Mail: cpurdie@facs.org |
DC Office Administrator including liaison for accounting services, IT, building facilities and vendors; budget preparation, division web page updates and web portal issues.
Administrative support for
the Washington DC chapter, and the legislative staff.
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Ruth Shea
Administrative Assistant, Professional Liability Program
Phone: 312-202-5413 (Chicago office)
E-Mail: rshea@facs.org |
Patient Safety and Professional Liability Committee, Fellow requests for medical liability information, coding workshops, peer review, quality assurance, surgical case review, surgical criteria, assistant at surgery (requests for publication). |
Kelly Wilkins
Staff Assistant
Phone: 202-337-2701
E-Mail: kwilkins@facs.org |
Receptionist and Metropolitan Washington DC Chapter support |
| Regulatory Affairs Staff |
Issues/Responsibilities |
Elizabeth W. Hoy, MHA
Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs and Quality Improvement Programs
Phone: 202-337-2701
E-Mail: ehoy@facs.org |
Medicare physician payment and coverage, regulatory issues, E&M documentation guidelines, ambulatory and outpatient surgery, liaison with: CPT editorial panel, General Surgery Coding and Reimbursement Committee. |
Christal E. Edwards, ESQ, MPH, MS
Senior Regulatory Associate
E-Mail: cedwards@facs.org
Phone: 202-337-2701
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Federal regulatory matters, including Medicare, HIPAA, EMTALA, graduate medical education, OIG issues, Assistant at Surgery (payment policies) and AMA/RUC activities. |
Debra Mariani
Regulatory and Coding Associate
E-Mail: dmariani@facs.org
Phone: 202-672-1506 |
Privacy, HIPAA-transaction information, socioeconomic tips, CPT Coding/Practice Management workshops and consultants, CPT hotline, reimbursement issues-federal and private sector and DAHP budget preparation. |
Valerie Oster
Senior Quality Programs Associate
E-Mail: voster@facs.org
Phone: 202-672-1507 |
Representation with national groups such as JACHO, NQF, Leapfrog, AHA, ARC, surgical groups, industry (innovations). |
Caitlin Burley
Quality and Regulatory Assistant
E-Mail: cburley@facs.org
Phone: 202-672-1517 |
Assists in monitoring federal and private sector initiatives affecting the practice of surgery, particularly with respect to issues related to quality of care. Supports relevant College committees and coalitions. |
Tavia Dixon
Administrative Assistant
Phone: 202-337-2701
E-Mail: tdixon@facs.org |
Provides administrative support to Regulatory and Washington DC Chapter. |
| Legislative Affairs Staff |
Issues/Responsibilities |
Adrienne A. Roberts
Government Affairs Associate
Phone: 202-672-1509
E-Mail: aroberts@facs.org |
Federal legislation relating to trauma funding, medical devices, scope of practice, ambulatory surgery centers, EMTALA, FDA, nurshing shortage, surgical workforce, Day in Surgery program, health system reform and annual chapter leadership conference. |
Shawn Friesen
Government Affairs Associate
Phone: 202-672-1502
E-Mail: sfriesen@facs.org |
Federal legislation pertaining to Medicare reimbursement issues, pay for performance and specialty hospitals. |
Geoff Werth
Government Affairs Associate
Phone: 202-672-1516
E-Mail: gwerth@facs.org |
Federal legislation pertaining to graduate medical education, cancer issues, patient safety, anti-trust, health IT, HIPPA, imaging, NIH, VA and quality measurements & reporting systems. |
Sara Morse
PAC Manager
Phone: 202-672-1520
E-Mail: smorse@facs.org
ACSPA-SurgeonsPAC related e-mail to: acspa@facs.org |
ACSPA-SurgeonsPAC. |
(Vacant)
Legislative Assistant
Phone: 202-672-1519
E-Mail: |
Surgical society liaison; legislative resources, ACS Fact Book and PAC support. |
| State Affairs Staff |
Issues/Responsibilities |
Jon H. Sutton
Manager, State Affairs
Phone: 312-202-5358 (Chicago office)
E-Mail: jsutton@facs.org |
State legislation and policy, state legislative action center, AMA House of Delegates and surgical caucus, AMA young physicians, health policy scholars, and surgical society CEO meetings. |
Melinda Baker
State Affairs Associate
Phone: 312-202-5363 (Chicago office)
E-Mail: mbaker@facs.org |
State health policy/legislation tracking, state-level advocacy strategy development and training/workshops, AMA House of Delegates, private sector advocacy, STAR program, NCSL, ACS Fact Book. |
Revised April 25, 2008
Advocacy and Health Policy
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