APMA News - May/June 2019 - 48

Report from the APMAPAC Chair
By Barney A. Greenberg, DPM

Promote and Protect Our Profession
The 2019 APMA House of Delegates was successful for
our membership to ensure success in promoting and protectAPMAPAC and APMA POP (APMA Protecting Our Profesing our profession.
sion, formerly the APMA GovAdvocacy takes time and
ernment Education Fund) again
money. Meaningful donations
APMA's Legislative Advocacy
this year, with 99 percent of
fulfill the monetary part of politdelegates and alternates makical action. Visit www.apma.org/
department is working with our
ing meaningful donations to
donate and make your meaninglobbyists in setting up meetings
APMAPAC. APMA POP also
ful donation to APMAPAC and
received pledges from about 50
APMA
POP today.
to gain support for APMA's
percent of the component sociThe grassroots effort to conlegislative agenda. Relationships
eties.
tact our legislators is just as imThe delegates and alternates
portant as making a donation.
with legislators go a long way
were tasked to go back to their
Grassroots advocacy is this
toward getting a bill passed.
components and solicit every
year's lobbying initiative; our
member for their support of poLegislative Conference was canlitical action. Please heed their call. Now it's your turn to do
celed due to a congressional recess. Please contact your legyour part. We strive to achieve 100-percent participation of
islators by using APMA's eAdvocacy site (www.apma.org/
eAdvocacy) to send a prewritten message, and encourage your
colleagues, staff, patients, friends, and family to do the same.
In April, the Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access
to Podiatric Physicians (HELLPP) Act was introduced in Congress. APMA's Legislative Advocacy department is working with
our lobbyists in setting up meetings to gain support for
APMA's legislative agenda. Relationships with legislators go a
long way toward getting a bill passed. The relationships that
helped us pass the VA Provider Equity Act last year also helped
us in defeating the discriminatory attack by CMS on our E/M
coding.
Every podiatrist has the responsibility to be politically active.
It is your duty to the profession that gives you so much. Your
participation is vital in lobbying our elected leaders to promote
our profession as well as defend it in times of need.
Now is the time to act.
n
Contact Dr. Greenberg at pac@apma.org.

Visit www.apma.org/donate.
Make a difference for podiatry.
Join TEAM APMAPAC today!
PURPOSE: The American Podiatric Medical Association Political Action Committee's
purpose is to raise and disburse funds to candidates for federal office who support the
legislative priorities and goals of the podiatric medical profession.
IMPORTANT: You may contribute or not contribute without concern of being favored
or disadvantaged. Occupation/Employer information is required for aggregate
annual contributions of more than $200.00 by the Federal Election Campaign Act.
Federal election law does not permit corporate contributions to be used for donation
to candidates for federal office. Political contributions are not deductible for income
tax purposes.

48 APMA News May/June 2019

PURPOSE: The American Podiatric Medical Association Political Action Committee's purpose is to raise and disburse funds to candidates for federal office who
support the legislative priorities and goals of the podiatric medical profession.
IMPORTANT: Any contribution amounts noted here are suggested amounts. You may
contribute more, less, or not contribute without concern of being favored or disadvantaged. Occupation/employer information is required for aggregate annual contributions of more than $200.00 by the Federal Election Campaign Act. Federal election
law does not permit corporate contributions to be used for donation to candidates
for federal office. Political contributions are not deductible for income tax purposes.

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