- Message from the Chair: Thomas Tape, MD, FACP
- PAC Members Urged to Recommend Candidates for Support
- Participation in PAC's Leadership Club at All-time High in 2013
- Where Your PAC Funds Went
- Visit Booth #745 in Orlando at Internal Medicine 2014
Message from the Chair: Thomas Tape, MD, FACP
On behalf of the ACP Services PAC Board, thank you for contributing to the PAC in 2013. Because of you, we had our fourth straight record-setting year, raising a total of $165, 822 from 726 members.
See a full of list of 2013 PAC members.
Your participation allowed us to support 63 internist-friendly candidates for the House and Senate. In 2013, we contributed $150,000 to congressional candidates, including two ACP Fellows, sent 36 PAC members to events, and sponsored five fundraisers. Look for us to be even more active in 2014, an election year.
See a full list of 2013 PAC disbursements
We need to keep up our momentum—for two important reasons! First, this year, we have the best opportunity we have ever had to finally repeal the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) payment formula and replace it with a new payment system that better recognizes the value of the care provided by internists. It is clear our voice is being heard. Lawmakers incorporated many of ACP Services recommendations in the bipartisan SGR bills approved by the three congressional health committees last year. However, much advocacy is still needed to push Congress to complete its work and send a bill to the President. In 2014, ACP Services PAC is committed to continuing to develop and strengthen relationships with members of Congress in order to better advocate for our specialty and our patients.
Second, we are growing thanks to your contributions but still have one of the smallest physician PACs. Both the family physicians and the osteopaths have PACs that are more than twice our size. If you have not already done so, please visit and make your 2014 PAC contribution online today (you will be prompted for your ACP username and password). Our goal is to raise $200,000 in this important election year, and I hope you will consider increasing your contribution and helping us expand our ranks in 2014!
PAC Members Urged to Recommend Candidates for Support
We want to hear from you. As a PAC member, you have the opportunity to recommend candidates for consideration by the PAC Board. The PAC's contribution guidelines can be found here. For an incumbent, the primary factors the PAC Board considers are the position the candidate holds in the Congress, committee assignments, and voting record on legislation important to Internal Medicine.
The PAC Board will consider open seat and challenger candidates who are recommended by PAC members and are supportive of ACP Services legislative priorities.
Participation in PAC's Leadership Club at All-time High in 2013
Last year, a record 54 members contributed at the PAC's Leadership Club level (contributions of $1,000-$5,000), our highest giving category. Contributions from these Leadership Club members represented 23 percent of the PAC’s total contributions.
The PAC Board extends its appreciation to those members who generously contributed at the Leadership Club level in 2013:
| Omar T. Atiq, MD, FACP AR Richard J. Baron, MD, FACP PA Sue S. Bornstein, MD, FACP TX David L. Bronson, MD, MACP OH Marie T. Brown, MD, FACP IL Joel R. Brunt, MD MS Roger W. Bush, MD, FACP MT Fred C. Campbell, Jr., MD, FACP TX Robert M. Centor, MD, FACP AL Liviu A. Chindris, MD CA Chester Choi, MD, MACP CA Molly Cooke, MD, FACP CA Sarah T. Corley, MD, FACP VA Ellen M. Cosgrove, MD, FACP WA Charles Cutler, MD, FACP PA Nitin S. Damle, MD, FACP RI John M. Daniel, III, MD, FACP VA Noel N. Deep, MD, FACP WI Andrew K. Diehl, MD, MACP TX Emmett J. Doerr, Jr., MD, FACP GA David B. Duggan, MD, MACP NY Yul D. Ejnes, MD, MACP RI Lisa L. Ellis, MD, FACP VA Bruno S. Fang, MD NJ Jacqueline W. Fincher, MD, MACP GA David A. Fleming, MD, FACP MO Alice Fuisz, MD, FACP DC |
Gordon L. Fung, MD, FACP CA Robert A. Gluckman, MD, FACP OR Jason M. Goldman, MD, FACP FL Stuart I. Henochowicz, MD, FACP VA Stuart B. Himmelstein, MD, FACP FL Kareem A. Hinedi, MD, FACP VA Steve Hohf, MD OR Greg A. Hood, MD, FACP KY Rodney Hornbake, III, MD, FACP CT Carrie A. Horwitch, MD, FACP WA Richard Hranac, MD, FACP NE Robert E. Jackson, MD, FACP TX Gregory C. Kane, MD, FACP PA Michael H. Kaufman, MD, FACP NM Douglas G. Kelling, Jr., MD, FACP NC Daniel B. Kimball, Jr., MD, FACP PA Owen Linder, MD, FACP FL John R. Maese, MD, MACP NY W. Hugh Maloney, MD, FACP TX Michael E. Norins, MD, MPH, FACP NC George M. Rapier, III, MD, FACP MT Mark J. Richman, MD, FACP CA Donna E. Sweet, MD, MACP KS Thomas G. Tape, MD, FACP NE Sara E. Walker, MD, MACP NM Sankey V. Williams, MD, MACP PA Michael A. Zimmer, MD, FACP FL |
Where Your PAC Funds Went
The PAC Board authorizes all PAC disbursements (contributions to candidate campaigns). Most PAC funds are disbursed to those members of Congress who can have a direct impact on health care legislation moving through Congress. These legislators sit on the following committees:
- House Energy & Commerce Committee, health subcommittee
- House Ways & Means Committee, health subcommittee
- House Appropriations Committee, Labor, Health & Human Services & Education subcommittee
- Senate Finance Committee
- Senate Health Education Labor & Pensions Committee
- Senate Appropriations Committee, Labor, Health & Human Services & Education subcommittee
Other key legislators are each chamber’s leaders, health care professionals, and other lawmakers who have taken an active role in issues backed by ACP Services policies. PAC funds are disbursed by PAC members at local events and at events in Washington, DC.
PAC Members Discuss Internal Medicine's Priority Issues at Local Events
The following members volunteered their time to attend local candidate events in 2013. Disbursing PAC funds on the local level is extremely valuable. These PAC members helped educate lawmakers about Internal Medicine's priority issues by speaking with their members of Congress and staff directly. The PAC Board thanks you for your commitment to the PAC.
| AR Sen. Mark Pryor (D) | Dr. Omar Atiq |
| CA Rep. Ami Bera, MD, FACP (D-07) | Drs. Chester Choi and Susan Sprau |
| CA Rep. Henry Waxman (D-33) | Drs. Irving Ackerman and Mark Richman |
| CT Rep. John Larson (D-01) | Dr. Keith vom Eigen |
| FL Rep. Kathy Castor (D-14) | Dr. Jason Goldman |
| FL Rep. Bill Posey (R-08) | Dr. John Langdon |
| GA Rep. Tom Price (R-06) | Dr. J. Leonard Lichtenfeld |
| IL Sen. Dick Durbin (D) | Drs. Susan Hingle and Peter Bee |
| IL Rep. Peter Roskam (R-06) | Dr. Daniel Dilling |
| IL Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-09) | Dr. C. Anderson Hedberg |
| KY Rep. Andy Barr (R-06) | Dr. Gregory Hood |
| KS Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-02) | Dr. Donald Hatton |
| LA Rep. Bill Cassidy, MD, FACP (R-06) | Drs. Joshua Lenchus and Ankush Bansal |
| NC Sen. Kay Hagan (D) | Dr. Michael Norins |
| NJ Rep. Leonard Lance (R-07) | Dr. Steven Peskin |
| NM Sen. Tom Udall (D) | Dr. Michael Kaufman |
| NV Rep. Joe Heck (R-03) | Dr. Sarah Heiner |
| NY Rep. Joe Crowley (D-14) | Dr. Lawrence Phillips |
| OR Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-03) | Dr. Robert Gluckman |
| PA Sen. Bob Casey (D) | Drs. Darilyn Moyer and Gregory Kane |
| PA Rep. Joe Pitts (R-16) | Dr. Gregory Kane |
| RI Sen. Jack Reed (D) | Dr. Yul Ejnes |
| TX Rep. Michael Burgess (R-26) | Dr. Roger Khetan |
| TX Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-35) | Dr. Isabel Hoverman |
| TX Rep. Pete Gallego (D-23) | Dr. Andrew Diehl |
| VA Rep. Eric Cantor (R-07) | Dr. John Daniel |
| VA Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) | Drs. Sarah Corley |
| WA Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) | Dr. Ellen Cosgrove |
| WI Rep. Ron Kind (D-03) | Drs. Richard Rieselbach and Richard Dart |
| WI Rep. Paul Ryan (R-01) | Drs. Gregory Hood and Mark Chelmowski |
We hope to send even more PAC members to local events in 2014.
PAC Keeps High Profile in Washington, DC
ACP Services government relations staff recently attended candidate events for the following members of Congress:
| CA Rep. Lois Capps (D-24) | NV Rep. Paul Gosar (R-04) |
| CA Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-23) | NV Rep. Joe Heck, DO (R-03) |
| CA Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-12) | NY Rep. Elliot Engel (D-16) |
| CA Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-36) | OH Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-09) |
| FL Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-16) | OR Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-05) |
| IA Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) PA | Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-06) |
| ID Sen. Mike Crapo (R) | PA Rep. Tim Murphy (R-18) |
| IL Rep. Peter Roskam (R-06) | RI Sen. Jack Reed (D) |
| IL Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-09) | SC Sen. Tim Scott (R) |
| KS Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-02) | TN Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-07) |
| LA Rep. Bill Cassidy, MD, FACP (R-06) | TX Rep. Michael Burgess (R-26) |
| MD Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D) | TX Rep. Bill Flores (R-17) |
| MD Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-08) | TX Rep. Gene Green (D-29) |
| MI Rep. Sandy Levin (D-09) | TX Rep. Sam Johnson (R-03) |
| NC Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-02) | WA Rep. Jim McDermott (D-07) |
| NJ Rep. Leonard Lance (R-07) | WA Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-05) |
Visit Booth #745 in Orlando at Internal Medicine 2014
Planning to attend Internal Medicine 2014 in Orlando? Renew your membership in the PAC today and visit us at booth #745 to pick up your PAC member ribbon, learn about the PAC's activities, and meet members of the PAC Board.
All members who contribute at the Leadership Club level ($1,000-$5,000) by March 15 will have their names prominently displayed on a banner at the booth. You may contribute to the PAC online (you will be prompted for your ACP username and password).