Alliance of Specialty Medicine
The Alliance of Specialty Medicine (the Alliance) is a coalition of national medical societies representing specialty physicians in the United States. This non-partisan group is dedicated to the development of sound federal health care policy that fosters patient access to the highest quality specialty care.
Among the Alliance’s highest policy priorities are:
- Ensuring that health care reform has a positive impact on patient access to high-quality specialty care while cutting health care costs to provide a more viable system for patient care in the long term.
- Reforming the Medicare program to ensure the greatest access to specialty care for seniors.
- Advancing reforms of our nation’s medical liability system.
- Improving patients’ access to the highest quality healthcare, in part, by assuring effective patient safety measures are in place.
AMA House of Delegates
The House of Delegates is the principal policy-making body of the American Medical Association (AMA) and functions like a Congress. State medical societies and national specialty societies are represented in the House, and during these meetings ASE delegates advocate for resolutions and reports on a variety of issues of interest to cardiovascular ultrasound. The Society is actively involved in the AMA House of Delegates efforts through participation in the Cardiovascular Section Council. The CV Section Council serves as a representative for cardiovascular medicine, advocating for policies that affect cardiologists and their practices.
Current ASE Delegation:
- Peter Rahko, MD, FASE
- Kameswari Maganti, MD, FASE
Previous Meeting Summaries:
- Interim Meeting – November 2024
- Annual Meeting – June 2024
- Interim Meeting – November 2023
- Annual Meeting – June 2023