Advocacy 101 for Interventional Cardiologists: A Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions Policy Statement
Author Department
Cardiology; Medicine
Document Type
Article, Peer-reviewed
Publication Date
7-2023
Abstract
Advocacy is a core mission of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI). SCAI advocates on behalf of interventional cardiologists and our patients. This document provides foundational information and a toolkit for grassroots advocacy by interventional cardiologists. The first half of the document summarizes how health care laws are made, how medical devices are approved, and how procedure reimbursement is determined. The second half of the document is a playbook of advocacy strategies: legislative advocacy, judicial advocacy, advocacy with regulators and payors, advocacy in the media, and participation in SCAI advocacy initiatives, such as the Government Relations Committee and SCAI Political Action Committee. Equipped with this toolbox, interventional cardiologists must increase our advocacy activities with government, payors, and industry.
Keywords: Advocacy; SCAI; approval; government; political; regulation.
Recommended Citation
Goldsweig AM, Box LC, Hoyer M, Klein AJ, Lata K, Rooney C, Snyder RW, Tariq A, Toggart E, Tukaye D, Cigarroa JE. Advocacy 101 for Interventional Cardiologists: A Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions Policy Statement. J Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv. 2023 Jul 27;2(4):101048. doi: 10.1016/j.jscai.2023.101048.
PMID
39131637