In May 2015, the ACCP Political Action Committee (ACCP-PAC) launched its “500 for $100” campaign aimed at generating individual contributions of at least $100 from a minimum of 500 ACCP members. To date, more than 50 members have contributed at this level, and the PAC has raised more than $10,000 so far in 2015.
Because of recent developments on Capitol Hill, we believe that there has never been a more important time to support your PAC. As Congress moves ahead with its Chronic Care Initiative aimed at improving outcomes for Medicare patients requiring chronic care, we must be in position as an organization to support those in Congress, both now and in the future, who advocate for and want to implement important changes, which include an enhanced emphasis on interprofessional, team-based patient care delivery.
During the coming years, Medicare will most certainly transition to a system that measures and pays for quality and value, not simply volume of services, and that fully incentivizes care that is patient centered and team based. We are confident that ACCP’s campaign to achieve Medicare coverage for comprehensive medication management (CMM) services delivered in a defined, consistent, and collaborative manner is both structurally sound and demonstrably aligned with these emerging Medicare payment policy reforms.
ACCP-PAC and its related efforts in Washington, D.C., are connected components of ACCP’s organization-wide commitment to clinical practice advancement toward patient-centered, team-based care. This commitment includes the recent announcement of $2.5 million in grant funding to demonstrate the effective implementation and scalability of CMM services in primary care medical practices. This augments our ongoing work with medical organizations, private payers, innovative health systems, and other key stakeholders to support the development, advancement, and positioning of clinical pharmacists as integrated direct patient care providers within team-based medical practices and delivery systems.
About ACCP-PAC
By law, ACCP-PAC must be funded entirely through individual contributions from ACCP members and is the only PAC in Washington specifically dedicated to advancing the practice of clinical pharmacy. ACCP-PAC is the only means by which we can make campaign contributions to help elect members of Congress who share our vision of health care delivery transformation and recognize the critical need to “get the medications right” through coverage for CMM services.
How You Can Contribute
When we have generated 500 individual contributions of at least $100, we will more than double our total fundraising to date and significantly increase the rate of participation in the PAC among our members. We believe this is a realistic, achievable goal, and we urge you to show your support for ACCP’s advocacy goals by donating to the PAC. All the money raised will be targeted by the ACCP-PAC Governing Council to support policy-makers who are dedicated to achieving a team-based, patient-centered, and quality-driven health care system.
All members who participate in the 500 for $100 campaign will receive recognition at the 2015 ACCP Global Conference on Clinical Pharmacy in San Francisco, California.
Thank You!
For more information, please visit our website (www.accpaction.org), or contact John McGlew, Director, Government Affairs, at (202) 621-1820 or [email protected].