Annual Urology Advocacy Summit (2024)

Washington, DC US
February 26, 2024 to February 28, 2024

We can't wait to see you at the Summit!

The 7th Annual Urology Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC is an event designed to expand, strengthen and unify the voice of urology on policy matters impacting our practices and patients. As always, we will be engaging Sections, urologic specialty organizations and patient advocacy organizations alike.

The dynamic conference will feature two days of in-person educational and trending policy sessions with an opportunity for attendees to earn continuing medical education credits. It also will include a day of Capitol Hill meetings. The event will leave participants feeling empowered and well-versed in advocating for policy matters that impact our practices, patients and the future of urology.

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Target Audience

  • young urologists
  • researchers
  • subspecialties
  • nurses
  • nurse practitioners
  • physician assistants
  • residents
  • fellows and medical students
  • patient advocates

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity participants will be able to:

  • Explain the root cause of phsycian shortages.
  • Define why easing the workforce shortage is beneficial to the future of Urology. 
  • Discuss policy solutions to ease the specialty physicians’ workforce shortage. 
  • Communicate the need to enact the Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act. 
  • Describe the significant policy changes CMS implemented in the CY 2024 PFS final rule and the policy changes outlined in the CAA of 2023. 
  • Describe advocacy issues that legislators need to know to develop permanent fixes to Medicare payment. 
  • Discuss specific recommendations the AUA and urologic community can use to expand telemedicine and the policy research data used to support those
  • Define inequities in coverage mandates for between breast cancer and prostate cancer
  • Discuss policy solutions to fix inequities. 
  • Identify new advocacy tactics to address policies negatively impacting urologic patient care.
  • Explain the growing trend of private equity acquisitions within urology
  • Identify pros and cons of private equity
  • Identify any federal/state legislation or regulations that impact these transactions.
  • Explain the growing trend of AI in urologic care
  • Identify ways AI can improve health urologic outcomes, including disparities
  • Explain how research and funding for urologic research can positively impact community urologists.
  • Explain the annual federal appropriations process and how it impacts NIH and DOD research funding.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 8.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 8.25 Non-Physician Participation
Course opens: 
02/26/2024
Course expires: 
02/28/2027
Event starts: 
02/26/2024 - 6:00am EST
Event ends: 
02/28/2024 - 11:59pm EST
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Monday, February 26

7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Packet Pick Up and Registration (Grand Foyer)

8:00 a.m. – 08:30 a.m.

FUTURE Program Meet & Greet – Invitation Only (Justice Room)

  • Larissa Bresler, MD, Chair, AUA DEI Committee

9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Advocacy 101 for Students/Residents/Fellows

  • Katharine Michel, MD, Vice Chair, AUA Policy & Advocacy Resident Work Group
  • Collette O’Connor, MD, Executive Committee Member, AUA Policy & Advocacy Resident Work Group

10:15 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

General Orientation (Part 1) and Distribution of Capitol Hill Meeting Schedules

  • Logan Galansky, MD, 2023-2024 AUA Holtgrewe Legislative Fellow
  • Ruchika Talwar, MD, Member, Society of Urologic Oncology
  • Kevin Schultze, Soapbox Consulting

10:50 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.

Break for Other Advocacy Opportunities (Grand Foyer)

  • Story banking
  • Grassroots sign-ups
  • Roving reporter interviews
  • Networking

11:20 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

**Welcome Address

  • Randall Meacham, MD, President, AUA
  • Eugene Rhee, MD, Chair, AUA Public Policy Council

11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Lunch Served

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

**Keynote Speaker/Luncheon

  • Lindsey Herrel, MD, University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation

12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

**The Urologic Workforce Shortage: How Leveraging Data Can Drive the Conversation

  • Christine Van Horn, MD, Member, Society of Women in Urology
  • Amanda North, MD, Chair, AUA Data Committee; Member, Societies for Pediatric Urology
  • Kathleen Kieran, MD, Western Section
  • Liz Leff, AUA Patient Advocacy Liaison
  • Andrew Harris, MD – Moderator, Chair, AUA Workforce Task Force

1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

**Medicare Payment Reform: Fixing Physician Pay Now and for the Future

  • Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, AUA Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Advisor
  • Erika Miller, JD, CRD Associates
  • Joshua Langston, MD, LUGPA Health Policy Committee

2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

**Establishing Telehealth’s Permanent Place in Healthcare: What’s Left to Accomplish?

  • Juan Andino, MD, Member, AUA Urology Telehealth Task Force
  • Helen Bernie, MD, North Central Section
  • Martin Gewirtz, Active Surveillance Patients International
  • Bryan Lewis, KidneyCan

3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Networking Break (Grand Foyer)

3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

**Health and Psychological Benefits of Urological Prosthetics in Survivors of Urological Cancers

  • Ira Sharlip, MD, Legislative Affairs Committee Chair, Sexual Medicine Society of North America
  • Mr. and Mrs. Gregory B. Jones – Patient Interview
  • Toby Kohler, MD, President-Elect, Sexual Medicine Society of North America
  • Daniela Wittmann, PhD, LMSW, University of Michigan Department of Urology
  • Hossein Sadeghi, MD, Past President, Sexual Medicine Society of North America – Moderator

4:15 p.m. – 4:40 p.m.

General Orientation (Part 2): What to Expect in a Hill Meeting

  • Logan Galansky, MD, 2023-2024 AUA Holtgrewe Legislative Fellow
  • Ruchika Talwar, MD, Member, Society of Urologic Oncology
  • Congressional Staffer (INVITED)

4:40 p.m. – 5:05 p.m.

AUAPAC Update

  • Robert Bass, MD, Chair, AUAPAC

Note: session is for AUAPAC-eligible (domestic) AUA members only

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Evening Grand Reception – Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture (8th and G Streets NW)

  • Casual business attire
  • Buses depart from the Pennsylvania Avenue entrance on the Restaurant Level
  • Loading begins at 530 p.m.

Tuesday, February 27

6:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Packet Pick Up and Registration (Grand Foyer)

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Networking Breakfast for General Attendees

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

**Public Policy Forum

  • Emily Clennon, MD, Resident, Oregon Health and Science University
  • Cesar Delgado, MD, Resident, University of California-San Diego
  • Taryn Ellis, MD, Resident, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Michelle Leach, MD, Resident, University of California-San Diego
  • Kelly Lehner, MD, Resident, Mayo Clinic
  • Benjamin Pockros, MD, Resident, University of Michigan

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

**Fertility Preservation Coverage: Challenges and Strategies Facing State Legislatures

  • Akhil Muthigi, MD, Member, AUA State Advocacy Committee; Member, American Society for Reproductive Medicine
  • Aaron Spitz, MD, Member, Society for the Study of Male Reproduction
  • Michael Leventhal, Men’s Health Network
  • Brian Duty, MD – Moderator, Chair, AUA State Advocacy Committee

*Act now – Sign up for AUA’s grassroots network

9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Last Minute Capitol Hill Meeting Prep with State Delegations

10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Capitol Hill Visits

  • Box Lunch served on the Hill from 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. (2060 Rayburn House Office Building)

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

AUAPAC Reception (Penn Avenue Terrace-JW Marriot)

  • 2024 AUAPAC Donors only

Wednesday, February 28

6:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Packet Pick Up and Registration (Grand Foyer)

7:00 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.

AUAPAC Breakfast with Rep. John Joyce, MD (R-PA-13) (Penn Avenue Terrace-JW Marriot)

  • Platinum, Gold, and Silver members invited
  • Note: $500+ urologists or $100+ residents/fellows in 2024

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Networking Breakfast for General Attendees

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.

Keynote Speaker

  • Donna Brazile, Political Strategist and Commentator, Former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee

8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Member of Congress (INVITED)

9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Networking Break (Grand Foyer)

9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

**Point/Counterpoint: Private Equity in Urology

  • Kassem Faraj, MD, Resident, University of Michigan
  • Mark Edney, MD, Chair-elect, AUA Public Policy Council
  • Kurt McCammon, MD, Member, AUA Board of Directors; Mid-Atlantic Section

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

**AI in Healthcare: Policy, Regulation, and the Impact on Physicians

  • Julie Riley, MD, Member, Endourological Society; South Central Section
  • Boris Gershman, MD, 2023-2024 AUA Leadership Class New England Section
  • Ahmed Kotb, MD, 2023-2024 AUA Leadership Class Northeastern Section

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

**Bladder Cancer: The Value of Research Advocacy

  • Daniel Petrylak, MD, Professor of Medicine and Urology, Yale School of Medicine
  • Carlos Glender, Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network
  • Toby Chai, MD – Moderator, Member, AUA Research Appropriations Committee

*Act now – Email your elected official in support of bladder cancer research

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

**Empower the Evolving Urologic Workforce: Strategies to Get All Urologists Involved

  • Hans Arora, MD, AUA Lead Delegate to AMA House of Delegates; Southeastern Section
  • Jonathan Kiechle, MD, Member, Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons
  • Casey Seideman, MD, Member, Society of Women in Urology
  • Denise Asafu-Adjei, MD, Member, AUA Legislative Affairs Committee; Member, R. Frank Jones Urological Society

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

**Closing Remarks

  • Eugene Rhee, MD – Chair, AUA Public Policy Council

12:00 p.m.

2024 AUA Summit Adjourns

 

Accreditation: The American Urological Association (AUA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation: The American Urological Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Accreditation: The American Urological Association (AUA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation: The American Urological Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Other Learners: The AUA is not accredited to offer credit to participants who are not MDs or DOs. However, the AUA will issue documentation of participation that states that the activity was certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Evidence Based Content: It is the policy of the AUA to ensure that the content contained in this CME activity is valid, fair, balanced, scientifically rigorous, and free of commercial bias.

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Mitigation of Identified Conflict of Interest: All disclosures will be reviewed by the AUA Conflict of Interest (COI) Review Work Group Chair and/or Vice Chair for identification of conflicts of interest. The AUA COI Review Work Group, working with Office of Education staff, will document the mechanism(s) for management and mitigation of the conflict of interest and final approval of the activity will be documented prior to implementation.

Off-label or Unapproved Use of Drugs or Devices: The audience is advised that this continuing medical education activity may contain reference(s) to off-label or unapproved uses of drugs or devices. Please consult the prescribing information for full disclosure of approved uses.


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Available Credit

  • 8.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 8.25 Non-Physician Participation
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