The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

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The American Congress of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists
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What ACOG Does For You
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ACOGs History

• ACOG is the leading group of physicians in the US
  providing health care for women
• Founded in Chicago in 1951
• Moved to Washington, DC in 1981
• Changed from a 501c-3 to a 501 c-6 in January 2010

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Membership Statistics

• Total Members 55,469 (over 55,000)
• Female 27,898 (51)
• Male 27,571 (49)
• Fellow/Fellow Senior Status/JFs out of residency
  65
• Fellow/Fellow Senior Status 30,944 (56)
• Total Junior Fellows 10,031 (18)
• Junior Fellows out of Residency 4,833 
  (8)
• Junior Fellows in Residency 5,198
  (10)
• 94 of board-certified Ob-Gyns are Fellows

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ACOG Organization

• 10 Geographic Districts Armed Forces District
• Districts divided into sections (89)
• Each section has both Fellow and Junior Fellow
  leadership structure
• District (section) Advisory Councils for Fellows,
  Junior Fellows and various involvement at other
  levels as well

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ACOG Leadership Structure

• ACOG Executive Board
• Council of District Chairs
• Junior Fellow Congress Advisory Council
• District and Section Advisory Councils
• Committees and Task Forces
• Education, Service, Outreach,
• Advocacy

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Fellow Junior Fellow Leadership Structure

• Consists of District Chairs and Vice Chairs
  Fellow Chairs and the Junior Fellow National
  Chair
• Reports to Executive Board on issues relevant to
  members
• Initiates programs and priorities

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Membership Benefits

• ACOG Leadership Opportunities
• Web Site www.acog.org
• ACOG Compendium other publications
• Resource Center
• Publication queries literature searches
• Green Journal Obstetrics Gynecology
• Access to full text online
• ACOG Today monthly publication of timely topics
• ACOG Career Connection job placement
• Higher Education Loan Programs for JF (HELP)
• Low interest loan up to 10,000

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Membership Benefits

• ACOG Group Insurance Plans
• 3rd 4th yr residents - 100,000 Term Life Ins.
  at no cost
• First year out of residency, ACOG pays 50 of
  the cost to
• maintain the 100,000 Term Life Insurance
• Identity Theft Fraud Expense Coverage
• All members are offered this coverage (except
  where not allowed by law in New York)
• Additional Low-Cost Insurance Plans
• - Accidental death dismemberment -
  Practice overhead
• - Major hospital
  - Excess major medical
• - Disability income
  - Employee disability
• - Catastrophic medical expense - Hospital
  money

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Fellow Officer Activities

• Annual Clinical Meeting (ACM)
• Annual District Meeting (ADM)
• Annual SECTION Meetings
• ADM Scientific Programs
• Work with Junior Fellow Section Officers

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Educational Opportunities

• Postgraduate Courses
• Continuing Medical Education
• CPT Coding Workshops
• Research Fellowships and Awards
• Congressional Leadership Conference
• CME (Cognate) Activity Reports

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College (501c3) to Congress (501c6)

• Although Fellows want ACOG to continue with its
  educational mission, recently Fellows have become
  more interested in
• Political issues
• Business of medicine issues
• Grievance activities

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Ob-GynPAC is ACOGs Political Action Committee

• Ob-GynPAC
• The only federal PAC cmte representing our
  specialty
• Bi-partisan
• Develops relationships with ACOG Fellows and
  Members of Congress
• Fundraisers
• Check delivery
• Works to elect the right candidate
• Elects our own
• Candidate classroom

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Ob-GynPAC Candidate SupportWho Decides?

• The Ob-GynPAC Governing Committee decides the
  contribution strategy our PAC will employ
  throughout each election cycle to accomplish
  ACOGs federal legislative goals
• 25 members, representing every ACOG District
• Fundraise for our PAC, bring their knowledge to
  the Committees decisions, and abide by relevant
  FEC and IRS rules governing PACs

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How do we decide who well support?

• The Ob-GynPAC Governing Committee determines our
  giving strategy including
• Our legislative goals
• How funds will be distributed, and
• What candidates well support, under clear
  objective guidelines developed approved by the
  Ob-GynPAC Governing Committee
• These decisions are based on ACOGs legislative
  priorities recommended by ACOGs Government
  Affairs Committee and approved by ACOGs
  Executive Board

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ACOG Ob-GynPAC Legislative Victories

• Won re-introduction of ACOGs womens health care
  resolution
• ACOGs womens health care included in health
  reform
• No ultrasound cuts
• Direct access to Ob-Gyns
• Guaranteed maternity coverage
• Preventive services
• Medicare payment
• With Ob-GynPAC!

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Get involved ACOG needs you !
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Thank you!

• Questions?