The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

What ACOG Does For You

ACOG’s 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

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

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

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…

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

Membership Benefits  ACOG Leadership Opportunities  Web Site –  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

Membership Benefits  ACOG Group Insurance Plans  3 rd & 4 th 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 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 - Accidental death & dismemberment - Practice overhead - Major hospital - Excess major medical - Major hospital - Excess major medical - Disability income - Employee disability - Disability income - Employee disability - Catastrophic medical expense - Hospital money

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

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

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

Ob-GynPAC is ACOG’s 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

Ob-GynPAC Candidate Support: Who Decides?  The Ob-GynPAC Governing Committee decides the contribution strategy our PAC will employ throughout each election cycle to accomplish ACOG’s federal legislative goals  25 members, representing every ACOG District  Fundraise for our PAC, bring their knowledge to the Committee’s decisions, and abide by relevant FEC and IRS rules governing PACs

How do we decide who we’ll support?  The Ob-GynPAC Governing Committee determines our giving strategy including:  Our legislative goals  How funds will be distributed, and  What candidates we’ll support, under clear objective guidelines developed & approved by the Ob-GynPAC Governing Committee  These decisions are based on ACOG’s legislative priorities recommended by ACOG’s Government Affairs Committee and approved by ACOG’s Executive Board

ACOG Ob-GynPAC Legislative Victories  Won re-introduction of ACOG’s women’s health care resolution  ACOG’s women’s health care included in health reform  No ultrasound cuts  Direct access to Ob-Gyns  Guaranteed maternity coverage  Preventive services  Medicare payment  With Ob-GynPAC!

Get involved … ACOG needs you !

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