Federal Advocacy

The APMA Political Action Committee, the Center for Professional Advocacy, and the departments of Health Policy & Practice and Legislative Advocacy work collaboratively both internally and with external resources to promote and advocate for the benefit of the podiatric community before federal legislative, regulatory, and executive agencies, and provide resources to state component societies to advocate before state legislative and regulatory agencies.

Headquartered just minutes from downtown Washington, DC, these departments identify, analyze, and direct all health policy and legislative activities and initiatives of the APMA.

Advocacy and Policy

APMA works with legislators and regulators to ensure that podiatrists are treated fairly based on their education and training.

• Federal Advocacy The APMA Legislative Advocacy department and Legislative Committee provide members with current information about federal legislative advocacy issues. This section includes updated information about legislative issues and patient advocacy resources
• Center for Professional Advocacy/State Advocacy
  The Center for Professional Advocacy's mission is to advance the podiatric medical profession by providing direction for legal, regulatory, and state legislative advocacy activities
• Issue and Policy Briefs Learn more about important issues facing podiatry
• For Policymakers
  Get resources to share with your elected officials
• Value of Podiatry Every day, podiatrists save lives, limbs, and health-care dollars
• Vision 21st Century/Path to Parity
  Find out more about APMA's vision for podiatry

Recent Activities

Read about APMA's meetings and advocacy work with CMS and a number of Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and private insurers to improve policies for DPMs.

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Recent Victories

APMA celebrated many major advocacy accomplishments protecting and enhancing podiatric medicine in 2021. Download the handout of APMA’s 2021 advocacy wins!

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Get Involved

Through constituent letters, phone calls, and face-to-face meetings, legislators learn what’s important to the people back home and why they should pay attention to certain issues. They rely heavily on the expressed views of their constituents and information provided by experts such as you.

Members are urged to continue using the APMA e-Advocacy Web site to write, fax, and call Congress, even if they have done so in the past year on any of APMA’s legislative priorities.

Members can log on to e-Advocacy for information and updates, to see who represents them in Congress, to learn which Representatives and Senators have co-sponsored bills, and to send a message to Congress.

e-Advocacy

US House of Representatives Contacts

Senate Contacts

Senator Sherrod Brown (D)
503 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC  20510
202-224-2315
Website: brown.senate.gov/contact/

Senator Rob Portman (R)
B40C Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
202-224-3353
Website: https://www.vance.senate.gov/

APMA member action and contributions to the APMAPAC are vital to the success of the profession’s legislative endeavors. Individual political action by members is essential for influencing, educating, and retaining