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 podiatrist 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

District

Name

Party

Room

Phone

1

Landsman, Greg

D

1432 LHOB

202-225-2216

2

Wenstrup, Brad

R

2335 RHOB

202-225-3164

3

Beatty, Joyce

D

2079 RHOB

202-225-4324

4

Jordan, Jim

R

2056 RHOB

202-225-2676

5

Latta, Robert E.

R

2467 RHOB

202-225-6405

6

Johnson, Bill

R

2082 RHOB

202-225-5705

7

Miller, Max

R

143 CHOB

202-225-3876

8

Davidson, Warren

R

2113 RHOB

202-225-6205

9

Kaptur, Marcy

D

2186 RHOB

202-225-4146

10

Turner, Michael

R

2183 RHOB

202-225-6465

11

Brown, Shontel

D

449 CHOB

202-225-7032

12

Balderson, Troy

R

2429 RHOB

202-225-5355

13

Sykes, Emilia

D

1217 LHOB

202-225-6265

14

Joyce, David

R

2065 RHOB

202-225-5731

15

Carey, Mike

R

1433 LHOB

202-225-2015

 


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