Additional Legislative Conference Resources

Prepare for Hill visits at ACC Legislative Conference 2025 and learn about ACC's work on bills affecting the cardiovascular community.

More on Legislative Conference Talking Points:

• Establish Sustainable Medicare Payment Practices
  • ACC, Medical Specialty Societies Urge Government to Address Broken Medicare System | ACC News Story
  • What's Next For Medicare Payment and Telehealth | ACC Action Alert
• Foster Care Transformation and Optimization
  • Prior Authorization
    • Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3514/S. 1816)
      • House Bill Text
      • Senate Bill Text
    • Congressional Press Releases For the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act
      • Rep. Bera, Colleagues Reintroduce Bipartisan Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act
      • Senators Marshall and Warner Reintroduce Bill to Improve Seniors' Access to Care
    • ACC Letter of Support For the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act
      • House Version
      • Senate Version
  • Telehealth
    • Creating Opportunities Now For Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) For Health Act (H.R. 4206/S. 1261)
      • House Bill Text
      • Senate Bill Text
    • Congressional Press Releases For the CONNECT For Health Care Act
      • Thompson, Welch, Johnson, Schweikert, Matsui Introduce CONNECT Act
      • Schatz, Wicker Lead Bipartisan Group of 60 Senators in Introducing Legislation to Expand Telehealth Access, Make Permanent Telehealth Flexibilities
    • ACC Letter of Support For the CONNECT For Health Care Act
      • House Version
      • Senate Version
    • Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehab Services in the Home Act (H.R. 783/S. 248)
      • House Bill Text
      • Senate Bill Text
    • Congressional Press Releases For the Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehab Services in the Home Act
      • Dr. Joyce, Rep. Peters Introduce Bill to Support Patient Access to In-Home Rehab Services
      • Klobuchar Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Access to Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Care
    • ACC Letter of Support For Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehab Services in the Home Act
      • House Version
      • Senate Version
• Bolster the Clinician Workforce Now and For the Future & Champion Access to Care For All
  • Financial Relief For Clinicians
    • Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act (H.R. 2028/S. 942)
      • House Bill Text
      • Senate Bill Text
    • Congressional Press Releases For the REDI Act
      • Babin, Houlahan Reintroduce Bipartisan REDI Act to Address Doctor Shortage and Strengthen U.S. Health Care
      • Rosen, Boozman, Houlahan, Babin Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Tackle Doctor Shortage in Rural and Underserved Areas
    • One Big Beautiful Bill Act Implementation: What You Need to Know | ACC News Story
    • ACC Letter of Support For the REDI Act
      • House Version
      • Senate Version
  • Maternal Health
    • Connected Maternal Online Monitoring (MOM) Act (H.R. 4977/S. 141)
      • House Bill Text
      • Senate Bill Text
    • Congressional Press Releases For the Connected MOM Act
      • Rep. Frankel Leads Bipartisan Effort to Give Moms and Babies a Healthy Start
      • Cassidy, Hassan Reintroduce Connected MOM Act to Improve Health Care For Expectant Mothers
    • ACC Letter of Support For Connect MOM Act
      • House Version
      • Senate Version

Additional Advocacy Resources:

• Tips & Tricks For Hill Meetings
  • How-To Lobby Webinar Video
  • Best Practices For Meeting With Lawmakers
  • Keys to Building Relationships With Policymakers
  • Advocacy Messaging Strategies