Government Advocacy

Capitol Fly-In 2013

Represent ASCs and Join in the National Health Care Debate

ASCA's Capitol Fly-In Program is ASCA's premier advocacy event and your opportunity to be heard by national policy makers on the issues that concern you and the ASC industry.

Over two days, you will learn about the issues affecting ASCs and the legislative process, and then spend the day on Capitol Hill meeting with your legislators and their staff.

More than 90 percent of the cosponsors for the ASC Quality and Access Act of 2011 signed on thanks to advocacy efforts by ASCA members in their districts and Washington, DC.

Participating States:

May 21–22: Arizona, Florida, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington

June 18–19: Florida, New Hampshire, Oregon

September 17–18: Florida, Texas, New Jersey, Colorado, Mississippi

Session TBD: California, Georgia

Expressed interest: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Virginia

Interested in participating?

Click on the heading tabs below to find out more information.

May

Crystal Gateway Marriot International
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202
703.920.3230

Rate: $249 /Night

June

Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001
202.737.1234

Rate: $305 /Night

September

Washington Hilton
1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009

Rate: $219 / Night

For more information, contact Morgan Hanson at mhanson@ascassociation.org.

Resources

DC Metro Guide

Issue briefs

Talking points - coming soon

Last June, ASCA members from 10 states—Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas—travelled to Washington, DC, and met with more than 50 of their legislators and staff.

US Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and US Representatives Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Linda Sanchez (D-CA), Leonard Lance (D-NJ) and Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) signed on to the bill as a result of the meetings.

And in April, ASCA members from six states—Alabama, Florida, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Texas and Washington—travelled to Washington, DC, and met with more than 60 of their legislators and staff.

US Representative Francisco “Quico” Canseco (R-TX) signed on as a cosponsor of the ASC Quality and Access Act of 2011 shortly after meeting with ASCA members from Texas.

In addition, US Representative Randy Hultgren (R-IL) became a cosponsor of the legislation after Mark Mayo, executive director of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association of Illinois, and Joe Ollayos, administrator of the Tri-Cities Surgery Center in Geneva, Illinois, met with Scott Luginbill, Representative Hultgren’s senior legislative assistant.