Washington Watchline Newsletter
PHYSICIAN ADVOCACY FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE DELIVERY OF PULMONARY, CRITICAL CARE, AND SLEEP MEDICINE
Aligned with CHEST’s Health Policy and Advocacy Committee agenda, Washington Watchline is a newsletter that aims to keep CHEST members informed about governmental activities that affect physicians who provide clinical care in respiratory, critical care, and sleep medicine. Follow Washington Watchline to learn more about CHEST’s advocacy around regulatory, legislative, and payment issues that relate to the delivery of health care in support of CHEST’s mission.
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August 2020
Tobacco/Vaping Work Group Sets Sight on Reducing Access to Vaping Products
As one of the Health Policy Advisory Committee’s (HPAC) five identified work groups, the Tobacco/Vaping group is furthering CHEST’s long-standing efforts in smoking cessation to counter the growing adoption among adolescents of vaping (e-cigarettes). HPAC member Laura Crotty Alexander, MD, who has been involved in e-cigarette research for the past 7 years, is now heading the efforts...
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WASHINGTON WATCHLINE ARCHIVES:
2020
- Introduction to the New Health Policy and Advocacy Committee
- Home Mechanical Ventilators’ Removal from Competitive Bidding 2021 Represents a Big Win for Respiratory Patients
- CHEST’s Cooperative Involvement Related to COVID-19
- Support for Healthcare Infrastructure and Accessibility
- Telehealth Changes
- CHEST Responds to Need for Clinicians in Hard-hit Areas with Unique Matching System
- Government Actions of Note to CHEST Members
- HPAC Establishes Structure for Prioritized Issues
- Efforts to Gain Pulmonary Rehabilitation Coverage Equity
- Telehealth Coverage Expansion Efforts
- Clinician Matching Network Continues to Need Health-care Workers
- CHEST's Continued Cooperative Efforts: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act