Fellows, Associate Fellows and Affiliates of the American College of Cardiology receive the following benefits:
Advocacy
ACC's advocacy efforts ensure cardiology has a strong, collective voice in health care debates on important issues:
- Fighting for managed care reform in Congress
- Arguing for higher Medicare fees
- Advocating for expanded coverage of the uninsured
- Defending cardiovascular specialists against overzealous efforts to pursue fraud and abuse
- Rejecting burdensome E/M documentation guidelines
- Seeking greater bargaining power for physicians with managed care plans
- Building proactive payer advocacy capabilities to ensure appropriate decision making and rapid response to adverse payer policies
- Lobbying for increased funding of clinical research in cardiovascular disease
- Requesting revisions to Medicare's proposed outpatient payment system
- Lobbying for appropriate graduate medical education (GME) reform
- Supporting more stringent regulation of tobacco products
Information
- Free subscription to the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). Published weekly, and is available in print and on-line.
- Free subscription to Cardiology, the College's bi-monthly magazine, that keeps members in touch with breaking news and innovative research.
- Access to ACC's National Cardiovascular Data Registry, which collects cardiovascular data and analyzes to detect trends.
- Online services provided by strategic ACC partner providers—companies that understand your practice and information needs.
- ACC Membership Directory, your one stop for finding your peers.
- ACC Standards and Guidelines; Easy-to-use pocket forms and instant Web updates, also available on your mobile device.
- ACC/AHA Guidelines and ACP/ACC/AHA Clinical Competence Statements.
- Access to CardioSource
Education
- Reduced registration rates to the College's Annual Scientific Session
- Reduced pre-registration rates on ACCF Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses.
- Discounts on ACCF Self-Assessment Programs and Meetings on Demand
- Award opportunities