Past Advocacy Activities

2010
•	AMA 2009 Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates, November 7th – 10th REPORT 1 OF THE COUNCIL ON ETHICAL AND JUDICIAL AFFAIRS (I-09) Financial Relationships with Industry in Continuing Medical Education (Reference Committee on Amendments to Constitution and Bylaws)
•	Institute of Medicine “Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice” – Report Brief – Executive Summary
2009
•	ACCME Call for Comments — April 22, 2009 – Alliance for CME Response – Council for Medical Specialty Societies Response – Read All Responses Submitted
•	Senate Finance Committee Report on Healthcare Reform Policy Options – Press Release – Healthcare Reform Policy Options – Alliance for CME Response — May 20, 2009
•	AMA REPORT 1 OF THE COUNCIL ON ETHICAL AND JUDICIAL AFFAIRS (A-09): – Revised Proposed Recommendations to the House of Delegates on Financial Relationships with Industry in Continuing Medical Education – Alliance Response to AMA’s CEJA Proposed Recommendations — June 8, 2009 – SACME Response to AMA’s CEJA Proposal Recommendations — November 2, 2009 – CMSS Response to AMA’s CEJA Proposal Recommendations — November 2, 2009
•	AMA REPORT 17 OF THE COUNCIL ON MEDICAL EDUCATION (A-09): Conflict of Interest and Bias in Continuing Medical Education, Companion Report to the House of Delegates
•	Alliance Responds to AMA CEJA Stakeholders Meeting — February 25, 2009
•	Alliance Responds to the 2008 Josiah Macy Foundation Report — January 2009
2008
•	Alliance Responds to the ACCME’s June and August 2008 Call for Comments — September 12, 2008
•	Alliance Addresses Strategies to Enhance the CME Profession A Message from the President, — July 17, 2008
•	ACCME Receives Request for Information from U. S. Senate Special Committee on Aging — June 20, 2008 – ACCME Response to the U. S. Senate Special Committee on Aging — July 15, 2008
•	Alliance Responds to Institute of Medicine (IOM) — April 7, 2008 Request for Input on Study of Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice
•	ACCME Responds to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) — June 2008 Request for Input on Study of Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice
•	AMA REPORT 1 OF THE COUNCIL ON ETHICAL AND JUDICIAL AFFAIRS (A-08): Industry Support of Professional Education in Medicine – AMA REPORT 1 OF THE COUNCIL ON ETHICAL AND JUDICIAL AFFAIRS (A-08): Clarifying Questions – Alliance Response to AMA CEJA Report 1 A-08 — June 9, 2008 – The National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration Response to AMA CEJA Report 1 A-08 — June 15, 2008 – AAMSE Response to AMA CEJA Report 1 A-08 — June 11, 2008 – CMSS Response to AMA CEJA Report 1 A-08 — June 5, 2008 – NAAMECC Response to AMA CEJA Report 1 A-08 — May 22, 2008
•	Macy Foundation Proceedings Monograph — 2008 Proceedings of the Macy Foundation Conference, “Continuing Education in the Health Professions”, Chaired by Suzanne W. Fletcher, MD, MSc, in November 2007 – Chairman’s Summary of the Conference Published by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation — January 2008 – Letter to Members Regarding Macy Foundation Report — January 11, 2008
2007
•	Open letter to Members Regarding Meeting with Senate Finance Committee Staff David Schwartz — October 23, 2007
•	Open Letter to Members Regarding Current Activities — June 12, 2007
•	Alliance Response to the Senate Finance Committee — June 12, 2007
•	Alliance Offers to Collaborate with the ACCME in Responding to the Senate Finance Committee Report — May 4, 2007
•	Alliance Offers Support and Suggestions to the ACCME on Their March Call for Comments — May 4, 2007