20 F Street, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20001
202-337-2701
Fax: 202-337-4271
ahp@facs.orgÌý
Christian Shalgian
202-337-2701
Fax: 202-337-4271
cshalgian@facs.orgÌý
Staff
Responsibilities
D’Arcey Johnson
Manager, Administrative and Business Operations
djohnson@facs.org
202-337-2701
Serves as the Washington Office Manager, prepares budgets, assists the DAHP Director, serves as ACSPA-SurgeonsPAC Administrator, and liaises with accounting services, building facilities, IT, and vendors.
Becky Putens
Senior Administrative Assistant
bputens@facs.org
202-672-1531
Performs administrative support to the Washington, DC, office.
Staff
Responsibilities
Vinita O. Mujumdar, JD
Chief of Regulatory Affairs
vmujumdar@facs.org
202-672-1510
Manages privacy federal regulatory matters, including Medicare, HIPAA, EMTALA, graduate medical education, OIG issues, physician self-referral issues.
Jill Sage, MPH
Chief of Quality Affairs
jsage@facs.org
202-672-1507
Represents national groups: JACHO, National Quality Forum, Leapfrog, AHA, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), surgical groups, and industry (innovations) and manages the Surgical Quality Alliance (SQA).
Vacant
Senior HIT and Quality Specialist
Monitors and responds to health information technology policy and regulations; works to propose innovative technology solutions that meet federal standards; and assists in monitoring federal and private sector quality initiatives affecting the practice of surgery.
Lauren Foe, MPH
Senior Regulatory Associate
lfoe@facs.org
202-672-1524
Interprets and develops strategic responses to regulations affecting surgeons and their patients, including policies related to federal and commercial insurance programs, coverage and reimbursement for surgical care, and utilization management, among others; assists in the publication of Â鶹´«Ã½resources addressing various issues critical to the management of a successful surgical practice; staffs the American Medical Association RVS Update Committee (AMA RUC).
Haley Jeffcoat, MPH
Quality Affairs Associate
hjeffcoat@facs.org
202-672-1517
Monitors and responds to topics related to quality, value-based care, and HIT from the regulatory perspective, as well helping to manage Â鶹´«Ã½digital services and registry-related projects.
Vacant
Practice Affairs
regulatory@facs.orgÌý
Liaises with CPT editorial panel, American Medical Association RVS Update Committee (AMA RUC), evaluation and management documentation guidelines, Assistants at Surgery (payment policies), HIPAA-transaction information, socioeconomic tips, CPT coding/practice management workshops and consultants, CPT hotline.
Kate Murphy
Regulatory and Quality Affairs Assistant
kmurphy@facs.org
202-672-1506
Provides administrative support to the Regulatory and Quality Affairs team.
Staff
Responsibilities
Carrie Zlatos
Chief of Legislative and Political Affairs
czlatos@facs.org
202-672-1508
Develops and implements the College’s federal health policy agenda, grassroots (SurgeonsVoice), and political (SurgeonsPAC) affairs. Serves as the organization’s chief lobbyist on several issues including Medicare physician payment, medical liability reform, graduate medical education (GME) and workforce, quality improvement, and scope of practice.
Matthew Coffron
Chief of Health Policy Development
mcoffron@facs.org
202-672-1516
Ìý
Leverages College resources, data, and expertise in partnership with other Â鶹´«Ã½departments and divisions to develop proactive health policy proposals and facilitate development of official policy statements. Manages and participates in collaborations with external organizations with similar priorities.
Courtney Lisowski
Manager, Political and Grassroots Engagement (ACSPA)
clisowski@facs.org
202-672-1511
Coordinates all Grassroots and PAC programming and activities, and serves as a liaison to the Health Policy Advisory Council, SurgeonsPAC Board of Directors, and the federal legislative team.
All PAC-related questions can be sent to surgeonspac@facs.org.ÌýGrassroots inquiries can be sent to ahp@facs.org.
Lobbies Congress and implements the College’s health policy agenda.
Matt Brown
Congressional Lobbyist
mabrown@facs.org
202-672-1512
Lobbies Congress and implements the College’s health policy agenda.
Emma Zimmerman
Congressional Lobbyist
ezimmerman@facs.org
202-672-1528
Lobbies Congress and implements the College’s health policy agenda.
John Jarrell
Grassroots and PAC Coordinator
jjarrell@facs.orgÌý
202-672-1523
Coordinates all ACSPA-SurgeonsPAC fundraising and grassroots efforts.Ìý
All PAC-related questions can be sent to surgeonspac@facs.org. Grassroots inquiries can be sent to ahp@facs.org.
State
Responsibilities
Catherine Hendricks
Manager, State Affairs
chendricks@facs.org
202-672-1502
State-level advocacy strategy development and training/workshops, state action center, state-level trauma and cancer advocacy, chapter advocacy development, state legislation and policy, state action center, and chapter lobby days. Also responsible for AMA House of Delegates, Surgical Caucus, and AMA young physicians.
Cory Bloom
State Affairs Associate
cbloom@facs.org
240-962-9965
State health policy/legislative tracking, state-level advocacy strategy development and training/workshops, state action center, state-level trauma and cancer advocacy, chapter advocacy development, NCSL, chapter lobby days.
State Affairs Team
stateaffairs@facs.org