Office of Governmental and Legal Affairs

ASA's Office of Governmental and Legal Affairs is located in Washington, D.C. It monitors and engages in advocacy with respect to federal and state legislative, regulatory, and quality activities affecting the practice of medicine by the Society's members. Further, it is responsible for providing Practice Management assistance and advice for the membership, principally with respect to the Medicare program but also with respect to all "business" aspects of the delivery of anesthesia care. The American Society of Anesthesiologists Political Action Committee (ASAPAC), a separate segregated fund of the Society, is also administered in the Washington Office, as are the Society's internal legal affairs and maintenance of relations with outside legal counsel.

Federal Legislative and Regulatory Activities  - Information on all of the federal legislative and regulatory activities relating to ASA priorities.   

Practice Management  - Practicie management assistance as well as information on the Medicare program.

Washington Alerts - The latest news out of Washington.  

Personnel of the Washington Office include:

Directors

Maureen Amos, M.S. Director of Regulatory Quality Affairs

Manuel Bonilla, M.S.  Director of Congressional and Political Affairs

Mary L. Kuffner, J.D.  Associate General Counsel  

Jason Hansen Director of State Affairs

Sharon Merrick, M.S., CCS-P  Director of Payment and Practice Management

Thomas R. Miller, Ph.D., M.B.A. Director of Health Policy and Research

Staff

Michelle Allen Office Manager

Samia Ayoobi Coding/Payment Specialist

April Cheek, M.B.A.  Special Assistant to the Executive Vice President

Grant Couch Federal Affairs Associate

Pat Daly Grassroots Program Administrator

Maya D. Grassi, J.D.  Staff Counsel

Nancy Inglis  Executive Assistant

Doug Leigh Legal Assistant

Lisa Pearlstein, J.D. Pain Medicine and Regulatory Lobbyist

Erin Philp, J.D. State Affairs Associate

Michelle Mathy PAC Political Coordinator

Bryan Shuy Manager of Governmental and Political Outreach

ASA Washington Office
1501 M Street, N.W. Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: (202) 289-2222
Fax: (202)371-0384
E-mail: mail@asawash.org