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Pacannual Report PAC ANNUAL REPORT American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2014 Chairman Stuart L. Weinstein, MD [email protected] 317 Massachusetts Ave, N.E. Washington, DC 20002 Table Of Contents American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Letter from the Chair page 3 PAC Executive Committee page 3 Financial Highlights page 4 Criteria for Giving page 6 Political Disbursementss page 7 2014 Election Review page 7 Expanding the PAC’s Political Reach page 15 PAC Events page 16 Donor Profile page 18 Resident Involvement page 26 A Look Ahead: Legislative page 27 Accomplishments/Priorities AAOS ORTHOPAEDIC PAC | 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 2 2014-2015 Orthopaedic PAC Executive Committee “A robust PAC allows us a seat at the table and a voice in The Orthopaedic PAC is fortunate to the political process. If we don’t get involved to help make have dedicated leaders throughout the AAOS who govern the direction of the decisions affecting our health care system, others will PAC. We thank them for their ongoing support and leadership. make them for us.” – Stuart L. Weinstein, MD Stuart L. Weinstein, MD Chairman Iowa City, IA John T. Gill, MD* Chair-Elect Dallas, TX Dear Colleagues, William J. Robb III, MD Treasurer As we complete the 2013-2014 election cycle, I want to express my sincere Glenview, IL appreciation to you for your support of the AAOS PAC. This report will give Thomas C. Barber, MD you an idea of the depth and breadth of our PAC efforts during the past year. Council on Advocacy Chair I realize you know the importance of advocacy to our professional lives, but it Oakland, CA never hurts to reflect back on the importance of us staying together unified as David J. Mansfield, MD a profession in our advocacy efforts be they legislative or regulatory. While our Chair-Elect, Board of Councilors practice models may vary from; private practice, academic practice, employed El Paso, TX physician model, generalist, specialist, urban practice, rural, etc., we remain David A. Halsey, MD united with the core value of preserving the doctor-patient relationship and Board of Specialty Societies Chair-Elect preserving access to our care in an environment that allows us to improve quality and cost effectiveness. AAOS is South Burlington, VT committed to effective advocacy for all of our members regardless of practice type or location! James J. York, MD State Legislative & Regulatory Issues The last election cycle saw many new benchmarks met and in most cases exceeded. More and more of our AAOS Committee Chair members realized the importance of grassroots political activity by hosting PAC-sponsored fundraisers in their Glen Burnie, MD local community; more AAOS members than ever attended local fundraisers or helped advocate on our collective Chad Krueger, MD behalf on Capitol Hill, and because of the vibrancy of our PAC and its stellar brand in DC, our staff in the Office of Resident Fellow Government Relations had a record number of advocacy opportunities with members of Congress on the Hill. All San Antonio, TX of these efforts are critical to achieving our advocacy priorities. Ronald Emilio Delanois, MD Secretary Lastly, as I announced to you in December, for the first time ever, we surpassed the 30% member participation Baltimore, MD goal! This is a GREAT achievement, but one that we must continue to expand upon in hopes of one day having John J. McGraw, MD 100% of AAOS members participate in the PAC. Another great achievement was our ranking in the top 10 of Board of Councilors Chair ALL professional Association PACs. This is the first time the AAOS PAC is in this elite group! What is even more Jefferson City, TN impressive is the fact that most of these professional associations have in some cases hundreds of thousands more solicitable members than AAOS! David C. Templeman, MD Board of Specialty Societies Chair-elect Minneapolis, MN It is easy for some of our colleagues to complain about the “mess in Washington” but do absolutely nothing about it. Thankfully you and thousands of other AAOS members realize the importance of having a voice in the debate Gerald Williams, MD AAOS 2nd Vice President on the issues that affect our patients and our practices. Thank you for your continued support of the Orthopaedic Philadelphia, PA PAC. If you have any questions about this report or would like additional information, please contact Kristin Brackemyre, PAC manager, at [email protected] or 202.548.4150. Michael Suk, MD, JD, MPH, FACS Leadership Fellow Danville, PA Best wishes, Stu Karen Hackett, FACHE, CAE Ex-Officio Member Rosemont, IL Kristin Brackemyre Stuart L. Weinstein, MD Staff Liaison Washington, DC Chair, AAOS Orthopaedic PAC *Becomes Chair on March 27, 2015 AAOS ORTHOPAEDIC PAC | 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 3 Financial Highlights American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Hard $ Soft $ PAC Receipts: $3,000,000 2007-2014 The Orthopaedic PAC is committed to providing transparent infor- $2,500,000 mation about all PAC fundraising activities and operations. Thanks to the generous support of over 3,850 $2,000,000 fellows, the Orthopaedic PAC raised over $3,500,000 in total receipts and dispersed over $2,800,000 to federal candidates and committees in 2014. $1,500,000 Please note that though receipts are raised annually, the PAC operates in $1,000,000 two-year election cycles. The 2014 election cycle began on January 1, 2013 and closed November 4, 2014. $500,000 $0 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 Election Cycle 2005-06 2007-08 2009-10 2011-12 2013-14 Hard Receipts $1,915,730 $2,277,051 $2,951,105 $2,738,240 $2,508,864 Soft Receipts $759,357 $1,016,087 $880,473 $951,049 $1,018,804 Total $2,675,087 $3,293,138 $3,831,578 $3,689,289 $3,527,668 Individuals can contribute up to $5,000 to a PAC per calendar personal or business (corporate) check—are welcome. However, year. Corporate contributions (soft receipts) include checks and corporate contributions can only be used for PAC-related opera- credit cards processed on a physician’s business account includ- tional expenses. Only those contributions written on a personal ing LLC, PC, or Inc. Personal contributions (hard receipts) are check can be used to support political candidates—and it is these checks and credit cards from a physician’s personal account. All contributions that help make the Orthopaedic PAC powerful. contributions to the Orthopaedic PAC—whether written on a AAOS ORTHOPAEDIC PAC | 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 4 Financial Highlights American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons PAC Disbursements: $3,000,000 2007-2014 These charts represent total Ortho- paedic PAC disbursements to federal $2,500,000 candidate committees ranging from the 2005-2006 election cycle through December 31, 2014. $2,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,000,000 $500,000 $0 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 Election Cycle 2005-06 2007-08 2009-10 2011-12 2013-14 Receipts $1,915,730 $2,277,051 $2,951,105 $2,738,240 $2,508,864 Disbursements $1,778,162 $1,703,855 $2,025,500 $2,552,000 $2,879,305 *2013-14 disbursements include Independent Expenditures totaling $566,005 to key AAOS champions Democrats Republicans PAC Disbursements by Political Party 80% 70% The Orthopaedic PAC supports members of Congress and candi- 60% dates for federal office who understand the issues orthopaedic 50% 40% surgeons face on a daily basis, and who will be sensitive to these 30% concerns in office. The PAC is a nonpartisan entity that contrib- 20% utes to Democrats, Republicans and party committees who share 10% and support the views of the AAOS. 0% 2008 2010 2012 2014 AAOS ORTHOPAEDIC PAC | 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 5 PAC Criteria for Giving American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons The Orthopaedic PAC carefully considers many factors before Candidates that fall outside of the established criteria are carefully contributing to federal candidates and legislators. PAC decisions reviewed by the PAC Executive Committee ensuring PAC money is are based only on advocacy issues as directed by the AAOS put where it will best represent the profession. As a PAC member, Council on Advocacy committee which includes specialty society we value your input on these decisions. The insights and view- representation. The PAC Executive Committee is guided by a points of our contributors are always welcome and play a vital specific document edited each election cycle outlining criteria for role in the decision to support a candidate or officeholder. making political contributions. Among these criteria are commit- tee assignments, leadership positions, accessibility in Washing- ton and in the state/district and most importantly, positions on orthopaedic issues. Orthopaedic PAC Criteria for Making Political Contributions *Last revised by the PAC Executive Committee December 19, 2014 Tier One Tier Two Tier Three Tier one includes orthopaedists running Tier two includes other committees Tier three includes all other members of for Congress and incumbent members which may handle important healthcare Congress and PAC requests. of Congress on key health care related issues. committees. • Special requests from the • House Veterans Affairs Committee orthopaedic community/PAC • Orthopaedic surgeons running • House Armed Services Committee contributors for Congress • House Judiciary Committee • Leadership PACs • House and Senate leadership • House Science and Technology • Independent Expenditures • Key Healthcare related committees: Committee • Primary contributions • House Ways and Means Committee • House Small Business Committee • House Energy and Commerce • Senate Special Committee on Aging Committee • Senate Judiciary Committee • House Appropriations Committee • House Education and Workforce Committee • Senate Finance Committee • Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee • Physician members of Congress • Party Organizations AAOS ORTHOPAEDIC PAC | 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 6 2013 - 2014 Political Disbursements / Election Review American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Thanks to the generous support of PAC donors, the Orthopaedic In House races, the PAC enjoyed an 88 percent success rate in 213 PAC enjoyed tremendous success on election night.
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