Latest Activities
Stay up to date with AUGS’ latest advocacy efforts focused on improving health policy and increasing research funding for women’s health. From urging Congress to stabilize physician payment and stop Medicare cuts, to responding to proposed rules and national reports, AUGS is actively shaping the future of urogynecology and women’s health research.
Advocacy Related to Health Policy / Payment & Reimbursement
- AUGS Call on Congress to Provide Physician Payment Stability and Reform MIPS
- AUGS Calls on Congress to Stop the Medicare Payment Cuts and Provide an Annual MEI Payment Update
- AUGS Endorses Policy Statement on Challenges Facing Surgical Care
- AUGS Responds to CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
Advocacy Related to Research Funding
Leveraging the AUGS National Urogynecology Research Agenda, AUGS continues to advocate for research funding directed toward women’s health care beyond reproduction.
- Urogyn News – Contact Your Representative Regarding NIH Funding Indirect Costs
- AUGS response to the RFI for the NICHD 2025 Strategic Plan
- AUGS Response to House and Energy Commerce NIH Reform
- AUGS Acknowledgement of the NASEM Final Report: A New Vision of Women’s Health Research
- AUGS Response to NASEM RFI for the Assessment of NIH Research on Women’s Health
- AUGS Response to the White House re White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research
