AAPI Legislative Day Fall 2011
Date: Monday, Oct 24, 2011
Time: 10am
Location: Washington, DC
Save the date - AAPI Legislative Day - Mon., Oct. 24, 10 am - 5pm
Come join us in Washington, D.C. for a fall conference on Capitol Hill as we discuss the Medicare SGR fix, medical malpractice reform and other issues important to AAPI members.
RSVP Required : LegislativeAffairs@aapiusa.org
2103 Rayburn House Office Building Monday, October 24, 2011
Fall Legislative Day Program & Agenda
10 am
Welcoming remarks by Dr. Sunita Kanumury, MD - AAPI President
& Dr. VijayaLakshmi Appareddy - AAPI Chairwoman, Legislative Committee
10:30 am
Remarks by Cindy Brown - Vice President of Government Affairs, American Medical Association (AMA) - Cindy will be speaking to AAPI about medical liability reform legislation pending before Congress along with an update on the Medicare SGR
11:00 am
Remarks by Leonard “Len” Marquez - Director, Government Relations, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) - Len will be speaking about legislation pending before Congress that would increase residency positions along with the Medicare SGR
11:30 am
Remarks by Dr. John O’Shea - Senior Policy Advisor to the Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee - Dr. O’Shea will provide a health care update on the Medicare SGR and the status of cuts to the health care sector that are pending before the deficit reduction committee
12:00 p.m.
Remarks by Ambassador Arun K. Singh - Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India - Ambassador Singh previously served as India’s Ambassador to Israel
Keynote presentations - Attorneys Rahul Ranadive and Parag Patel are traveling from Miami, Fla. and New York City respectively to provide an exclusive update to AAPI and the Indian American community in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area on the 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initative (OVDI). This IRS program requires Indian Americans to disclose bank accounts and other holdings in India to the IRS. Rahul and Parag will discuss the program’s requirements and the recent controversy surrounding it in detail during lunch.
1:30 p.m.
Legislative training - Dino Teppara, AAPI’s director of legislative affairs, will provide a training session to the attendees, hand out AAPI talking points and discuss the afternoon’s lobbying day.
2:30 p.m.
Afternoon lobbying day where AAPI members will meet with congressional offices to discuss our legislative agenda and the importance of passing it to the medical community.
5:30 p.m.
AAPI members will depart Capitol Hill for the Embassy of India
6:00 p.m.
Reception at Embassy of India
6:30 p.m.
Remarks at Embassy of India
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Embassy of India dinner
Please note that space is limited for both the legislative day and embassy dinner.
RSVP for legislative day:
Hotel Venues Near Capitol Hill:
Washington Court Hotel
525 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20001
(800) 763-0487
Capitol Hill Suites
200 C Street, S.E.
Washington D.C. 20003
(202) 543-6000
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
(202) 737-1234
The Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel
415 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20001
(202) 638-1616
Hotel George
15 East Street N.W.
Washington D.C. 20001
(202) 347-4200
Contact: LegislativeAffairs@aapiusa.org
630-990-2277
RSVP Required