The Alliance is a coalition of 11 national medical specialty societies representing more than 200,000 physicians. This non-partisan group is dedicated to the development of sound federal health care policy that fosters patient access to the highest quality specialty care.

There has never been a more critical time for America's specialty physicians to have clear, effective and reliable representation before policymakers in Washington, D.C. With greater numbers of uninsured, skyrocketing health care costs, an increasing senior population, the physician workforce in jeopardy, and issues of quality, privacy and access on the line, the stakes for physicians are high. The Alliance of Specialty Medicine (the Alliance) offers that representation.

Among the Alliance's highest policy priorities are:

1. Reforming the Medicare program to ensure the greatest access to care for seniors;
   
   
2. Advancing reforms of our nations' medical liability system, and
   
   
3. Ensuring patients access to the highest quality healthcare, in part, by assuring effective patient safety measures are in place.