Many have heard the saying that change is the only thing in life that is constant. In keeping with change, it gives me great pleasure to announce the unveiling of a new ACCP committee, the CHEST Regulatory and Reimbursement (CRR) Committee. The charge of this committee is to serve as subject matter experts in the understanding and development of educational content for members related to regulatory and reimbursement issues of high importance in ACCP’s scope of medicine.
Dr. James Parish, FCCP, has been appointed as Chair, and Dr. Kevin Chan, FCCP, has been appointed as Vice-Chair of the CRR Committee. A call for nominations was distributed to ACCP membership via e-mail, newsletter, and website. From these communications, the call for nominations has been well-received, garnering multiple responses for vacant committee member seats through November 4, 2013.
Staff of the CRR Committee has initiated restructuring and constitution of the committee with the creation of committee documents to be reviewed and vetted at our first formal meeting during CHEST 2013.
The CRR Committee looks forward to a successful year and will keep you abreast along the way.