Each year at the state Capitol, anesthesiologists face legislative and regulatory battles that require education and advocacy about why it’s important to preserve physician-led anesthesia care. This year in particular, there was legislation introduced that would have allowed independent prescribing authority for CRNAs in dental offices without proper regulatory and safety structures. There were also continued attempts by the California Association of Nurse “Anesthesiologists” to blur the lines between CRNAs and anesthesiologists as well as opposition to CSA’s efforts to strengthen title transparency rules for patient education and safety.
CSA has been actively deploying a multi-faceted communications and advocacy program to promote physician-led anesthesia care, but with your help we can do more!
Please donate today to CSA’s new Issues and Advocacy Fund to protect your patients and your practice by promoting our shared profession to policymakers and the public. With your financial support we can elevate CSA’s communications and advocacy efforts even further to address the threats and promote physician-led anesthesia care as the right choice for patient safety. With your help we can reach our goal of raising $100,000!
Your contribution to CSA’s Issues and Advocacy Fund will help support:
- Robust advertising campaign with paid ads deployed on social media, websites, podcasts, and billboards to reach policymakers, healthcare decision makers, and patients
- Campaign theme: “Anesthesiologists – Protecting Patient Safety through the Highest Standard of Care”
- Patient education about safe anesthesia care and patient rights
- Public affairs programs to support legislation and regulations that advance physician-led anesthesia care and oppose efforts that diminish patient safety
- Policymaker education about the complexities of anesthesia and the difference in qualifications between nurses and physicians
- Approximately ⅓ of the Legislature will be newly elected to state office this fall
Click here to make a contribution today!
How your contribution will be used
All contributions will be deposited into a restricted fund that will only be used to promote the value and importance of physician-led anesthesia care in California. These are not PAC dollars to support politicians, but instead are dedicated CSA general fund dollars to support and advance the specialty of anesthesiology in our state.
There are no restrictions on contributions
There are no financial limitations on contributions from individuals OR organizations/physician groups. Private medical groups, non-profit organizations, public agencies and academic departments can contribute to CSA’s Issues and Advocacy Fund. Both CSA members and non-members can make a contribution but donations cannot be deducted as a business expense.
If you would like to write a check, please make it payable to CSA’s Issues and Advocacy Fund and send it to:
California Society of Anesthesiologists
1 Capitol Mall, Suite 800
Sacramento, CA 95814
Questions? Please contact Dr. Todd Primack, chair of CSA’s Legislative and Practice Affairs Division, at toddoprimack@gmail.com.
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