Urgent Care Leadership

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Dr. Halpert is the co-chair of the Government Affairs Committee of the Northeast Regional Urgent Care Association (NERUCA) and has over a decade of experience influencing state legislation and regulation.  Learn how this got started, meet the key players, discover what they've learned along the way, and his vision of what the future holds for Urgent Care advocacy.

2024 Regional Conferences:

Northeast Regional Urgent Care Association (September): https://neruca.org/
South East Regional Urgent Care Association (October): https://seruca.org/
California (Western) Urgent Care Association (November): https://www.caluca.org/

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UCA's Advocacy efforts recently achieved a milestone - inclusion of Urgent Care in the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule publication issued by CMS.  This episode goes into more details about what that means, why it's important, what happens next, and when those efforts might directly impact Urgent Care centers.  Guests are Eric Zimmerman from McDermott+ and Kristin Rastatter of the Urgent Care Association.

Links mentioned:
https://urgentcareassociation.org/uc-advocacy/
https://urgentcareassociation.org/about/the-people-behind-uca/kristin-rastatter/

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This episode goes into the details of what it takes to make things happen in state legislation and regulations, through the experience of Christopher Nugent, MBA, CRA, RT(R)(CT).  Chris has been instrumental in the work of UCA member coalitions who are advocating state by state to ensure a pathway exists for limited scope x-ray licensure in all states.  We discuss the victories and how they were won, which states are up next,  what you need to know before you undertake this work in your state, and why it's worth doing.  Advocacy works!

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Brandon Robertson is the Founder and CEO of UCP Merchant Medicine and Intellivisit Solutions and is a candidate for the Urgent Care Association Board of Directors in 2024.

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Stephanie Bond is the Practice Administrator at Intermountain Health and a candidate for the Urgent Care Association Board of Directors in 2024.

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Boyd Faust is the Chief Strategy Officer at GoHealth and a candidate for the Urgent Care Association Board of Directors in 2024.

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Derek Newell is the Chief Executive Officer of NextCare  and is a candidate for the Urgent Care Association Board of Directors in 2024.

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Rachel Sossoman is the President and CEO of Mercy Urgent Care and Occupational Medicine and is a candidate for the Urgent Care Association Board of Directors in 2024.

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Dr. Jeff Schor is the founder and former CEO of PM Pediatrics and a candidate for the Board of Directors for the Urgent Care Association in 2024.

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Eric Zimmerman leads UCA's lobbying team at McDermott+ in Washington, D.C.  McDermott+ serves the health industry exclusively, and their team of lawyers, physicians, policy professionals, data analysts and Capitol Hill/government agency veterans brings robust expertise to UCA's Advocacy efforts.

Eric Zimmerman joins UCA CEO Lou Ellen Horwitz to dive into the current state of UCA's efforts to elaborate on the "why" of our strategies and tactics, "how" things get done in Congress and with agencies like the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and "when" we might see some impacts for Urgent Care.