2025 MSV Advocacy Proposals

2025 Proposal Packet for the MSV Advocacy Summit

Deadline for submission of proposals is September 9, 2025

2025 Advocacy Summit Proposals Table of Contents

1. An Expedited Pathway to Licensure for Military Physicians

Blair Lee, MD, On behalf of the Virginia Chapter, American College of Surgeons (VA- ACP)

2. Opposition to Clinical Psychologist Prescriptive Authority

Jason Burton, MD and Varun Choudhary, MD,On behalf of the Psychiatric Society of Virginia (PSV), Washington Psychiatric Society – Northern Virginia Chapter (WPS- NOVA), Virginia Chapter – American Academy of Pediatrics (VA AAP), Virginia College of Emergency Physicians (VACEP), and Virginia Academy of Family Physicians (VAFP)

3. Elimination of Virginia's Medicaid Trigger Law

Stuart Henochowicz, MD, MBA, MACP, On behalf of the American College of

wPhysiciansqw4. Targeting the Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce Shortage – A Virginia-based Loan Repayment Program Proposal

Marieka Helou, MD, MPH, On behalf of the Richmond Academy of Medicine

(RAM)

5. Safeguarding Misoprostol Access

Amy Nelson, MD, On behalf of the Richmond Academy of Medicine (RAM)

6. Saving Resources in the Perioperative Arena

Harry Gewanter, MD, On behalf of the Richmond Academy of Medicine (RAM)

7. Certificate of Public Need (COPN)

Harry Gewanter, MD, On behalf of the Richmond Academy of Medicine (RAM)

8. COPN Charity Care Study

Harry Gewanter, MD, On behalf of the Richmond Academy of Medicine (RAM)

9. Prohibit Petroleum-based Synthetic Dyes in Hospital Food

Vaishnavi Nemani (VCU Medical Student)

10. Core Competencies for Independent Practice by NPs and PAs

David Fosnocht, MD, On behalf of the Virginia College of Emergency Physicians (VACEP)

11. Removing Loopholes of Prior Authorization Reform

Zachary Dunton, MD

12. “Stop the Bleed” Training as a Requirement for High School Graduation

Jessica Burgess, MD, On behalf of Virginia Chapter of the American College of Surgeons and the Virginia Chapter of the Committee on Trauma

13. Virginia Commonwealth Health Security Act

Bruce Silverman, MD, On behalf of the Richmond Academy of Medicine (RAM)

14. The Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability and Prescription Cost Transparency Act

Bruce Silverman, MD, On behalf of the Richmond Academy of Medicine (RAM)

15. Medicare Supplement Access and Equity Act of 2026

Bruce Silverman, MD, On behalf of the Richmond Academy of Medicine (RAM)

16. Creation of a Provider Bill of Rights Legislative Package

Scott Castro, On behalf of Clifford Deal III, MD, FACS

17. Appropriate Notification for Patients Receiving Life-Changing Test Results

Lauren Schmitt, On behalf of the Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of

Pediatrics (VA-AAP)

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