Impact Report — Vol. 6, Issue 1
Your membership in action
From fighting for your patients and practice against payment cuts and scope-of-practice expansions, to securing major media wins that position you as the authorities in skin, hair, and nails, see how your Academy is working for you. Plus, explore the latest member benefits, including new CME offerings, enhanced coding tools, and exciting updates to AAD publications.
The AAD/A Impact Report is here, highlighting how we continue to advocate for you and deliver value through impactful patient education and member benefits.
Advocating for you
We advocate on Capitol Hill and with private payers to protect your patients and your practice.
Payment reform remains sole legislative advocacy focus.
Takes on misleading advertising in the states.
Academy takes on administrative burdens, fair payment.
CMS requires no further actions.
Policy would have excluded board-certified dermatologists.
New sunscreen ingredient; SAFE Sunscreen Act approved.
Positioning the specialty
In the news and out in the world, we continue to position you as the experts, and the public is listening.
Academy traditional media efforts pay off.
Garners over 147.3 million views, 24.7 million engagements.
Five awareness months, millions of views, engagements.
Over 8,000 checks performed by AAD members to date!
Member benefits
We know how important member benefits are to you — here’s a taste of what the Academy has to offer.
Dozens of resources added to extensive coding center.
New courses add over 20 hours of additional CME.
Over 185,400 CME credit hours claimed by 11,000+ users.
AAD Annual Meeting breaks record with 20,000+ registrants.
Dialogues, Clinical Image Collection, and more.
DermWorld takes home FOLIO award. JAAD still #1.
