Laura Wooster

Senior Vice President, Advocacy & Practice Affairs at American College of Emergency Physicians @American College of Emergency Physicians

Washington, DC, US

Head of DC office overseeing ACEP’s federal and state legislative, regulatory, grassroots, andpractice/reimbursement functions with a $4.1 million annual budget and team of 10 employees.• Lead development and implementation of advocacy and external communications strategies on keyissues such as emergency department boarding, surprise billing, retroactive insurer denials, health careconsolidation, and violence against health care workers.• Spokesperson for ACEP on advocacy-related and consumer focused issues with coverage inprominent media outlets including NY Times, Associated Press, CBS Radio, Politico, NPR, USAToday, and Financial Times.• As part of ACEP’s Senior Management team, oversee overall strategy and operations for the emergency physician members and $40 million budget.• Accomplishments include: successful introduction and passage into law of the Dr. Lorna BreeneHealth Care Provider Protection Act, two opioid-focused bills as part of SUPPORT Act; protectingemergency medicine during Congressional development of the No Surprises Act; formation of theFDA’s Drug Shortage Task Force; a PR strategy on insurer coverage of emergency care that resulted inreporting by New York Times, the Associated Press, NBC Nightly News, and other key outlets;delaying a planned reimbursement cut by CMS; and, tripling participation in ACEP’s advocacynetwork from 1,900 to 6,600 emergency physicians.

University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health

Master of Public Health - MPH

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

MPH, Masters in Public Health

University of Michigan

BS, Biology