Heart Rhythm Advocates

12/19/2025

It's been a great year for HRA with major progress on federal policy, state engagement, and workforce capacity. We helped secure expanded ASC access for EP ablations, elevated the national push for prior authorization reform, advanced EP workforce licensure models, and positioned the HEARTS Act for funding in 2026. Our Regional Sections are active across the country, our advocacy footprint has grown quickly, and HRA is entering the second session of the 119th Congress ready to tackle unfinished business on access, payment stability, and oversight.

A full year-in-review is available here: https://bit.ly/48Oef4M

Thank you to all who were a part of this tremendous work! And if you haven't yet joined HRA, now is the perfect time. Come be part of what we’re building. The work ahead matters. and it matters that you’re in the room with us.

12/11/2025

Looking for financial assistance to attend ? Apply for an HRS Travel Scholarship!

Open to , , , , and early-career residents and researchers.

🆓 Complimentary in-person registration
✈️ $1,500 travel stipend
🗓️ Application Deadline: December 31

Review eligibility criteria, application requirements, and testimonials here: https://bit.ly/4abo1il

12/11/2025

12/06/2025

12/05/2025

Tickets Now on Sale!
Join us on Saturday, April 25, 2026 at the Marriott Marquis Chicago for the 2nd Annual Heart Rhythm Gala: A Night for Advocacy & Innovation.

After last year’s sold-out event raised over $650,000 for critical research, education, and policy initiatives, we’re aiming even higher in 2026.

Be part of an elegant evening of:
🥂 Cocktails & Dinner
🎶 Entertainment
❤️ Philanthropy
🌟 Inspiration

Secure your place among heart rhythm leaders, advocates, and innovators.
🎟️ Tickets now available: https://bit.ly/4iGjQgx

12/02/2025

As Giving Tuesday comes to a close, we’re grateful for the clinicians who dedicate their lives to improving outcomes for patients with heart rhythm disorders—and for the supporters who make our work possible. There’s still time to give.
Your donation to the HRA Foundation today directly fuels advocacy and business-of-EP education that ensures clinicians remain equipped to deliver the best care possible: https://bit.ly/4am5e3N

12/02/2025

Electrophysiology is advancing rapidly - yet the policies, reimbursement structures, and economic pressures surrounding EP care grow more complex every year.
That’s why the Heart Rhythm Advocates Foundation exists.
On this Giving Tuesday, your support ensures clinicians nationwide have access to critical education on the business of EP, health economics, reimbursement, coding, and advocacy.
Help us build on this mission. Your contribution truly makes a difference: https://bit.ly/4am5e3N

12/02/2025

Today on Giving Tuesday, we invite you to support the Heart Rhythm Advocates Foundation - the 501c3 educational arm of HRA dedicated to advancing the business of EP and strengthening clinician knowledge in health economics, reimbursement, coding, and advocacy.
Your gift helps clinicians stay informed, confident, and empowered to focus on what matters most: better outcomes for patients living with heart rhythm disorders.
Join us in fueling this essential work: https://bit.ly/4am5e3N

12/01/2025

If you weren't able to join us live, catch the recording of our November town hall on the Evolving EP Practice Landscape, including:
🔹 Insights from leaders in the field
🔹 Key updates from CMS 2026 rulings
🔹 The expanding role of ASCs in EP care
🔹 How HRA is leading advocacy for EP professionals and patients
Listen now at https://bit.ly/3Myt3LV

11/24/2025

Last year, an advocacy push by our EP community helped pass the HEARTS Act, a new federal grant program under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen CPR and AED training in public K-12 schools.

The law requires HHS to establish a grant program to: provide CPR and AED training in schools, support purchase/maintenance of AEDs, develop cardiac emergency response plans, and drive awareness of cardiomyopathy and related conditions.

Unfortunately, no specific appropriation for that grant program has yet passed. While the law creates the authorization, Congress still must fund it via one of their appropriations vehicles.

Take Action: contact your U.S. Representative and Senators and tell them you support funding for the HEARTS Act. We've provided a pre-written letter but you're encouraged to personalize the letter with your own experience: https://bit.ly/3LQH6wj