As the voice and leading organization advocating for people living with an ostomy, UOAA is witness to the stories and experiences communicated by ostomates and understands the vital importance of access to quality ostomy care.

UOAA is of the opinion that access to an outpatient ostomy clinic improves quality of life and ensures an ostomate can achieve goals of care for prosthetic function to maintain health and wellness physically, emotionally, and financially. UOAA supports increasing outpatient services and ostomy clinics to fill the gap in care available to people living with ostomies.

UOAA Position Statement for Supporting Outpatient Ostomy Clinics

UOAA urges legislators and federal agency officials to implement policy and regulations that benefit patient-centered access to care, strengthen the patient-provider decision-making relationship, and minimize patient out-of-pocket costs.

UOAA Recommends Certified Ostomy Nurses and Ostomy Clinics in Response to CMS RFI: National Directory of Healthcare Providers and Services

In conjunction with the Digestive Disease National Coalition (DDNC) we will continue to support efforts that urge legislators and federal agency officials to implement policy and regulations that benefit patient access to care by strengthening the patient-provider decision-making relationship, limiting patient out-of-pocket spending, and curbing the ability of third-party payers to shift overly burdensome costs onto patients. Below are toolkits for use in your own advocacy work:

DDNC Copay Accumulators Patient Toolkit

DDNC Safe Step Act Toolkit