The Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA) is a national advocacy coalition working to enact medical liability reform at the federal level to help reduce health care costs for all Americans and to ensure patient access to quality medical care.

Founded in 1993, the HCLA is a key resource for Members of Congress and their staffs, state and federal government agencies, health care policy experts, the media, and the public. In addition to analyzing legislative policy initiatives, testifying before the US Congress, sponsoring congressional staff briefings, conducting public opinion polling and candidate surveys, the HCLA sponsors Protect Patients Now (PPN), a grassroots advocacy organization comprised of physicians, patients and concerned citizens dedicated to reforming our nation’s broken liability system.

Listed below is the current HCLA membership list:

• American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
• American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• American College of Cardiology
• American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
• American College of Radiology
• American College of Surgeons
• American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• American Dental Association
• American Hospital Association
• American Insurance Association
• American Medical Association
• American Medical Directors Association
• American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics
• American Osteopathic Association
• American Society of Anesthesiologists
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• American Tort Reform Association
• America’s Blood Centers
• Californians Allied for Patient Protection
• Cooperative of American Physicians
• COPIC Insurance Company
• Federation of American Hospitals
• Healthcare Leadership Council
• MAG Mutual Insurance Company
• Medical Assurance Company of MS
• Medical Insurance Exchange of California
• Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company
• Medical Protective Company
• National Association of Health Underwriters
• NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company
• Physician Insurers Association of America
• Physicians Insurance, A Mutual Company
• Piedmont Liability Trust
• PMSLIC Insurance Company
• Premier Health Alliance
• ProAssurance
• SAGES (Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons)
• State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company
• Texas Medical Liability Trust
• The Doctors' Company