• Organizing and sponsoring invited, contributed, and luncheon table sessions at JSM to foster statistical methodological research relevant to health care and policy research.



• Organizing a biennial International Conference on Health Policy Statistics (ICPHS). This was formally called the International Conference on Health Policy Research (ICPHR)



• Sponsoring student paper contests with various research organizations and societies, encouraging students to develop interest in statistical methods for health services and policy research.



• Publishing proceeding volumes from the JSM and ICHPR meetings to facilitate communication among government, academia, and private sectors.



• Sponsoring continuing education courses and workshops to encourage and facilitate ASA members' involvement in health care and policy research, both methodologically and substantively.



• Cooperating with government agencies, such as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to establish new ways to utilize and disseminate their data for the study of health policy issues.



• Offering assistance to legislators and their staffs regarding health statistics and their relationship to decision-making.

Our charter is currently being updated. It provides a description of the section objectives, section officers, the structure of the executive committee and other standing committees, the process for nominating and electing officers, and terms of office.