Support for Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act given to House leaders by ACP
... David C. Dale, MD, FACP, president of ACP, sent letters to Representatives Charles Rangel, chair, and Fortney H. Pete Stark, chair of the Health Su...'SCHIP funding levels too low' ACP tells Senate Finance Committee Leaders
... Joel S. Levine, MD, FACP, noted in a five-point letter to Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the Finance Committee, and Charles Grassley, ranking member of the Finance Committee, that ACP believes the final authorizing legislation should inc...ACP commends proposed changes to payments for physician work at nursing facilities
... ... ACP was pleased to work with the American M...ACP supports improved access to information on relative strengths and weaknesses
(Washington) -- "The American College of Physicians (ACP) strongly supports Congressional efforts to provide Medicare and all stakeholders within the health care community with improved access to information about the relative strengths and weaknesses of various clinical products, procedures and services," David C. Dale, MD, FACP, president of the ACP, told the House Committee on Ways and Means...ACP enthusiastically supports introduction of Bipartisan Health CARE Act
... ... ... ... According to information from the Census Bureau, 44.8 million Americans lacked health coverage for all of 2005. Without insurance,...ACP challenges Congress to make 'fundamental changes' in Medicare payment policies
... "ACP today offered a comprehensive plan for Medicare to realign payment policies to support comprehensive, coord...ACP supports new bill to promote adoption of health information technology
(Washington) "The American College of Physicians (ACP) is greatly encouraged by the introduction of the 'National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007'," ACP President Lynne M. Kirk, MD, FACP said today. "Increased use of health information technology (HIT) could greatly benefit health care in the U.S. through improved patient care, reduction in medical errors, higher efficiency, and poten...ACP hosts 'Internal Medicine 2007' in San Diego
... With more than 6,000 internists, medical students, and other health care professionals expected to attend, Inte...ACP: Residency match results for internal medicine underscore need to redesign primary care
... ACP h...Comprehensive reforms to move toward patient-centered care released by ACP
... The U.S. health care system is facing a collapse of primary care medicine, the ACP reported in its January 2006 State of the Nation's Health Care report. Very few new physicians are going into primary care and many of those currently in practic...Congressional action strengthens internal medicine ACP says
... ACP told members of Congress that it is very pleased that the Medicare physician payment "will avert a 5 percent payment cut in 2007, stabilize Medicare payments, bring down the cost of a long term fix, and mandate a pilot test of the patient centered medical home." The statement also said that ACP looks forward to working with the Center...ACP's electronic medical resource ranked no. 1 evidence-based tool by MLA's South Central Chapter
... ... "Earning this distinction is a testament of how valuable PIER is to our members, an...ACP commends CMS plan to increase values assigned to evaluation and management codes
(Washington) -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) today commended the increase in payments for Evaluation and Management (E/M) services included in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) final rule for the 2007 Physician Fee Schedule, published on Nov. 1. However, the College also expressed concern that a 5 percent overall cut to physician payments, also included in the ru...ACP re-launches magazine for hospitalists
... ... ... Drawing from ACP's extensive knowledge base, such as Annals of Inte...ACP says Congress must take action to reform dysfunctional Medicare payment system
... "Medicare payments are dysfunctional because they reward high volume, episodic, and fragmented care that undervalues the relationships between physicians and their patients and, as a result, often does not produce desired outcomes," Dr. Golden noted. "Instead, we need a p...AAFP, ACP and AOA meet with Congress on Medicare reimbursements to physicians
... The physician fee schedule specifies payment rates to physicians for services and procedures. Under current law, the fee schedule is updated on an annual basis according to a systemical...ACP tells Congress: Pilot test patient-centered medical home
... "The problem is Medicare payments do not support us as we try to organize our practices to help patients prevent complications that can lead to hospitalization," Dr. Kirk, a general internist and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education at the Univer...ACPM to host Webcast on adolescent violence and bullying
) from WebMD. Continuing medical education (CME...ACP and The Doctors Company offer liability insurance credit
... ... "ACP is pleased to offer this additional premiu...ACP commends CMS proposals to increase values assigned to evaluation and management codes
Washington -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) today commended the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on its Wednesday, June 21st proposal to increase the work relative value units (RVUs) assigned to the Medicare Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes. ...... "There's no doubt that these work RVU increases are appropriate and necessary," said J. Leonard Lichtenfeld, MD, FA...Pandemic influenza requires coordinated response, says ACP
PHILADELPHIA - (April 3, 2006) "The Health Care Response to Pandemic Influenza," a new policy paper from the American College of Physicians (ACP), supports the U.S. government's national strategic response plan. It also calls for state and local leadership to address the public health threat of pandemic influenza, including avian flu....... The ACP position paper, "The Health Care Response to Pan...ACP publishes 'Medicine in Quotations,' second edition
PHILADELPHIA -- (March 28, 2006) "Quotations can serve as cheaply acquired badges of erudition, but they have better uses for most of us," say Edward J. Huth, MD, and T. Jock Murray, MD, co-editors of "Medicine in Quotations: Views of Health and Disease Through the Ages," second edition, published by the American College of Physicians. According to Drs. Huth and Murray, the most important use of...ACP: Residency match results show need for reforms
PHILADELPHIA -- (March 16, 2006) The 2006 National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) results, released today, plus data on internal medicine residents' eventual career plans, underscore the need for reforms to avert a crisis in primary care medicine, according to the American College of Physicians (ACP). ...... While the number of American medical students entering categorical internal medicine tr...ACPM conference to feature research findings, practice innovations in preventive medicine
New research findings, emerging issues, and state-of-the-art presentations on disease prevention and health care quality highlight the program for Preventive Medicine 2006, the premier meeting held annually for physicians and other healthcare professionals with an interest in preventive medicine. The forum serves as the annual meeting for the Washington, D.C.-based American College of Preventive...ACP releases annual report on 'The State of the Nation's Health Care'
Sweeping policy proposals to avert a looming crisis in ...access to primary care medicine were released today by the American College of ...Physicians (ACP) at its annual report on The State of the Nation's Health Care. ACP's ...proposals will fundamentally change the way that primary care is organized, delivered, ...financed and valued. ... ... "ACP has developed a comprehensive plan of action...ACP proposes solutions for America's health care system
A policy paper providing proposals for resolving some of ...the major problems with the health care system in America was released today by The ...American College of Physicians (ACP) at its annual report on "The State of the Nation's ...Health Care." ... ... "The Advanced Medical Home: A Patient-Centered, Physician-Guided Model of Health ...Care," proposes a fundamental change in the way that p...ACP predicts looming crisis in primary care
C. Anderson Hedberg, MD, FACP, president of the American College of Physicians (ACP)... Vineet Arora, MD, MA, chair of the Council of Associates, ACP... Robert Doherty, senior vice president for Governmental Affairs and Public Policy, ACP... ... ACP's "2006 Report on the State of the Nation's Health Care"...... January 30, 2006, 9 a.m. 11 a.m....... National Press Club, 529 14th Street,...Medicare payment stabilization options suggested by ACP
(Washington) Medicare payment stabilization options were suggested to key members of Congress late yesterday in a letter from C. Anderson Hedberg, MD, FACP, president of the American College of Physicians. The options, he said, will create a pathway to longer-term reform of Medicare payment policies. ...... ) was shared earlier with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrato...ACP publishes 'Expert Guide to Sports Medicine'
PHILADELPHIA -- (October 11, 2005) A new book, "Expert Guide to Sports Medicine," is now available from the American College of Physicians to help physicians care for all active patients. Active patients can include the high school cross-country runner, the weekend softball player, and the construction worker. At least 10 percent of a primary care practice involves evaluation of musculoskeletal d...ACPM to host web-based conference on adolescent drug use
Washington, D.C. The American College of Preventive Medicine ( ) from WebM...More than half of people over age 60 have hypertension, and as the population ages, this "silent" disease will become a more frequent diagnosis for the primary care physician. The American College of Physicians (ACP), the national organization of doctors of internal medicine, has published "Hypertension," the latest book in the ACP Key Diseases Series, to provide a needed reference for the diseas...ACPM to host web-based conference on adolescent binge drinking
Washington, D.C. The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) will host a web-based conference to discuss the significant and growing public health problem of adolescent binge drinking. Adolescents and Binge Drinking: A Clinical Approach, developed under a cooperative agreement with the Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau, will be held June 14, 2...ACP and ACP Foundation launch 3-year effort to improve diabetes care
The American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American College of Physicians Foundation (ACPF) launched a major initiative to improve diabetes care in the United States. Novo Nordisk, a health care company and world leader in diabetes care, has given the ACP and ACP Foundation a multimillion-dollar unrestricted educational grant for the three-year effort.... The new initiative will create and...ACP releases 5th Edition of its respected ethics manual
PHILADELPHIA -- (April 5, 2005) The American College of Physicians (ACP) has published the fifth edition of its Ethics Manual. The ACP Ethics Manual appears in the April 5, 2005, issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, published by ACP. ... The new Ethics Manual revisits and expands on issues of earlier editions, such as patient privacy and confidentiality, complementary and alternative medicine,...ACP guidelines to treat obesity cover diet, exercise, drugs and surgery
PHILADELPHIA (April 5, 2005) New guidelines for management of obesity from the American College of Physicians recommend diet and exercise for everyone and drugs and surgery only for obese patients who are not able to achieve weight-loss goals with diet and exercise alone.... ...The guidelines, "Pharmacologic and Surgical Management of Obesity in Primary Care: A Clinical Practice Guideline from t...