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Current ACP Issues That Have Bearing on State Chapters
The following issues provide an opportunity for chapters to get involved at the state level.
Action Issues
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Implementation of the ACA in the States (Background)
- Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
- Exchanges (19-Apr-13)
- Essential Health Benefits (19-Apr-13)
- NEW - Side-by-side comparison of ACP comments and the final rule on essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation (26-Feb-13)
- Medicaid Expansion
- Chapter Medicaid Patient Advocacy Campaign (Login required: accessible to Regents, Governors and Chapter Leaders only)
- Workforce
- State Workforce Analysis, Planning and Development Grants
- National Health Service Corp (NHSC) Grants
- Title VII Loans and Scholarships
- Medical Liability
- Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)
- NEW - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center State Innovation Model Initiative
- State Legislative Efforts to Regulate Physician Speech
ACP Policies and Recommendations
This library is a collection of ACP's Clinical Guidelines, Ethical Guidelines, Policy Statements, and copies of testimony and letters to government and non-government officials.
The ACP Advocate Blog
- Does professionalism require...
- Thursday, July 25, 2013 -
House SGR bill promotes...
- Friday, July 19, 2013 -
What, Me Worry?
- Wednesday, July 10, 2013