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ACP in the News Archive - 2011

December 2011

12/30/2011	Overuse of diagnostic exams can harm patient health -USA Today

12/29/2011	Is American Medicine Too Test Happy? -Health Day

12/29/2011	The Need to Link Medical and Social Care for Seniors -Forbes

12/29/2011	Preventive care: It's free, except when it's not -Associated Press

12/21/2011	Congressional deadlock leaves Medicare 27.4% pay cut in place -- for now -American Medical News

12/15/2011	Top Physician Groups Look to Cut Overuse of Tests -Medical Daily

12/13/2011	Study Questions Use of MRI Before Back-Pain Injections -Health Day via MSN Health

12/12/2011	Proposal on access to lab tests should be revised, doctors say -American Medical News

12/8/2011	13 Myths -- and Facts -- About Lowering High Cholesterol - iVillage.com

12/7/2011	How Specialty Societies And Patient Advocacy Groups Can Advance Comparative Effectiveness Research -Health Affairs Blog

12/5/2011	Medicare cuts may devastate both doctors and patients -The Day

November 2011

11/28/2011	Medical Billing Company Forms Internal Medicine Billing Division -San Francisco Chronicle

11/23/2011	ACP: What’s a small group practice to do? -KevinMD

11/22/2011	Failure of Super Committee Blows Doc-Fix Opportunity -Medscape Today

11/22/2011	'Super Committee' Fails to Make Deal; Medicare Cuts Triggered -Medpage Today

11/18/2011	New SGR Repeal Plan Proposed, Doc Groups Approve -Medpage Today

11/17/2011	Providers Brace for Super Committee Health Care Cuts -CNBC

11/17/2011	Health Care Cuts & the Super Committee -CNBC

11/16/2011	GMSHC Applauds California Medical Association's Call for Marijuana Legalization - San Francisco Chronicle

11/14/2011	Providing prices isn't as easy as it sounds -American Medical News

11/14/2011	When the office visit is a family matter -American Medical News

11/11/2011	Internists express strong support for ACA's programs to support coordinated care -PhysOrg

11/9/2011	The ACP Medical Home Builder®: Good Tools for Everyone -Medscape Today

11/8/2011	Many doctors don't get enough EMR training -American Medical News

11/7/2011	Doctors Await Decision on SGR, Pay Cuts -Health Leaders Media

11/3/2011	Medicare to Slightly Reduce Big Physician Pay Cut in 2012 -Medscape Today

11/3/2011	Internists Open Door to National Health ID -Medscape Today

11/3/2011	Final Medicare Rule Cuts Doc Pay Drastically -Medpage Today

11/3/2011	Congress must 'go big' on physician payment reform -PhysOrg

11/2/2011	Preventing Venous Thromboembolism In Hospitalized Patients, American College Of Physicians' New Approach -Medical News Today

11/2/2011	Blood Clots, If Low Risk, Warrant Outpatient Care -Seattle Times

11/1/2011	ACP Issues VTE Prophylaxis Guidelines for Medical Inpatients -Medscape Today

11/1/2011	ACP Recommends Against Universal VTE Prophylaxis -Family Practice News

October 2011

10/27/2011	ACIP Expands HPV Vaccine Recommendation to Adolescent Boys -AAFP

10/27/2011	Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommended for Adults With Diabetes -Family Practice News

10/26/2011	Report: Physicians Need More EHR Training -Becker’s Hospitalist Review

10/25/2011	Experts Describe the Types of Pain That Require Prompt Medical Attention -WebMD

10/24/2011	Will physicians still give patients PSA test? -American Medical News

10/24/2011	Should Doctors Be Involved With a Patient's 'Spiritual Care'? -Medscape Today

10/24/2011	Washington Week: CMS Releases Final ACO Rule -Medpage Today

10/21/2011	Primary Care Docs Urged to Cut Care Not 'Medically Beneficial' -Medpage Today

10/13/2011	Prostate Test Recommendation Draws Mixed Reviews -MedPage Today

10/11/2011	ACP: Relationships enhance patient care -Kevin MD

10/11/2011	Calif. pot dispensaries to close? What federal prosecutors say -CBS News

10/11/2011	Medicare tests monthly incentives for innovative primary care -American Medical News

10/11/2011	New prostate cancer test advice overturns dogma - Associated Press

10/5/2011	Parents Often Shun Recommended Childhood Vaccine Schedule -Medscape Today

10/5/2011	Doc Groups Blast MedPAC Plan to Fix the SGR -Medpage Today

10/4/2011	Doc, hospital groups urge supercommittee on GME -Modern Physicians

10/3/2011	Extreme couponing for medical residents? -Boston Globe

10/3/2011	Pennsylvania AFP Assists Primary Care Residencies, Practices With PCMH, EHR Initiatives -AAFP Now

September 2011

9/30/2011	An MRI for back pain may only confuse the diagnosis -Kevin MD

9/30/2011	HHS Announces Coordinated Care Initiative - Kaiser Health News

9/28/2011	More Frequent Doctor Visits May Benefit Diabetes Patients - Health Day

9/28/2011	Office Champions Project Nets Gains in Smoking Cessation Efforts: Family Physicians, Others Learning to Lead in Fight Against Tobacco -AAFP

9/27/2011	More Frequent Doctor Visits May Benefit Diabetes Patients -U.S. News & World Report

9/27/2011	More Frequent Doctor Visits May Benefit Diabetes Patients -Yahoo! News

9/27/2011	ACP Raises Concerns About MedPAC Proposal And Proposes An Alternative Plan -Medical News Today

9/22/2011	Doctors should learn how to help manage healthcare costs -LA Times

9/22/2011	ACP: Repeal SGR now before costs increase more -Modern Medicine

9/21/2011	Residency Training Should Stress Cost-Conscious Care -Medscape Today

9/20/2011	Doctors should learn how to help manage healthcare costs -LA Times

9/19/2011	Should Medicare pay for procedures that have no proven benefit? -Kevin MD

9/19/2011	Docs Urged to Lead Fight Against Alcohol Abuse -Medpage Today

9/19/2011	Medicare pay-for-performance plan criticized over early launch -American Medical News

9/19/2011	CMS chief seeks cost control through better quality -American Medical News

9/16/2011	Judge Blocks Florida Law Curbing Doctors' Questions About Guns -NPR

9/15/2011	Judge Blocks Florida 'Gag Law' on Physicians’ Gun Questions -Medscape Today

9/14/2011	ACP: Current and future payment and practice trends in medicine -Kevin MD

9/14/2011	ACP offers menu of options to reduce health care spending and promote high-value care -News Medical Net

9/13/2011	5 Health Slip-Ups—Remedied -Women’s Day

9/8/2011	Medical Practices Work on Ways to Serve Patients and Bottom Line -The New York Times

9/8/2011	Primary-Care Doctors Push for Raise -The Wall Street Journal

9/8/2011	Task Force Meets to Discuss Unified Strategy for Ensuring Medicare Payment Fix Gets Done - AAFP News Now

9/6/2011	Search for civility in discussions in era of politicized health care -Medpage Today

August 2011

8/31/2011	Coronary CT screening is low value health care -Kevin MD

8/30/2011	Transitioning HIV-Infected Adolescents Into Adult Care -Medscape Today

8/29/2011	Patient History Found To Be Key Element In Making A Diagnosis -The Wall Street Journal

8/29/2011	How states will shape health reform -American Medical News

8/22/2011	Antidepressants increasingly prescribed for nonpsychiatric conditions -American Medical News

8/16/2011	New COPD guidelines aim to manage patients better -American Medical News

8/15/2011	A Round-up of the Latest Important and Intriguing Malpractice News -Medscape Today

8/15/2011	One Word Can Save Your Life: No -Newsweek

8/11/2011	Lawsuit Targets Medicare Pay 'Bias' Toward Specialists -Medscape Today

8/9/2011	Gun Query Off Limits for Doctors in Florida -New York Times

8/9/2011	ACP: New COPD guideline addresses an important health issue -KevinMD

8/5/2011	Groups Oppose Rule on Medical Record Access Disclosure -Medpage Today

8/3/2011	New Guidelines Issued for COPD Diagnosis, Management -Doctor’s Lounge

8/2/2011	New Guidelines for Spotting, Treating COPD Released - Yahoo! News

8/2/2011	New Guidelines for Spotting, Treating COPD Released -MSN Health & Fitness

8/2/2011	New Guidelines for Spotting, Treating COPD Released - U.S. News & World Report

8/2/2011	ACP Issues Guidelines for Management of Stable COPD -Medscape

8/2/2011	Physician Groups Issue New COPD Guidelines -MedPage Today

8/1/2011	Mounting drug shortages delaying treatment -American Medical News

July 2011

7/25/2011	What You Need to Know About the New, Free Medicare Checkup -AARP

7/25/2011	Doc Fix in 'Gang of Six' Budget Plan Nixes SGR Formula -Medscape Today

7/19/2011	Dawn of A New Sleep Drug? -Wall Street Journal

7/18/2011	Some patients worse off with more-experienced docs - MSNBC

7/5/2011	Why HB 155 undermines the trust doctors have with patients -KevinMD

7/5/2011	HIV in primary care: Treating an aging epidemic -American Medical News

7/5/2011	AMA backs challenge of "don't ask" gun law -American Medical News

7/1/2011	Teasing Out Fact From Fiction in Your Health News -Huffington Post

June 2011

6/29/2011	A transparent process to allocate resources based on evidence - KevinMD

6/29/2011	Cutting Deficit, Fix SGR Too, Groups Say -Medpage Today

6/28/2011	Fake-Patient Survey May Help Primary Care, Say ACP, AAFP -Medscape Today

6/28/2011	AMA Upholds Stance on Individual Responsibility for Health Coverage -AAFP

6/28/2011	Plan Kids' Move to Adult Medical Care, Groups Say -Medpage Today

6/27/2011	ACP: ACOs – On to the final rule -KevinMD

6/24/2011	Malpractice Reform Takes a Step Forward -Medscape Today

6/24/2011	Supreme Court Overturns Ban on Prescription Data Mining -Medscape Today

6/21/2011	AMA: Delegates Sharply Divided on Individual Mandate -Medpage Today

6/16/2011	Miracle-Gro and Montel Williams want in on medical marijuana business -CBS News

6/15/2011	Supports Mandatory Flu Vaccinations for Health Care Personnel -AAFP

6/15/2011	Why Primary Care Needs a New Organization -Medpage Today

6/9/2011	"Pointless tests drive medical costs skyward: Doctors have to grapple with diagnostic overkill” By Steven Weinberger -Philadelphia Inquirer

6/8/2011	Florida doctors defend right to discuss guns with patients -Reuters

6/7/2011	Smoking linked to artery disease in women -WebMD

6/7/2011	Brady Center, Ropes & Gray Intend To File Suit Today On Behalf Of Doctors To Strike Down Florida Gun Law Limiting Free Speech -Medical News Today

6/6/2011	Florida Law Bans Doctors From Asking About Guns -ABC News

6/3/2011	Pediatricians and Family Docs Threaten To Sue If Rick Scott Signs Gun-Gag Bill -Forbes

6/3/2011	Supportive Of Intent Of ACO Proposed Rule, ACP Expresses Concern That Program Sets Bar Too High For Many Internal Medicine Physicians -Medical News Today

6/2/2011	Continues to Grow, We Will Consolidate Our Influence -AAFP

May 2011

5/31/2011	AAFP, Others Assail Measures That Interfere With Physician-Patient Relationship -AAFP

5/27/2011	Primary Care Physician Organizations Speak Out In Defense Of The Patient-Physician Relationship -Medical News Today

5/26/2011	ACP: How accountable care is a team sport -KevinMD

5/24/2011	The Tortured Patient: A Medical Dilemma: Physicians and Torture -Medscape Today

5/23/2011	AMA opt-out program will keep prescribing data from drug reps -American Medical News

5/16/2011	Chronic Pain? 11 Ways to Cope With A Lack of Support -Huffington Post

5/6/11	Health Buzz: Long Mammogram Wait Times in NYC -US News & World Report

5/5/11	Peggy Fleming Educates Patients About Peripheral Arterial Disease Or "P.A.D." -Medical News Today

5/5/11	National Health Care Organizations Unite To Warn The Public About The Dangers Of Indoor Tanning -Medical News Today

5/5/11	AMA releases new edition of e-prescribing guide -American Medical News

5/4/11	ACP: National immigration policy and health care -KevinMD

5/3/11	Physicians Call for New Medicare Pay System by 2016 or 2017 -Medscape Today

5/2/11	A call for better immigrant care (American College of Physicians annual meeting) -American Medical News

April 2011

4/27/11	Fewer Med Students Training as Primary-Care Doctors: Study -HealthDay

4/27/11	ACP Calls for National Policy Backing Immigrant Healthcare -Medscape Today

4/26/11	Fewer Medical Students Choosing General Internal Medicine Careers -Medscape Today

4/26/11	Rx Data-Mining Case Reaches Supreme Court -Medical News Today

4/26/11	$1 billion patient safety effort relies on physician outreach -American Medical News

4/21/11	420 day? What's the 411 on medical marijuana? -CBS News

4/20/11	The American College of Physicians Internal Medicine 2011 -Doctor's Lounge

4/18/11	Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome - Start Slow? Stop Fast? -Internal Medicine News

4/14/11	ACP Backs Health Care for Immigrants, Medicaid Reforms -Internal Medicine News

4/12/11	Major Changes In Medicaid Program Will Give Beneficiaries More Options To Meet Long-Term Care Needs -Medpage Today

4/11/11	ACP's paper provides brief updates on changes to Medicaid program -News-Medical-Net

4/11/11	Physicians Call For Better Access To Health Care For Immigrants -Medical News Today

4/11/11	Reformed Medicaid program must put coordinated care at forefront of efforts -PhysOrg

4/11/11	ACTHIV: VA Increases HIV Screening -Med Page Today

4/11/11	UVM professor becomes president of American College of Physicians -Burlington Free Press

4/7/11	Physicians call for better access to health care for immigrants -PhysOrg

4/7/11	National policy needed to address heath care system for immigrants, ACP says -News-Medical-Net

4/7/11	Dividing the Medicare Pie Pits Doctor Against Doctor -Wall Street Journal

4/4/11	UCR Medical School Official to Become Chair-Elect for National Physicians’ Group -UC Riverside News Room

4/1/11	Baby Boomers: Public Health's Biggest Challenge -Huffington Post

March 2011

3/30/11	ACP Joins ANA, Others In Urging Clinicians To Follow New Tdap Recommendations -Medical News Today

3/29/11	ANA Leads Coalition Urging Broader Vaccination To Protect Infants From Pertussis -Medical News Today

3/28/11	Primary care residencies up again on Match Day -American Medical News

3/28/11	ACP: Benefits, harms, and quality in high value, cost conscious care (by John Tooker, MD, MBA, MACP) -KevinMD

3/28/11	No-fuss ways to snuff out allergy symptoms -MSNBC

3/21/11	Will There Be Enough Primary-Care Physicians To Treat New Medicaid Patients? -The Wall Street Journal

3/18/11	Primary Care Again a Top Choice on Match Day -Medpage Today

3/18/11	Med societies ask CMS to delay enforcing 'face-to-face' rule -ModernHealthcare

3/16/11	Heart Attack Survival Linked To Hospital Culture And Organization Of Care -Medical News Today

3/15/11	Medical Homes' Help Kids Get Comprehensive Care -HealthDay

3/14/11	Diabetics Do Better With Empathetic Doctors -US News & World Report

3/11/11	Release Of Guidelines For Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition And Accreditation Programs -Medical News Today

3/10/11	Medical Home Guidelines Protect Physician Turf -Medscape Today

3/8/11	Are two diet pills better than one? - MSNBC: Today

3/8/11	New Site for Consumers on the Health Care Law - New York Times

3/4/11	ACP issues guideline for intensive insulin therapy in hospitalized patients - ModernMedicine

3/3/11	Virtual Colonoscopy Gains in Popularity. Is It Right for You? - TIME

3/1/11	Sweating Out a Fever - Wall Street Journal

3/1/11	Online coalition of doctors, nurses and pharmacists answers questions about health-care law - LA Times

February 2011

2/28/11	Obama offers governors some flexibility on healthcare - LA Times

2/22/11	ACP: High value, cost conscious care - KevinMD

2/16/11	In-Hospital Blood Sugar Levels Should Be Higher: Report - Yahoo! News

2/15/11	What Health Reform Missed: The Doctor Shortage - Fox News: Business

2/14/11	Reform law rollout forges ahead despite GOP budget threats - American Medical News

2/2/11	How to manage back pain: skip the MRI - Boston Globe

2/1/11	Concierge Medical Care With a Smaller Price Tag - New York Times

2/1/11	Study finds problems with back pain imaging use - ABC TV

January 2011

1/31/11	Principles Released For Determining Public Consensus On Conserving And Allocating Health Resources Based On Best Evidence Of Value - Medical News Today

1/31/11	Internist Group Endorses Health Courts - MedPage Today

1/28/11	ACP details challenges facing the U.S. health care system - The Medical News

1/20/11	ACP Urges Congress To Preserve And Improve, Not Repeal, Health Reform Law - Medical News Today

1/3/11	ACP: Clinical decision support – is it time? - KevinMD