Press Release Archive - January-June 2002
June 17, 2002
Generation X-tra Large: Americans Getting Fatter Younger, Study Finds
June 5, 2002
National Reporting of Medical Errors and Near Misses Key to Improve Patient Safety
May 13, 2002
Legal Analysis Shows CMS has Discretion to Fix Errors in Medicare Physician Payment Formula
May 3, 2002
John Mitas, MD, Named DEVP and COO of ACP-ASIM
April 25, 2002
Consumers Hurt By Skyrocketing Medical Liability Insurance Costs
April 25, 2002
Doctors Say Seven Years Enough Time to Insure All
April 25, 2002
ACP-ASIM Presents Awards and Masterships at Convocation
April 25, 2002
New Officers and Board Officers Installed During ACP-ASIM Annual Session
April 24, 2002
ACP-ASIM and Allscripts Announce Breakthrough in Evidence-Based Medicine
April 17, 2002
Lack of Nurses Threatens Patient Care in Hospitals and Physician Practices
April 12, 2002
ACP-ASIM Releases Plan to Ensure All Americans Have Health Insurance by 2009
April 10, 2002
Statement on Together Rx Discount Drug Card Program
April 4, 2002
New Analysis Shows Medicare Reimbursement Cuts Will Hurt Patients, Physicians
March 21, 2002
ACP-ASIM Responds to Internal Medicine Match Results
March 7, 2002
Physician Joint Negotiations With Insurers Protect Patient Interests
March 5, 2002
ACP-ASIM Voices Support for Medicare Prescription Drug Card Assistance Initiative
March 4, 2002
Burnout of Young Doctors Affects Careers, Recruiting and Patient Care
March 4, 2002
ACP-ASIM Updates Ethical Advice for Relationships Between Physicians and Industry
February 28, 2002
Medicare Cuts Physician Payments 28.1% Through 2005
February 14, 2002
Limiting Adolescents' Exposure to R-rated Movies May Help Prevent Early Use of Alcohol and Tobacco
February 14, 2002
Physicians Must Make Tough Choices in Face of Medicare Cuts
February 8, 2002
ACP-ASIM Opposes Proposed Cuts to Title VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act
February 6, 2002
President's FY 2003 Budget Proposal Outlines Important "First Steps" on Improving Medicare Program, Access to Health Care
February 6, 2002
ACP-ASIM Calls on Health Insurers to Continue Providing Insurance Coverage for Screening Mammography
February 5, 2002
Internal Medicine Groups Unveil New Charter on Medical Professionalism
January 31, 2002
ACP-ASIM Response to the President's State of the Union Address
January 24, 2002
MedPAC Recommends Physician Reimbursements be Based on Cost of Providing Care
January 23, 2002
New Privacy Rules Give Marketers Wide Access to Patient Information
January 18, 2002
Need for National Patients Rights Law Urgent
January 16, 2002
USPSTF Urges Patients and Doctors to Discuss Aspirin Therapy
January 15, 2002
Outlook 2002; State of the Union's Health Care
January 15, 2002
Patient Care Jeopardized by Bureaucracy, Lack of Funding
January 2, 2002
Pharmacists Not Qualified to Initiate Drug Therapy
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