ACP in the News Archive - 2018

Washington Post

12/31/18

You Can’t Understand The Brutal Reality Of Gun Violence Until You Hear It From Doctors

Huffington Post

12/26/18

Doctors aren't any better at treating gunshots than they were 15 years ago, and it suggests firearm injuries are getting worse

Insider

12/20/18

Doctors Aren’t Getting Better at Treating Shooting Victims Even As Gun Deaths Rise

TIME

12/19/18

States promise appeal after ACA ruled unconstitutional

Healio

12/17/18

Federal judge in Texas rules Obamacare unconstitutional; California vows to defend the law on appeal

Los Angeles Times

12/14/18

Measures of Physician Quality Don't Measure Up

Forbes

12/13/18

#ThisIsOurLane: Doctors tell the NRA why they are experts on the effects of gun violence

Los Angeles Times

12/07/18

#ThisIsOurLane — Firearm Safety as Health Care’s Highway

NEJM

12/05/18

At Temple, a med student faces a new reality of guns

The Philadelphia Inquirer

11/28/18

A Trauma Surgeon Who Survived Gun Violence Is Taking On The NRA

NPR

11/28/18

Want to make patients better partners in their care? Physicians group offers 4 guiding principals

Fierce Healthcare

11/27/18

ACP issues guidance for physician-patient partnership in health care

Healio

11/27/18

I'm A Shrink And Gun Violence Is My Lane

Forbes

11/25/18

It’s a Twitter war: Doctors clash with NRA over gun deaths

Associated Press

11/21/18

Doctors start movement in response to NRA, calling for more gun research

CNN

11/20/18

Doctors Are Using “This Is Our Lane” To Respond To The Chicago Hospital Mass Shooting

BuzzFeedNews

11/20/18

Philly doctors join national debate with NRA over gun safety

The Philadelphia Tribune

11/20/18

Doctors Slam NRA's Directive to 'Stay in Their Lane' After Chicago Hospital Shooting

TIME

11/20/18

Philly doctors join national debate with NRA over gun safety

WHYY

11/19/18

Surgeons — many of them gun owners — recommend new gun-safety approaches

The Washington Post

11/14/18

Will the election and the Thousand Oaks killings finally move the needle on gun control?

Los Angeles Times

11/13/18

Doctors Revolt After N.R.A. Tells Them to ‘Stay in Their Lane’ on Gun Policy

The New York Times

11/13/18

Doctors Are Sharing Gruesome Photos Of What It's Like To Treat Gun Violence Victims

BuzzFeed News

11/12/18

The NRA told doctors to “stay in your lane” on guns. I’m a doctor. This is my lane.

Vox

11/12/18

After NRA Mocks Doctors, Physicians Reply: 'This Is Our Lane'

NPR

11/11/18

‘Being silenced is not acceptable’: Doctors express outrage after NRA tells them ‘to stay in their lane’

The Washington Post

11/11/18

'We will not be silent about the toll of gun violence': Doctor shares gruesome picture of herself covered in gunshot victim's blood as she hits back at NRA's claim that doctors should 'stay in their lane'

Daily Mail

11/11/18

What to do when you’re told you have thinning bones

The Washington Post

11/10/18

NRA opens social media war with doctors over firearms

NBC News

11/08/18

NRA Tweets Warning To Anti-Gun Doctors: ‘Stay In Your Lane’

Huffington Post

11/08/18

Firearms, violence and hate crimes are public health issues we must address immediately

The Hill

11/06/18

Internists note that final CMS payment rule improves on proposed changes to E/M codes

Medical Xpress

11/03/18

Surprise: Physician Group Rehashes Same Tired Gun Control Policies

NRA-ILA

11/02/18

Doctors release new recommendations to reduce gun violence

CNN

10/29/18

Guns send 8,300 kids to hospitals each year, study finds

NBC News

10/29/18

Millennials Are Ditching the 'Family Doctor' Model

U.S. News & World Report

10/25/18

Patient advocates decry Trump administration move to restrict immigrants' access to healthcare

Los Angeles Times

10/10/18

Doctors Need to Talk to Families About Guns and Dementia

The New York Times

10/09/18

Better insurance coverage of non-drug therapies might help ease opioid crisis

Business Insider

10/09/18

Internist Ana Maria Lopez: Opportunities for action

Medical Economics

10/03/18

Zoledronate limits fracture risk in older women with osteopenia

Healio

10/02/18

Wider Use Of Osteoporosis Drug Could Prevent Bone Fractures In More Elderly Women

NPR

10/01/18

Internists tell CMS not to proceed with changes to payments for E/M services

Medical Xpress

09/10/18

Texas judge questions which parts of Obamacare should stand in latest legal challenge to the law

Los Angeles Times

09/05/18

Doctor Burnout Likely to Impair Care

U.S. News & World Report

09/05/18

Oral arguments begin for lawsuit to undo ACA: 5 things to know

Becker's Hospital Review

09/04/18

Guideline Clearinghouse Is Dead. Long Live the Guideline Clearinghouse?

Managed Care

09/03/18

'Playing ping-pong with people's lives is inhumane': ALS sufferer slams California for backtracking on Right To Die law that has left him in 'painful uncertainty'

Daily Mail

09/03/18

California legislator shelves bill to ban paid 'gay conversion therapy' for adults

Los Angeles Times

08/31/18

Survey: Cancer Patients Will Pay Anything for Treatment

MedPage Today

08/29/18

6 Conditions That Could Be Causing Your Chronic Pain

MSN

08/28/18

This is how often you should go for urinary incontinence screenings

Health 24

08/27/18

Here's what working 120 hours a week like Elon Musk really does to the body and the mind

CNBC

08/22/18

Dr Robert Gabbay Explains Controversy Over Recent A1C Guidelines

American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC)

08/21/18

ACP: CMS ‘Pathway to Success’ is a bumpy one

Healio

08/14/18

Significant rise in mosquito “disease danger days” in U.S., report warns

CBS News

08/13/18

New Guidelines for Urinary Incontinence Screenings

Health Day

08/13/18

Medicare wants to cut hospital outpatient facility fees, and that's good for patients

The Philadelphia Inquirer

08/06/18

Women internists make 80 cents for every dollar earned by men

Reuters

08/06/18

Women in ID push against glass ceiling

Healio

08/03/18

Healthcare groups oppose rule extending short-term insurance plans

08/02/18

Restoring the joy in medical practice

Medical Economics

08/01/18

Family separation crisis continues on border even as court-ordered deadline nears

The Los Angeles Times

07/25/18

Don’t Let Politics Come Between Me and My Patients (Opinion)

The New York Times

07/25/18

Systemic changes may reduce gender disparities in medical training

Reuters

07/19/18

AMA adopts policies on gun violence, separation of families at border

AAP News

07/18/18

Payer Roundup—Cigna, Express Scripts schedule merger vote; physician groups back risk adjustment payments

Fierce Healthcare

07/17/18

Doctors To Trump: Suspending Insurer Payments Hurts Our Sickest Patients

Forbes

07/15/18

Attempts to reunite separated families should not misuse medical tests, says ACP

News Medical Life Sciences

07/12/18

Many docs support MIPS concepts, but a big chunk unaware

Healthcare Dive

07/12/18

Authors See Crucial Role for Primary Care in Opioid Epidemic

AAFP

07/10/18

That aching back is hard to fix, but here are a few things to try

The Washington Post

07/09/18

Trump administration ups its estimate of children separated from their parents to 3,000; about 100 are toddlers

Los Angeles Times

07/05/18

Scientists respond to court ruling on travel ban with fear and frustration

Washington Post

07/03/18

CMS pitches MA demo letting doctors avoid MIPS rules

Healthcare Dive

07/02/18

Trump Administration Resumes Approving Young Doctor Visas

Forbes

06/22/18

AP: Toddlers, babies held in 'tender age' facilities after separated from families

CNN

06/20/18

Biggest U.S. doctors group condemns family separation policy

Politico

06/20/18

What separation from parents does to children: ‘The effect is catastrophic’

The Washington Post

06/18/18

Doctors saw immigrant kids separated from their parents. Now they're trying to stop it

CNN

06/16/18

Doctors: Trump's Border Separation Policy Is Causing a 'Mental Health Crisis' for Families

Fortune

06/16/18

Kids can suffer permanent damage from border separations

NBC News

06/15/18

6 medical groups urge DOJ to reconsider ACA decision

Becker's

06/12/18

Trump Administration May Stop Denying Young Doctor Visas

Forbes

06/10/18

Trump's Immigration Policies Are Making It Harder for Foreign Doctors to Work in the U.S. — And That Could Hurt Patients

TIME

06/08/18

Physician-assisted suicide isn't right for doctors. Don't change the AMA's position

USA Today

06/08/18

How Trump’s Visa Crackdown Worsens The Doctor Shortage

Forbes

06/03/18

How Trump's Visa Crackdown Worsens The Doctor Shortage

Forbes

06/03/18

Equal Rights for General Internists

Journal of General Internal Medicine

05/29/18

U.S. doctors call for health policies that support women

Reuters

05/28/18

ACP, AMA oppose proposed changes to Title X

Healio

05/23/18

Doctors distressed by 'unethical' dialysis rules for undocumented immigrants

Reuters

05/22/18

Consumer Report

05/21/18

The latest thinking on osteoporosis which weakens the bones

Washington Post

05/21/18

Trump Administration to Tie Health Facilities’ Funding to Abortion Restrictions

New York Times

05/17/18

ACP: Trump’s rescission package would harm public health

Healio

05/15/18

As more older Americans struggle with dementia, what happens to their guns?

Los Angeles Times

05/11/18

When Doctors Give Their Patients Gifts

New York Times

05/10/18

Prostate cancer screening: the decision is up to you

Business Insider

05/08/18

U.S. doctors' group calls for equal pay, opportunities for female physicians

Reuters

05/01/18

Illnesses from ticks, mosquitoes, flea bites have tripled in recent years, CDC says

CBS

05/01/18

American College of Physicians: MIPs fails to improve patient care

Becker's

04/24/18

Internists Call for 'Time Out' on MIPS Measures

Politico

04/19/18

Doctors Call for Halt, Revamp to Quality Measures Used by CMS

AJMC

04/18/18

Ineffective Treatment Often Prescribed For Lower Back Pain, Report Says

NPR

04/05/18

Advice To Parachuting Docs: Think Before You Jump Into Poor Countries

NPR

04/04/18

Guidance That Allows for Higher A1C Misses the Mark

AJMC

03/31/18

A new kind of doctor's office that doesn't take insurance and charges a monthly fee is 'popping up everywhere' — and that could change how we think about healthcare

Business Insider

03/17/18

American College of Physicians lowers blood sugar goals

ABC

03/05/18

How low should your blood sugar go?

Yahoo Finance

03/05/18

Attempt to overhaul state’s no-fault auto insurance system fails in Senate subcommittee

Tampa Bay Times

02/28/18

This is why value-based care is not going away this year

Medical Economics

02/22/18

Correction: Florida Shooting-Mental Health story

AP News

02/22/18

Shooting survivor Gabby Giffords rolls out anti-gun ad attacking Florida governor

ABC News

02/21/18

Daily on Healthcare: Trump administration details proposal to loosen insurance regulations

Washington Examiner

02/20/18

Former CMS chief launches advocacy group

HealthExec

02/06/18

Patient dumping a symptom of health system woes

HealthCareDIVE

02/05/18

Just how bad Is this flu season? Experts weigh in

HealthDay

02/02/18

Will you see an actual doctor the next time you go to the doctor?

Consumer Report

02/01/18

Simple rules (and brand new ideas) for getting better sleep

Oprah

01/23/18

As the opioid crisis grows, states are opening Medicaid to alternative medicine

Stat

01/17/18

How does assisting with suicide affect physicians?

Salon

01/15/18

Trump to allow states to require Medicaid patients to work to be eligible

SFGate

01/12/18

Drugs' side effects can change, so don't ignore them

Chicago Tribune

01/09/18

Side effects can develop even if you’ve been taking a pill for a long time

Washington Post

01/06/18