ACP in the News Archive - 2020

Doctor Wipes Away $650,000 in Debt From 200 Cancer Patients' Bills

Newsweek

12/31/20

Coronavirus: ACP backs vaccine recommendations

Medical Economics

12/15/20

Biden Picks Xavier Becerra to Lead Health and Human Services

The New York Times

12/06/20

Primary-care spending among private payers declined in 2019

Modern Healthcare

12/02/20

Investment in primary care spending should be increased to meet demand

Healthcare Finance News

12/02/20

Report: Primary care spending dropped in 2019

Medical Economics

12/02/20

CDC panel recommends healthcare workers, long-term care residents and staff be first to get COVID-19 vaccine

Fierce Healthcare

12/01/20

CDC decides which groups of at-risk people will get the first COVID vaccines

The Miami Herald

12/01/20

Home care workers and patients deserve vaccination priority: American College of Physicians

McKnight’s Senior Living

11/30/20

How to deal with dizziness

The Washington Post

11/30/20

Coronavirus: ACP supports ethical distribution of COVID-19 and other vaccines

Medical Economics

11/30/20

Healthcare groups concerned for COVID response amid halted presidential transition

Health Leaders

11/17/20

Overturning the Affordable Care Act: What could it mean for doctors and their patients?

Medical Economics

11/16/20

Trump Baselessly Accuses Doctors Of Overreporting Covid Deaths For Financial Gain

Forbes

10/30/20

Repealing the Affordable Care Act Could Hurt Physicians and Hospitals

Medical Bag

10/30/20

Coronavirus Cases Are Now Rising In Almost Every State In The US

Buzzfeed News

10/27/20

Doctors: Trump is wrong to accuse medical professionals of profiting from diagnosing COVID-19

USA Today

10/27/20

Reckless and false’: Doctors blast baseless Trump conspiracy theory that hospitals are inflating COVID-19 deaths

The Boston Globe

10/27/20

Trump's Claim Doctors Are Inflating COVID Numbers is 'Facebook Junk' Says Top Scientist

Newsweek

10/26/20

ACP recommends remdesivir for moderate, severe COVID-19

Healio

10/06/20

Could Your Medical Bills Make You Sick?

Consumer Reports

09/29/20

6 reasons 2021’s Medicare payment changes are good for primary care doctors

Medical Economics

09/15/20

Lawmakers question safety of in-person MCAT

Becker’s Hospital Review

09/02/20

Postal Service delays mean some Philadelphia-area residents are waiting for mail-order prescriptions they badly need

The Philadelphia Inquirer

08/31/20

CDC criticized for guidance saying people exposed to coronavirus may not need testing

CBS News

08/28/20

Infectious Disease Organization Advises Against Hydroxychloroquine

Contagion Live

08/23/20

Flu season 2020: Physicians urge patients to get vaccinated

Medical Economics

08/21/20

ACP, AAFP Release Guidelines for Management of Acute Pain

HCP Live

08/20/20

VA problems raise worries about mail slowdown, prescriptions

The Hill

08/20/20

Postal service pressure turns to prescriptions

POLITICO

08/18/20

Primary Care Docs "Alarmed" By USPS Chaos

HealthLeaders Media

08/17/20

ACP Stands Against Harassment of COVID-19 Docs

Physician’s Weekly

08/11/20

Trump administration steps in as advocacy groups warn of COVID ‘death panels’

POLITICO

08/10/20

Want to Be a Doctor? Take Your Chances in a Closed Room with Strangers

The New York Times

08/07/20

Physician Group Wants Medical Schools To Waive The MCAT This Year

Physician News Digest

08/06/20

Why Doctors Should Organize

The New Yorker

08/05/20

ACP commends new Medicare fee schedule

Medical Economics

08/05/20

Your COVID-19 Health Toolkit

Consumer Reports

07/31/20

How the Pandemic Is Changing the Way Hospitals Care for Patients

U.S. News & World Report

07/28/20

America’s Looming Primary-Care Crisis

The New Yorker

07/25/20

Covid-19: ACP Partners with Project N95 to Channel Cheap PPE to the Frontline

Physician’s Weekly

07/22/20

Healthcare industry pushes back on Trump administration plan to cut testing funds

Modern Healthcare

07/22/20

Coronavirus: ACP partners with Project N95 to provide PPE

Medical Economics

07/21/20

AMA, ACP join groups imploring Congress for more COVID-19 contact tracing, testing funding

Fierce Healthcare

07/20/20

Online Continuity: Addressing Telehealth Risks Today To Ensure Continuity Of Care

HealthLeaders Media

07/16/20

Fanning the flames: the impact of COVID-19 on physician burnout

Medical Economics

07/12/20

Doctors and Patients Are Embracing Telehealth. But Will Insurers Continue to Pay for Virtual Visits Post-Pandemic?

Money

07/09/20

Trump Administration Makes It Official: U.S. Cuts Ties With WHO

U.S. News & World Report

07/08/20

Experts react to ‘ruinous’ decision to withdraw US from WHO

Healio

07/08/20

ACP Does Not Recommend Chloroquine, Hydroxychloroquine With or Without Azithromycin for COVID-19

Infectious Disease Advisor

07/08/20

Trump administration begins formal withdrawal from World Health Organization

Fox 10 TV

07/07/20

More than 300 organizations, physician groups push Congress to take action on telehealth policies

Fierce Healthcare

07/01/20

Meet 8 women leading medical societies and associations

Becker’s Hospital Review

07/01/20

Meeting the financial challenges of COVID-19

Medical Economics

07/01/20

ACP releases ethical guidance for electronic communication with patients

Medical Economics

07/01/20

Tucson patients, families who use telemedicine are worried it might disappear

Tuscon News

06/29/20

House passes sweeping police reform bill

POLITICO

06/25/20

Pandemic forces some patients to phone in doctor visits

Associated Press

06/25/20

Providers ask Congress for tax relief for COVID-19 assistance

Fierce Healthcare

06/25/20

Administration officials under spotlight

POLITICO

06/24/20

When Telemedicine Began in the US

HCP Live

06/22/20

Primary care doctor: 'We should all be very worried' about plunging patient visits amid pandemic

Yahoo! Finance

06/22/20

American College of Physicians: Best practice tips when using masks to prevent COVID-19

Becker’s Hospital Review

06/22/20

Black doctors push for anti-bias training in medicine to combat health inequality

CNBC

06/19/20

American College of Physicians issues new guidelines on effectiveness of masks

Fierce Healthcare

06/19/20

ACP: US Response to COVID-19 Identifies Inequalities in Health Care System

Clinical Advisor

06/18/20

Manual Therapy vs. Chiropractic Care

U.S. News & World Report

06/18/20

AMA Lauds SCOTUS Ruling on DACA

Health Leaders Media

06/18/20

Coronavirus: ACP, AMA say pandemic brings inequities into focus

Medical Economics

06/17/20

A wake-up call for healthcare: emerging ethical lessons from COVID-19

Modern Healthcare

06/16/20

ACP urges reversal on federal rule allowing discrimination in healthcare

Medical Economics

06/16/20

Providers Push To Extend Telehealth Policies and Waivers Beyond COVID-19

HealthLeaders Media

06/15/20

Interview: Racism as a public health issue

Fox 40

06/15/20

Go In Or Call In? Here's Some Basic Guidance For Routine Health Care During COVID-19

WBUR

06/15/20

Coronavirus: ACP makes recommendations to keep COVID-19 flexibilities

Medical Economics

06/12/20

Hydroxychloroquine side-effects raise concerns for rheumatology patients

The Lancet

06/10/20

Massachusetts physician practices considering closure, consolidation

Modern Healthcare

06/10/20

Your Guide to Getting Medical Care Now

Consumer Reports

06/05/20

Police brutality is our lane too, doctors say

STAT News

06/05/20

Calls mount for CMS to extend telehealth waivers

Healthcare Dive

06/05/20

ACP suggests 'new vision' should lead healthcare reform after COVID-19

Medical Economics

06/04/20

Racism is a public health issue and 'police brutality must stop,' medical groups say

CNN

06/01/20

Physician groups decry racism, discrimination

Medical Economics

06/01/20

'Hydroxychloroquine is useless': Doctors want drug for autoimmune patients, not COVID-19

USA Today

05/26/20

Doctors face pay cuts, furloughs and supply shortages as coronavirus pushes primary care to the brink

CNBC

05/25/20

Don’t treat COVID-19 with hydroxychloroquine, American College of Physicians says

WHYY

05/20/20

Doctors couldn't help these COVID-19 patients with their endless symptoms. So they turned to one another.

NBC News

05/17/20

Studies find further lack of COVID benefit from hydroxychloroquine

Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)

05/15/20

Use telehealth to improve patient care

Medical Economics

05/12/20

Long View On The Role Of Telehealth In Primary Care

Diagnostics World

05/12/20

Health care reform: How it would affect physicians

Medical Economics

05/10/20

With Red Tape Lifted, Dr. Zoom Will See You Now

The New York Times

05/08/20

Which non-covid doctor’s visits should you make, keep, postpone or do by telemedicine?

The Washington Post

05/06/20

Telehealth expands but providers have questions

POLITICO

05/04/20

A Patient's Guide to Cough Medicine

U.S. News & World Report

04/30/20

CMS Announces Pay Parity For Audio-Only Telephone Visits

HealthLeaders Media

04/30/20

Coronavirus has created a crisis for primary care doctors and their patients

Vox

04/27/20

What Does Trump’s Immigration Order Mean For International Physicians?

Physicians News Digest

04/21/20

The coronavirus could force more doctors to sell — or shutter

AXIOS

04/20/20

How to Handle Fever, Cough, and Body Aches If You Have Mild COVID-19

Consumer Reports

04/15/20

Preventive Care Must Continue During the Pandemic

U.S. News & World Report

04/14/20

The deadly mix of Covid-19, air pollution, and inequality, explained

Vox

04/11/20

Connecticut doctors brace for coronavirus surge

The CT Mirror

04/10/20

ACP survey shows increase in telehealth usage by physicians

Medical Economics

04/10/20

American College of Physicians president tells people to 'listen to the science' on coronavirus treatments

The Hill

04/08/20

Getting Treated for a Medical Problem That's Not Coronavirus

Consumer Reports

04/04/20

If Critical Supplies Run Out, Here's How Hospitals Will Make Tough Choices

NPR

04/04/20

Opinion: How COVID-19 could lead to the rapid adoption of telehealth

The Philadelphia Inquirer

04/04/20

Opinion: In a Pandemic, Do Doctors Still Have a Duty to Treat?”

The New York Times

04/02/20

Internists Say Physicians Can Bring Their Own PPE and Speak Out on COVID-19 Care Conditions

Physicians News Digest

04/02/20

No 'magic pill': The fight over unproven drugs for coronavirus

POLITICO

04/02/20

What Life Is Like on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Outbreak

Healthline

04/01/20

ACP Recommends Switching to Telehealth Calls During COVID-19 Pandemic

HCP Live

03/26/20

Doctors’ Practices Face Cash Crunch as Pandemic Halts Economy

Bloomberg News

03/24/20

ACP: Coronavirus stimulus bill does not do enough to support frontline physicians

Medical Economics

03/23/20

ACP Requests More Support for Physicians, Patients During Pandemic

Managed Healthcare Executive

03/23/20

How to Pay for Coronavirus Tests and Treatments

Consumer Reports

03/20/20

Medical specialty group wants Trump to declare national emergency over coronavirus

Fierce Healthcare

03/12/20

How Physicians Should Adjust Practice to Cope with Coronavirus

HCP Live

03/12/20

Coronavirus epidemic makes the case for universal health care coverage l Opinion

The Philadelphia Inquirer

03/10/20

How to Manage Your Coronavirus Anxiety

The Wall Street Journal

03/05/20

Worries about medical bills and lost pay may hamper coronavirus efforts in the United States

The Washington Post

03/02/20

In Your Opinion: Pursuit of Second Amendment 'sanctuary' reckless, dangerous

The Daily Star

02/26/20

Doctors group breaks from health care industry with support for 'Medicare for All'

The Hill

02/11/20

American College of Physicians Prescribes Single Payer Healthcare

The Real News Network

01/24/20

Deep Bench: ACP makes call to action for reform of current health care system

Fox 7 WZAW

01/22/20

The American College of Physicians endorses Medicare for All and a public choice option

Business Insider

01/22/20

ACP Endorses Single-Payer

POLITICO

01/22/20

Second-largest doctors group in US endorses Medicare for All, public option

The Hill

01/21/20

American College of Physicians backs Medicare for All, Public Option

HealthLeaders

01/21/20

Major doctors' group calls for US to assure coverage for all

ABC News

01/20/20

Testosterone treatment should be given only for sexual dysfunction, guideline suggests

NBC News

01/07/20

Is testosterone replacement worth it?

Good Morning America

01/07/20

Most older men don't need testosterone replacement, new guidelines say

Reuters

01/06/20