Annals on Call
Released October 07, 2025
ACP to Department of Education: changes to federal student loan programs threaten to further reduce the physician workforce
External URL
/node/66615287
ACP Lastest Link Type
ACP Advocate
Summary
Borrowing caps on federal student loans and elimination of the Graduate PLUS Program will ultimately hurt patients and the health care system, ACP says.
Council of Early Career Physicians Meeting
Location: ACP Headquarters Philadelphia Pa
Contact: Brooke Leshak
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Article, podcast discuss physician collective action
External URL
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2025/10/07/5.htm
ACP Lastest Link Type
I.M. Matters Weekly
Summary
Janet Jokela, MD, MPH, MACP, reflects on the evolution of physician unions and collective action in medicine, from her training in the 1980s to today.
Council of Student Members Meeting
Location: ACP Headquarters Philadelphia Pa
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AI tool may enable opportunistic assessment of body composition from routine imaging, identify patients at cardiovascular risk
External URL
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-24-01863
ACP Lastest Link Type
Annals of Internal Medicine
Summary
To assess the association of AI-derived BC compartments from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with cardiometabolic outcomes.
Virtual Chapter Staff Best Practices- Virtual
Contact: Nicole Turkowski
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Chapter Staff Coffee Conversation
Contact: Nicole Turkowski
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ACP continues to urge Congress to address overestimation of medicare code utilization
External URL
/node/66615286
ACP Lastest Link Type
ACP Advocate
Summary
Due to budget neutrality, overestimation of Medicare code utilization leads to underpayments in the fee schedule.