Internists Recommend Steps to Ensure Success of Medicare’s “Value-Based” Payment Reforms
ACP testimony to E&C Subcommittee on Health highlights its educational efforts and steps CMS should take
American College of Physicians issues urgent call to action on climate change to avert major threat to public health
Internists say climate change will have devastating health effects across the world
Philadelphia, April 19, 2016 -- Climate change will have devastating consequences for public and individual health unless aggressive, global action is taken now to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the American College of Physicians (ACP) says in a new policy paper published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Exclusive report: Physician income is actually improving
External URL
http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-economics/news/exclusive-report-physician-income-actually-improving
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ACP in the News
Journal Name
Medical Economics
How Can the U.S. Stop Disease Before It Starts
External URL
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/04/how-can-we-stop-disease-before-it-starts/477402/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20TheAtlantic%20(The%20Atlantic%20-%20Master%20Feed)
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ACP in the News
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The Atlantic
Internists Express Concern about Rising Prescription Drug Costs, Offer Solutions
(Boston, April 11, 2016)—“The rising cost of prescription drugs is an overarching concern that is having a real impact on our patients,” said Elisa Choi, MD, American College of Physicians Massachusetts Governor’s Council Treasurer, testifying today before the state legislature’s Joint Committee on Health Care Financing.
Statement From Internists on Comprehensive Primary Care Plus Initiative
Attributable to:
Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP
President, American College of Physicians (ACP)
April 11, 2016
American College of Physicians collaborates with AMGA Foundation on national effort to improve diabetes care
Together 2 Goal® aims to improve the lives of 1 million people with type 2 diabetes
New Policy Paper Recommends Ways to Stem the Rising Cost of Prescription Drugs
(Washington, March 29, 2016) —The American College of Physicians (ACP) today released a new policy paper calling for changes that could slow the rising cost of prescription drugs. The paper, Stemming the Escalating Cost of Prescription Drugs, was published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Medicaid Expansion, Telemedicine, and Kaiser's Report on PCMH
External URL
https://www.healthbanks.com/PatientPortal/NewsletterArchive.aspx?UCID={F151DAE7-AF91-4D5B-B402-126BDDEFC59F}&Date=03/25/2016
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ACP Advocate
Summary
ACP releases position paper on options for Medicaid expansion; Some potential legislative movement on telemedicine may come this year; Kaiser Family Foundation releases a report evaluating various Medicare payment models.
Statement From Internists on Advancing Efforts to Expand Medicare Coverage to Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
Attributable to:
Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP
President, American College of Physicians (ACP)
March 25, 2016