Internists Encourage Several Major Health Insurers and Associations to Keep Telehealth and Other Flexibilities In Place After the COVID-19 Health Crisis
Washington, DC (June 11, 2020) In a series of letters sent this afternoon to several major health insurers and health insurance associations in the U.S., the American College of Physicians (ACP) suggested recommendations about how to keep the new COVID-19 flexibilities in place after the period of the public health emergency has ended. The four letters were sent to the Presidents and CEOs of the following: the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, UnitedHealth Group, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and America’s Health Insurance Plans.
ACP presents free COVID-19 webinars
Internists Say Flexibilities for Telehealth and Other Regulatory Waivers Should be Extended
Washington, DC (June 4, 2020) In a letter sent this afternoon to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) the American College of Physicians (ACP) said that many of the accommodations that have been put in place to expand the use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as some of the other regulatory waivers, should remain in place after the period of a public health emergency (PHE) is over.
ACP Leaders Suggest Using “New Vision” to Guide U.S. Health Care Reform During and After COVID-19 Pandemic
Philadelphia, PA (June 2, 2020) – A group of American College of Physicians (ACP) leaders say policy recommendations outlined in the organization’s “Better is Possible: The American College of Physicians Vision for the U.S.
Internists “Gravely Concerned” About Discrimination and Violence by Public Authorities and Others
Statement attributable to:
Heather E. Gantzer, MD, FACP
Chair, Board of Regents, American College of Physicians
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Internists Call on HHS to Make a Targeted Allocation of Funds to Keep Primary Care Practices from Closing
Washington, DC (May 20, 2020) In a letter sent last night to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the American College of Physicians (ACP) called for the agency to create a targeted allocation out of COVID-19 emergency funds to keep primary care practices from closing their doors, similar to what the agency has done for rural hospitals.