Joint statement on Texas v United States regarding the constitutionality of pre-existing conditions
ACP Relieved USCIS Will End Delay in Visa Processing for International Medical Graduates
Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, FACP
President, American College of Physicians
Joint Principles on Opioid Crisis Call for Comprehensive, Public Health Approach to Addiction Treatment
WASHINGTON – Leaders of six medical organizations representing more than 560,000 physicians and medical students called on Congress today to adopt policies that recognize opioid use disorder (OUD) as a chronic disease of the brain that requires comprehensive treatment. Doing so, the medical leaders said, would hold greater promise of successfully addressing the OUD epidemic.
ACP Objects to Separation of Children from their Parents at Border
Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, FACP
President, American College of Physicians
ACP Calls for Health Care Policies That Better Support Women and Their Families and Improve Health Outcomes
Washington, DC (May 29, 2018) — The American College of Physicians (ACP) published a paper, “Women’s Health Policy” today in the Annals of Internal Medicine that examines the unique challenges women face within the United States health care system. The paper addresses a wide range of issues such as support for paid family and medical leave, recommendations on policies to reduce domestic violence, sexual abuse and harassment and participation in clinical trials.
ACP Meets Innovation Center Director, Rescission Cuts, and the High Cost of Health Care
BOR action on spring 2018 BOG resolutions now available
America’s Women’s Health Providers Oppose Efforts to Exclude Qualified Providers from Federally-Funded Programs
Joint Principles for Protecting the Patient-Physician Relationship
Washington, DC (May 23, 2018) — Today, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and American College of Physicians (ACP) issued a set of Joint Principles Protecting the Patient-Physician Relationship: Keeping External Interference Out of the Practice of Medicine.
Internists Concerned Changes to Title X Will Restrict Access to Health Care for Vulnerable Populations, Undermine Patient-Physician Relationship
Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, FACP
President, American College of Physicians