Internists ‘Encouraged’ by Proposed Rule to Implement the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)
Attributable to:
Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP
President, American College of Physicians (ACP)
April 28, 2016
Healthcare coalition targets PhRMA with drug-pricing plan
External URL
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/277516-healthcare-coalition-takes-aim-at-phrma-with-drug-pricing-plan
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ACP in the News
Journal Name
The Hill
ACP on Climate Change, Federal Appropriations, and Changes in the Medical Profession
External URL
https://www.healthbanks.com/PatientPortal/NewsletterArchive.aspx?UCID={F151DAE7-AF91-4D5B-B402-126BDDEFC59F}&Date=04/22/2016
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ACP Advocate
Summary
ACP releases position paper on Climate Change; Giving input to Congress on appropriations for several important health care programs; Survey findings show what has changed in the medical profession and how physicians are responding.
Your elderly parent is home from the hospital. What happens next?
External URL
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/your-elderly-parent-is-home-from-the-hospital-what-happens-next/2016/04/21/1c06b3b0-0195-11e6-9203-7b8670959b88_story.html
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ACP in the News
Journal Name
The Washington Post
House Members, Physicians Bullish on Payment Reform
External URL
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PracticeManagement/Reimbursement/57436
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ACP in the News
Journal Name
MedPage Today
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