Medicaid Expansion, Telemedicine, and Kaiser's Report on PCMH
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
Internists Offer Recommendations to Ensure Medicaid Expansion Waivers Represent Patient Interests
(Washington, March 21, 2016)— The American College of Physicians (ACP) today released a position paper that reviews Medicaid expansion waivers and offers recommendations to influence stakeholders so that Medicaid coverage is expanded in a manner that best suits patients.
Residency Match positions for internal medicine critical to high quality health care system
Philadelphia, March 18, 2016 -- Internal medicine programs offered 7,024 residency positions this year, a 3.75 percent increase from 6,770 in 2015, according to the 2016 National Resident Matching Program. Of the 6,938 (98.8 percent) internal medicine positions filled, 3,291 (46.9 percent) positions were filled with U.S. medical school seniors.
New guidelines aim to reduce epidemic of opioid painkiller abuse
U.S. agency issues new guidelines to limit chronic use of opioids
Internists Convey Appreciation to HELP Committee Leadership for Consideration of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Bills
ACP offers ‘suggestions and recommendations of greatest significance to members’
ACP Supports CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
Washington, March 15, 2016—Thomas G. Tape, MD, FACP, chair-elect of the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians (ACP), today said the 143,000-member organization supports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.
ACP Provides Input on Quality and Performance Measures, Prepares for Leadership Day
Increasing body fat, not BMI, a primary risk factor for death
Philadelphia, March 8, 2016 -- Keeping body fat low as you age is more important than achieving a low number on the scale, according to an article published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Both low body mass index (BMI), a measure of a person’s weight in relation to height, and high body fat percentage are independently associated with increased risk for death.