Search results for "Health insurance"
Treat COPD symptoms, solve problems
Effectively managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease means staying up to date on medications, devices, and delivery techniques.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/04/treat-copd-symptoms-solve-problems.htm
1 Apr 2024
Rheumatoid arthritis associated with risk of COPD, study finds
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis developed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at about twice the rate of the general population, a Korean study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/02/27/2.htm
27 Feb 2024
Shifts in insulin use
Physicians' management of patients who take insulin for diabetes has been influenced by changes in pricing and access to technology.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/02/shifts-in-insulin-use.htm
1 Feb 2024
MKSAP Quiz: evaluation for health insurance
A 21-year-old man is evaluated during a medical examination for health insurance. The patient is a weight lifter. He has no medical problems and takes no medications or illicit drugs. Following a physical exam, electrocardiogram, and echocardiogram, what is the most likely diagnosis?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/05/3.htm
5 Aug 2014
Help your patients enroll in ACA health insurance marketplaces
ACP can help you provide your patients with information about how to enroll in your state's new health insurance marketplace.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/12/10/7.htm
10 Dec 2013
Problems with grateful patient programs
A recent position paper from ACP adds to the increasing scrutiny of institutions' current fundraising practices.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/01/problems-with-grateful-patient-programs.htm
1 Jan 2024
ACP addresses ethics of physician fundraising from ‘grateful patients'
“Grateful patient” fundraising for hospitals by physicians is ethically problematic and creates the potential for erosion of patient and public trust in institutions and the profession, ACP stated in a position paper.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/09/26/4.htm
26 Sep 2023
The ethical nexus of health care: Purpose over profit
ACP is comprehensively examining the corrosive impact of profit-driven health care on the sacred patient-physician relationship in order to pave the way for potential solutions.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/02/the-ethical-nexus-of-health-care-purpose-over-profit.htm
1 Feb 2024
Supreme Court upholds federal subsidies for health insurance
ACP acted in support of the subsidies to ensure the health and well-being of all Americans.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/06/30/1.htm
30 Jun 2015
The human right to health
The intrinsic connection between health and life's quintessential pursuits is undeniable.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/11/the-human-right-to-health.htm
1 Nov 2023