Search results for "Advocacy"
Putting patients before paperwork, and playing Whack-a-Mole
ACP has decided to once again take on the problem of excessive paperwork and other administrative burdens, including those imposed by the advent of electronic health records.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/11/washington.htm
1 Nov 2014
Chapter awardees
Chapters honor Members, Fellows, and Masters of ACP who have demonstrated by their example and conduct an abiding commitment to excellence in medical care, education, research, or service to their community, their chapter, and ACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/01/awardees.htm
1 Jan 2015
Call for fall 2015 Board of Governors resolutions
The deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the fall 2015 Board of Governors meeting is March 30, 2015.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/01/13/12.htm
13 Jan 2015
How will the new Congress affect ACP's priorities?
ACP outlines its legislative agenda for the year, including resisting changes to the Affordable Care Act, preserving the Medicare primary care bonus program, and repealing the Medicare sustainable growth rate.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/02/washington.htm
1 Feb 2015
Patient engagement main topic of ACP's 2014 Healthcare Roundtable
Patient engagement and patient-centered care were the topics of discussion at the fourth meeting of the ACP Healthcare Roundtable, held at ACP's Philadelphia headquarters on Dec. 9. The ACP Healthcare Roundtable provides a forum for industry leaders and ACP governance and staff to discuss critical issues affecting health care.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/02/24/8.htm
24 Feb 2015
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to ACP Internist coverage of issues surround the time spent with patients, ICD-10 coding changes, and physician burnout.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/03/letters.htm
1 Mar 2015
Officers and Regents election results announced
The election of Officers and Regents has been completed.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/03/regents.htm
1 Mar 2015
ACP's ‘Mission: Not Impossible’
Changes to the Maintenance of Certification process advocated by College leadership are the beginning of meaningful reform of the process, not the end.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/04/presidents.htm
1 Apr 2015
How Medicare fee-for-service is like a 1965 Ford Mustang
Fee-for-service reimbursement is a half-century old, and despite its staying power is now facing demands that it be modernized, if not traded in altogether.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/05/washington.htm
1 May 2015
With SGR dead and buried, what's next for ACP advocacy?
Removing the sustainable growth rate formula frees up physician advocacy organizations to talk to Congress about other important issues that otherwise would have been overshadowed, such as the Primary Care Incentive Payment Program.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/06/washington.htm
1 Jun 2015