Search results for "From the College"
Who in your office speaks Templatish, Beancounterese, Complyian, or Rushian?
Yul Ejnes, MD, MACP, a past chair of ACP's Board of Regents, a practicing internist in Cranston, R.I., and a member of ACP Internist's editorial board, continues his monthly column at KevinMD.com about how and why English has become the second language of medical documentation.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/06/04/11.htm
4 Jun 2013
College to participate in CMS call on Advanced Payment Model
On Wed., Jan. 25, ACP will be joining with CMS and other medical societies to discuss the new Advanced Payment Model.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/01/24/14.htm
24 Jan 2012
ACP's PQRIwizard now available
ACP's new PQRIwizard, an online tool designed to help collect and report quality measure data for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) PQRS incentive payment program, is now available.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/01/10/11.htm
10 Jan 2012
Subjects sought for study of chronic kidney disease in adult type 2 diabetes patients
The National Kidney Foundation is looking for primary care physicians and their patients to participate in a multi-site cross-sectional study to estimate the prevalence of chronic kidney disease in adult type 2 diabetes patients.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/21/12.htm
21 Jun 2011
Subjects sought for study of chronic kidney disease in adult type 2 diabetes patients
The National Kidney Foundation is looking for primary care physicians and their patients to participate in a multi-site cross-sectional study to estimate the prevalence of chronic kidney disease in adult type 2 diabetes patients.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/14/10.htm
14 Jun 2011
New high-value, cost-conscious care curriculum available for internal medicine residents
ACP and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine have a curriculum for training internal medicine residents to practice high value, cost-conscious care to avoid overuse and misuse of tests and treatments that do not improve outcomes and may cause harm.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/14/8.htm
14 Aug 2012
ACP's State of the Nation's Health Care Address tells Congress across-the-board cuts won't work
On Thursday, Jan. 26, ACP, in its annual State of the Nation's Health Care Address, told Congress that the across-the-board sequestration cuts called for by last year's budget deal must be replaced with fiscally and socially responsible policies.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/01/31/6.htm
31 Jan 2012
Call for spring 2012 Board of Governors resolutions
The deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the spring 2012 Board of Governors meeting is Monday, Oct. 17, 2011.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/16/8.htm
16 Aug 2011
College Regent wins medical professionalism prize
Molly Cooke, FACP, a Regent of the College, has been named a winner of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation Professionalism Article Prize for an article published last year in the New England Journal of Medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/02/8.htm
2 Aug 2011
Nominate candidates for upcoming ACP council elections
The Council of Young Physicians (CYP), the Council of Associates (COA), and the Council of Student Members (CSM) are currently seeking candidates to fill all vacant seats for 2011-2012.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/26/13.htm
26 Oct 2010