Major medical groups call for employers to mandate Covid-19 vaccines for health care workers
Major Health Care Professional Organizations Call for COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for All Health Workers
Groups include American Medical Association, American Nurses Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Association of American Medical Colleges, and National Association for Home Care and Hospice
BOR action on Spring ’21 BOG resolutions now available
Supreme Court Upholds ACA, ACP Advocates for Primary Care Needs
Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ Names New Chief Strategy Officer
PHILADELPHIA, July 15, 2021 – The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) has named Adrienne White-Faines, MPA, FACHE, as the organization’s first Chief Strategy Officer effective July 12, 2021.
3.75% pay cut for doctors in proposed 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Internists Encouraged by a Number of Policies in Proposed Medicare Rules
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 14, 2021 –The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) is encouraged by many of the provisions that were included in the proposed 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program (QPP) rules that were released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday. ACP specifically called attention to policies on telehealth, on increasing health equity and those that would make the QPP better for physicians.
The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ Comments on ABMS Draft Standards for Continuing Certification
PHILADELPHIA, PA, June 29, 2021 — The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) continues to advocate for improvements in certification policies and procedures to meet the needs of internal medicine specialists and subspecialists, improve the value of certification, reduce administrative burdens, and minimize financial burdens.
Statement Following CDC ACIP Meeting from Nation’s Leading Doctors, Nurses and Public Health Leaders on Benefits of Vaccination
Philadelphia, PA, June 23, 2021—The following statement has been co-signed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP), American Heart Association, American Hospital Association (AHA), American Medical Association (AMA), American Nurses Association (ANA), American Public Health Association (APHA), and Infectious Diseases Society of America: