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Internists Encouraged by Increased Funds for Healthcare Programs in Spending Bill

More needs to be done on the issues of firearms safety and protections for Dreamers

Statement attributable to:
Jack Ende, MD, MACP
President, Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½

Washington, DC (March 23, 2018) — The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) is encouraged that the spending bill passed by Congress meets many of our priorities for federal health care programs.  The fiscal year 2018 spending bill, as passed, will result in health policy gains for physicians and our patients.

Internists Encouraged By Focus on Treatment in White House Plan to Address Opioid Crisis

Statement attributable to:
Jack Ende, MD, MACP
President, Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½

Washington, DC (March 19, 2018) — The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ is encouraged by the emphasis on treatment and prevention in the White House’s plan to address the opioid epidemic that was released today. ACP supports policies that help expand treatment and therapy options for individuals and communities facing opioid addiction and other substance use disorders.

Internal medicine residency programs continue to grow but policies needed to ensure patient access to general internists

Philadelphia, March 16, 2018 -- The 2018 Main Residency Match revealed that internal medicine continues to be the largest training specialty, offering over one-quarter (26.2 percent) of all PGY-1 positions in the Match. Internal medicine programs offered 7,542 categorical positions and 374 primary care positions, an increase of 309 categorical positions (4.3 percent) and 33 primary care positions (9.7 percent) from the 2017 Match. Of these positions, 7,733 (97.7 percent) were filled, 3,424 (44.3 percent) by U.S. medical school seniors.

Last call: fall 2018 Board of Governors resolutions

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http://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2018/01/30/6.htm

ACP Calls for Reducing Physician Burdens in Red Tape Relief Initiative Roundtable

Washington, DC (March 15, 2018) —Excessive administrative tasks are a diversion of physicians’ time and focus away from patient care, the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) told a panel of members of Congress this afternoon. Robert M. McLean, MD, FACP, an internist with the Northeast Medical Group of Yale New Haven Health System in New Haven, Ct. presented ACP’s ideas for how to address the burdensome administrative tasks physicians face to the first Red Tape Relief Initiative roundtable, convened by the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee.

Gun laws stopped mass shootings in Australia: new research

External URL
http://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2675234/fatal-firearm-incidents-before-after-australia-s-1996-national-firearms

Nation’s largest annual gathering of internal medicine doctors meets in New Orleans

Dr. Karen DeSalvo, former Acting Assistant Secretary for Health at U.S. HHS and former Health Commissioner for New Orleans, is keynote speaker at Internal Medicine Meeting 2018

ACP's Advocacy on Medicaid Waiver, Short-term Insurance Plans and Firearms Violence

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https://www.healthbanks.com/PatientPortal/NewsletterArchive.aspx?UCID={F151DAE7-AF91-4D5B-B402-126BDDEFC59F}&Date=03/09/2018
ACP Lastest Link Type
ACP Advocate
Summary
ACP launches state Medicaid waiver campaign; Trump administration announces change in regulations for short-term insurance plans; College doubles down in call for action on gun violence following Parkland, Florida shooting.

ACP Reaffirms Calls to Congress for Policies to Reduce Rate of Firearms Violence

Washington, DC (March 7, 2018) — The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) today sent letters urging Congress to take immediate action to reduce the rate of firearms violence in the U.S.

ACP recommends moderate blood sugar control targets for most patients with type 2 diabetes

Philadelphia, March 6, 2018 – Patients with type 2 diabetes should be treated to achieve an A1C between 7 percent and 8 percent rather than 6.5 percent to 7 percent, the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) recommends in an published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.

An A1C test measures a person’s average blood sugar level over the past two or three months. An A1C of 6.5 percent indicates diabetes.

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