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ACP Calls for Continued Action in Fighting Opioid Crisis After Encouraging White House Summit

Washington, DC (March 1, 2018) —The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) is encouraged by the Trump administration’s demonstrated willingness to address the opioid epidemic through prevention, treatment and recovery. The College appreciates being invited to today’s White House Opioid Summit to learn more about the Administration’s progress in combating the opioid crisis and their plans moving forward.

Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ awarded grant to help combat nation's opioid crisis

Philadelphia, March 1, 2018 – The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) has received a $50,000 sub-award from the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) to help combat the nation’s opioid crisis.

Are doctors ready to embrace single payer health care?

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ACP calls on medicine to optimize learning environments by aligning positive ’hidden’ curriculum with formal curriculum of medical education

Learners should not experience disconnects between what is taught and what is practiced by faculty

Philadelphia, February 27, 2018 –The formal curriculum of medical education must be reinforced and enhanced by the hidden curriculum conveyed in medical schools, residency programs, hospitals,  clinics, and team rooms, the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) recommends in a new published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Relief from an Administrative Burden for Teaching Physicians and Health Care in the Budget Deal

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ACP advocacy leads to administrative relief in medical student entering of EHR data; Congress passes budget including many of ACP's
policy priorities; New advocacy group United States of Care launches with ACP support

America’s Frontline Physicians Call on Government to Act on the Public Health Epidemic of Gun Violence

Washington (February 16, 2018) -- On February 14, 17 children and adults at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, lost their lives at the hands of an individual with an assault weapon. Thousands of children across the country went to school that morning, but some never returned home that afternoon. This senseless loss of life has become all too common in our country, ending lives, shattering families and disrupting the fabric of another community forever branded by this act of violence.

Internists Urge CMS and States to Rethink Medicaid Work Requirements

Washington, DC (February 15, 2018) — Based on concerns over Medicaid waiver applications that would require enrollees to work, search for work, or volunteer in order to qualify for government health coverage, the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) has submitted letters urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to reject proposals from Medicaid agencies in states such as Arizona and

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