Search results for "health care costs"
Physicians can help patients decide about end-of-life issues
The recent decrying of “government death panelsâ€ï¿½ undercuts patient welfare, patient autonomy and social justice, and physicians have a duty to take a leadership role in the debate over health care reform.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/11/presidents.htm
1 Nov 2009
Release of Medicare pay data raises questions
The release of a massive amount of data about how much physicians had received from Medicare in 2012 was a sign of price transparency to some and an unwelcome intrusion to others. The raw data didn't tell the entire tale, critics said.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/10/medicare.htm
1 Oct 2014
ACP issues recommendations for heath care system reforms
In its policy paper, ACP made eight major recommendations based on comprehensive analyses of eight pluralistic systems and four single-payer systems.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/01/president.htm
1 Jan 2008
EHRs could solve resource overuse, free up physician time
Electronic health records can help physicians with the administrative burdens of practice, allowing them to focus on the clinical aspects of caring for patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/09/presidents.htm
1 Sep 2010
ACP's widely cited paper on universal access grew out of intensive policy development process
Achieving consensus on complicated policy issues to produce meaningful, evidence-based policy presents a significant challenge for large membership organizations like ACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/04/washington.htm
1 Apr 2008
Even with new legislation, health care reform would evolve
Every Congress has made its mark on Medicare since the program's inception in 1965. Success or failure for health care reform isn't the end of the journey, but another milestone.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/02/washington.htm
1 Feb 2010
Health reform could improve the lives of patients, internists
Health reform legislation represents a historic shift in the federal government's role in health care, but debate continues whether it will be good for America and for internal medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/05/washington.htm
1 May 2010
Affordable health care puts individuals, society at odds
The public would have more confidence in the cost-control measures that emerge from health care reform if physicians led the discussion.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/11/washington.htm
1 Nov 2009
Medical professionalism faces new challenges, opportunities
Ten years later, a physician charter challenges doctors to accept commitments to professional competence, improved quality and access to care, and professionalism in conduct.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/01/presidents.htm
1 Jan 2012
What should physicians contribute to deficit reduction?
ACP has proposed that Congress create a national, physician-led initiative to promote high-value care, promote research into comparative effectiveness, and reduce the needless expense of defensive medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/11/washington.htm
1 Nov 2011