Search results for "Health care reform"
ACP reminds physicians and public: Get your flu shot
Updated ACP Diabetes Care Guide features enhancements for residents2011-12 Chair-elect chosen by Board of RegentsFree health care reform brochure for patients availableLast call for applications for ACP's Washington internship
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/12/14/8.htm
14 Dec 2010
Positions on health care reform aren't all black and white
ACP's health care positions can't be neatly labeled as coming from one political perspective or another. A wide array of issues requires consideration.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/07/washington.htm
1 Jul 2012
‘Preventive’ measures don't translate properly to the public
Prevention is an important tool, but it must be placed in the context of evidence and value. The cost of ignoring that is false reassurance and the politicization of medical care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/03/presidents.htm
1 Mar 2010
Reflecting on a year of service, leadership, honor and privilege
ACP's president offers his final thoughts on a year of service to the College, the passage of health care reform, and the modern version of the Hippocratic Oath.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/04/presidents.htm
1 Apr 2010
ACP can help members, patients access insurance options
Health care reform has reached its implementation stage, and internists will now face new patients with new questions about how to access health care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/10/washington.htm
1 Oct 2013
Many hospitalists don't perform individual ‘core competencies' in a given year
Health professionals to march for health care reform
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/16/6.htm
16 Mar 2010
Improving access key to reform, says Commonwealth Fund VP
Health care access has become a top issue in 2008.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/05/fourteen.htm
1 May 2008
Past is present: Rising premiums, high deductibles, and gaps in coverage before the ACA
Yul Ejnes, MD, MACP, blogs that the Affordable Care Act has not adequately addressed high deductibles, coverage limitations, restricted networks, and rising premiums, but neither did it introduce these problems.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/03/6.htm
3 Oct 2017
Officer and Regent election results announced
The election of Officers and Regents has been completed. Terms become effective at the conclusion of the Annual Business Meeting at Internal Medicine 2012 in New Orleans.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/03/regents.htm
1 Mar 2012
Know the patient to achieve statin benefits
That statins work is without question. And with costs falling due to many drugs in the class going generic, physicians are now refining when to prescribe the ubiquitous drug class based on the degree of risk.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/11/statin.htm
1 Nov 2010