Timothy Cheslock, DO, FACOEP-D As I sit here and write this open letter to the membership, our Scientific Assembly is less than 4 weeks away. Our flagship CME event of the year is coming soon to Washington DC from August 11-15, and I look forward to gathering with colleagues [...]
Jeremy Selley, DO, FACOEP Why are we still talking about congress and physician reimbursement? If you remember back in 2015 congress finally passed a “fix” called the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) that fixed the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) that required 17 yearly fixes from [...]
Bill Bograkos, MA, DO, FAOAAM, FACOEP, FACOFP, COL MC FS COL (retired) My name is Bill Bograkos, and I am a retired military physician. I became a member of the ACOEP in 1993, and have spent the last seven years serving as a consultant on Trauma Recovery, Psychiatry Continuity [...]
Timothy Cheslock, DO, FACOEP As I write this article, the results of the 2023 Match have just been released and the internet is flooded with tweets and comments, opinions of many varieties as to what is happening to our profession. What went wrong? Why so many unmatched slots? Is [...]
Brandon Lewis, DO, MBA, FACOEP, FACEP In the previous decade, the increasing inability for Emergency Medicine groups to come to an agreement on reasonable compensation with payers who continued to ratchet down on physician reimbursement led to an increasing number of patients who found themselves being taken care of [...]
April 19, 2023 Lina M. Khan Chair Federal Trade Commission Office of the Secretary 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite CC-5610 (Annex C) Washington, DC 20580 Re: Non-Compete Clause Rulemaking, Matter No. P201200 Dear Chairwoman Khan: On behalf of the undersigned 46 organizations representing more than 178,000 osteopathic physicians (DOs) [...]
If you were unable to attend the “Learn How to Take Control of Your Student Loan Debt” webinar that took place Wednesday, April 12th at 1:00pm Eastern Time we have a link for you to check it out! With the federal student loan payment pause expected to expire by [...]
March 23, 2023 The Honorable Tammy Baldwin Chair Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education & Related Agencies U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Shelly Moore Capito Ranking Member Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education & Related Agencies U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Robert Aderholt [...]
March 13, 2023 The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-0057-P 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 Re: Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's [...]
Each year the emergency medicine (EM) community celebrates Match week, as we welcome another group of talented EM residents to our specialty. The 2022 EM Match saw an unprecedented initial 219 unmatched positions affecting one in four residency programs. The 2023 Match will see 555 initially unmatched positions, affecting [...]