ACOEP stands in strong support of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, introduced in the Senate by Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Todd Young (R-IN), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA). The bipartisan legislation seeks to provide mental health support to medical professionals and takes aim [...]
Congratulations on your choice to contribute to our future by your choice to begin to serve as an emergency medicine faculty physician. Whether you are just finishing your own GME or completing a period of successful community practice, you will be rewarded by your residents who benefit from your [...]
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on, it is no secret more is being asked of emergency physicians than ever before. While much remains uncertain, ACOEP is dedicated to providing you life-saving education in the way that you want to experience it if at all possible. ACOEP’s Scientific Assembly will [...]
Today, ACOEP learned through EDPMA that the Michigan House Committee on Ways and Means will consider out-of-network legislation (HB 4459) that bans balance billing and requires reimbursement at 125% of Medicare. We urge our Michigan-based members to contact the committee members listed below, and ask them to OPPOSE the [...]
ACOEP is proud to cosign a letter of support for emergency physicians to present to hospital credentialers in order to waive the need for added short courses or certifications in the use of emergency ultrasound. The letter from the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and the American Osteopathic [...]
As an emergency physician you work tirelessly to protect your communities, often times putting your life on the line, most notably during this ongoing pandemic. It is critical that you are protected as you go above and beyond the call of duty. As such, ACOEP supports the “Coronavirus Provider [...]
In the best of times, emergency physicians are often at the greatest risk for burnout. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this critical danger is thrown into even starker relief. The tragic loss of Dr. Lorna M. Breen in New York City recently further highlights the very real risks emergency medicine [...]
ACOEP has learned of several cases in which the COVID-19 crisis is being utilized against emergency physicians in custody cases as a justification for taking children from their parents, sometimes defying court-ordered custody arrangements. Weaponizing an already traumatic situation as a means to harm the very individuals who place [...]
During this time of crisis, as emergency departments everywhere fight the onslaught of COVID-19 patients, the entire emergency medicine team—physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and others—have been courageous in their willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty. It is imperative that when lives are on the line the emergency department remains [...]
Along with the team at Windy City Plastics, ACOEP member Mark E. Cichon, D.O., FACOEP (dist) assisted in the design of the Physician’s Protection Box. The invention helps physicians with the intubation of patients suspected of being infected with COVID-19. In an unrelated study done by the The New [...]
