Brandon Lewis, DO, MDA, FACOEP, FACEP - President-Elect As I read some of the ongoing angst and argument on social media about different EM groups and practice models, I was reminded of a line from one of my favorite movies, Braveheart. In a scene where the Scottish nobles are [...]
Jennifer Axelband, DO, FACOEP, President-Elect As I pen my first Pulse communication as President Elect, I must thank the membership, my mentors and the board for all the support and encouragement I have received as I embark into this new role. Leading a college is challenging, communicating with the [...]
Tiffany Brown, DO Chair, DO, FACOEP-D The Physicians Wellness Committee recently sent out a survey to gauge the needs of our great organization. We had 148 survey participants from the college and will use this information to help us address the high level of both physician fatigue and lack [...]
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 [...]
Timothy Cheslock, DO, FACOEP It is amazing how quickly time passes us by. It seems like just yesterday that we were all together for Scientific Assembly and already we are embarking on a new year! The whirlwind of events surrounding holidays and family gatherings are now in the rearview [...]
Brandon Lewis, DO, MBA, FACOEP, FACEP As we approach the new year, emergency physicians across the country can look forward to huge changes in how we work on a daily basis. The centers for Medicare and Medicaid services have introduced massive changes in how we will get paid for [...]