ACOEP is looking for dedicated members to help carry out our mission and support emergency medicine nationwide by serving on the ACOEP Board of Directors. Your involvement on the Board of Directors as an active and engaged member is what drives our community forward! Members are encouraged to nominate [...]
What Would You Do is a regular feature in The Pulse by Bernard Heilicser, DO, MS, FACEP, FACOEP-D In the most recent issue of The Pulse we reviewed the dilemma presented in the Fall 2019 issue regarding the 62-year-old male with a court order to be transported [...]
By Teagan Lukacs, DO, MPH, MBS This year, ACOEP’s Scientific Assembly provided a platform for the Women’s Committee to raise awareness and celebrate some great causes. IDENTIFYING VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING We had the privilege to work with PATH, Physicians Against the Trafficking of Humans, to explore [...]
On January 22nd the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM) announced major changes to the certification process. Primarily, the new Continuous Osteopathic Recertification Examination (CORE) will replace the Cognitive Assessment Recertification Examinations physicians needed to take every ten years. Any physician whose certification expires in 2020 or after is [...]
Ohio Valley Medical Center (OVMC) and East Ohio Regional Hospitals (EORH) announced they are closing. The American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians is actively working with OVMC’s program director to secure placement for 16 emergency medicine residents, as well as one emergency medicine/internal medicine resident. ACOEP invites any program [...]
After 27 years leading the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP), stalwart Executive Director, Janice Wachtler, BAE, CBA has announced plans to retire. Jan will remain on in an advisory capacity through January 2020, as she works with the ACOEP Board of Directors on a succession plan. A [...]
Executive Assistant Geri Phifer retires after more than nine years at ACOEP This week ACOEP staff gathered to celebrate the hard work and dedication of Executive Assistant Geri Phifer who is retiring at the end of July. Loved for her wit, warmth, and ability to always find [...]
The American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP) is encouraged by progress made this week on the “No Surprises Act” in the House of Representatives, bi-partisan legislation designed to ban balance billing for emergency services of insured patients. Furthermore, it would set a reimbursement rate as the health insurers’ [...]
The American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians stands in solidarity with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, and the residents of Hahnemann University Hospital in opposition to the administration's attempts to sell residency [...]
Sponsored Content WestJEM, one of ACOEP’s benefit partners, is offering residency programs the opportunity to become Department Subscribers. This status is currently shared with more than 80 other emergency medicine academic departments nationwide, and offers open access dissemination of scholarly work for the programs. The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: [...]
