WASHINGTON, December 5, 2022 – Over one million physician and non-physician healthcare clinicians joined together in a letter calling on congressional leadership to protect patients by stopping the full cut to Medicare payments set to take effect on January 1, 2023. The letter kicks off a Week of Action calling on congressional leaders to protect lifesaving and life-changing care for the nation’s most vulnerable patients.

PHILADELPHIA December 2, 2022 – In recognition of National Influenza Vaccination Week (Dec. 6-12), the American College of Physicians (ACP), representing internal medicine physicians, urges all adults to make it a priority to get vaccinated as a more severe influenza season, holiday gatherings, and winter weather are here, as well as the continued threat of COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus.

PHILADELPHIA, November 29, 2022 – In a new Rapid and Living Practice Points, the American College of Physicians (ACP) summarizes the best available evidence about the use of pharmacologic and biologic treatments of COVID-19 in the outpatient setting. Outpatient Treatment of Confirmed Mild or Moderate COVID-19: Living and Rapid Practice Points from the American College of Physicians (Version 1), was published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.

WASHINGTON November 21, 2022 – Adequately funded policies and procedures are needed to reduce health care disparities in access to and the quality of health care for the U.S. jail and prison population says the American College of Physicians (ACP) in a new policy paper published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

WASHINGTON November 21, 2022 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) shares the grief about the shooting that occurred in Colorado Springs late Saturday night, killing five people and injuring 25 people. This weekend’s shooting is particularly concerning because it took place at an LGBTQ nightclub on the eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance, indicating that this may have been a hate crime. While this most recent shooting happened to occur in Colorado, the issues that it raises are of national concern.

Statement from: American Academy of Family Physicians, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, American Academy of Physician Associates, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Physicians, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Geriatrics Society, American Medical Association, American Osteopathic Association, Council of Medical Specialty Societies, Infectious Diseases Society of America, and AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine

Leading national health care organizations dedicate $500,000 to fix diagnostic gaps, among other issues to be addressed

PHILADELPHIA, November 14, 2022 – Internal medicine residents and faculty working to eliminate inequities plaguing the nation’s health care system are encouraged to apply for new grant funding being made available from several leading health care organizations and health foundations.

Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, MACP
President, ACP

Medicare’s Final 2023 Physician Fee Schedule Includes Other, More Encouraging Provisions

Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, MACP
President, ACP