Internal Medicine Physicians Supportive of Executive Order on Reproductive Health, But More Needed to Restore Rights
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
Internal Medicine Physicians Encouraged by Proposals in 2023 Medicare Rules
WASHINGTON July 8, 2022 – Many of the provisions of the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2023 will help to better recognize the value that internal medicine physicians provide to their patients says the American College of Physicians (ACP). The proposed 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Medicare Shared Savings Program rules were released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Thursday afternoon.
Internal Medicine Physicians Concerned About Relaxed Approach to Paxlovid Prescribing
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
Internal Medicine Physicians Call for Gun Violence to be Declared a National Epidemic and Public Health Emergency
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
WASHINGTON July 5, 2022 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) believes it is time to state what is now self-evident: the mass shooting yesterday in Highland Park, the shooting in Philadelphia, the shooting in Minneapolis, and so many other communities show that the United States is experiencing a national epidemic of gun violence. The policy and public health response must treat it as such, using all the tools one would employ for an epidemic.
Internal Medicine Physicians Concerned by Court Decision To Limit EPA Authority over Carbon Emissions
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
WASHINGTON June 30, 2022 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) is extremely concerned by the Supreme Court decision that was issued today to restrict the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to set limits for carbon emissions from power plants. Climate change is already harming the health of millions of people in America and throughout the world. We need to be putting into place policies to help mitigate the harm that that climate change has on human health.
ACP says Food Insecurity is a Threat to Public Health in the United States
WASHINGTON June 27, 2022 – Inadequate access to nutritious food negatively impacts the health of many Americans, which in turn can significantly exacerbate food and nutritional insecurity and other social factors impacting health, says the American College of Physicians (ACP) in a new position paper published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Strengthening Food and Nutrition Security to Promote U.S.
Internal Medicine Physicians Laud the Passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Aimed at Reducing Firearms-related Deaths and Injuries
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
Internal Medicine Physicians Greatly Concerned by Supreme Court Decision Eliminating Right to Reproductive Services
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
WASHINGTON June 24, 2022 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) is greatly concerned by the Supreme Court decision that was issued today overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating the constitutional right for millions of Americans to make their own decisions about their health care.
ACP Applauds FDA’s Plan to Remove JUUL Products from Being Sold and Marketed In the U.S.
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP
Washington, D.C. June 23, 2022 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) is pleased that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will ban JUUL Labs Inc. from selling, distributing, and marketing e-cigarette and electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products across the nation.
Internal Medicine Physicians Disappointed by Court Decision Striking Down Firearms Regulation
Statement attributable to:
Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
President, ACP