Internal Medicine Physicians Urge Passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Containing Measures to Reduce Firearms-related Deaths and Injuries

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

WASHINGTON June 22, 2022 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) strongly supports the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938) legislation intended to protect America’s children, keep schools safe and reduce the threat of firearms violence across the country, and urges Congress to pass it without delay.

ACP Says Physician Payments Should Work Toward Health Equity

WASHINGTON June 20, 2022 – The current physician payment system does not adequately address the socioeconomic factors that impact patients’ health outcomes, says the American College of Physicians (ACP) in a new position paper published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Reforming Physician Payments to Achieve Greater Equity and Value in Health Care: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians.

Internal Medicine Physicians Say Senate Agreement Promising First-step in Reducing Firearms-related Deaths and Injuries

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

WASHINGTON June 13, 2022 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) is encouraged by the initial agreement within the Senate regarding new legislation intended to reduce the number of firearms-related deaths and injuries in the United States. The provisions that were detailed in the announcement are a first step toward new policies that will begin to address the public health crisis of firearms violence.

BOR takes action on BOG resolutions at meeting on April 30

External URL
https://www.acponline.org/sites/default/files/documents/about_acp/who_we_are/leadership/governors/bor_actions_bog_resolutions_spring2022.pdf

Internal Medicine Physicians Express Dismay at Shooting of Physicians and Others in Tulsa, Repeat Call for Action

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

ACP, Annals of Internal Medicine Host 9th Virtual COVID-19 Forum for Physicians

Expert panel provides practical advice for treating patients with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), or ‘Long COVID’

Internal Medicine Physicians Encouraged by Biden Administration Order on Police Reform

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

Internal Medicine Physicians Decry the Repeated Tragedy of Mass Shootings, Call for Action

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

WASHINGTON May 25, 2022 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) was extremely saddened to hear about the mass shooting event that occurred yesterday in Uvalde, Texas, killing at least 19 elementary school students and two teachers in their school.

Internal Medicine Physicians Say Buffalo Shooting Highlights Multiple Public Health Crises

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

WASHINGTON May 17, 2022 – The American College of Physicians was deeply disturbed to hear about the mass shooting event that occurred in Buffalo, NY on Saturday, May 14. This weekend’s tragedy shows how the failings of our current regulations on firearms, the prevalence of  hate crimes, and racism intersected to cause preventable injuries and deaths to Black persons evidently targeted because of their race.

ACP Update: Women’s Health & SCOTUS Leak

May 10, 2022

Dear ACP members,

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