Internists Tell Congress CARES Act Needs to Support Frontline Physicians in Providing Patient Care
Washington, DC (March 23, 2020) —In a letter sent to congressional leadership late Sunday the American College of Physicians (ACP) said that significant improvements need to be made to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) in order to better support frontline physicians in providing patients with the best possible care.
Internists Tell CMS Frontline Physicians Need Regulatory Relief during COVID-19 Emergency
Washington, DC (March 20, 2020) — In a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sent this afternoon, the American College of Physicians (ACP) said that internal medicine specialists and other frontline physicians need unprecedented and swift action from the agency in order to care for their patients with COVID-19 and continue to attend to the broader patient population.
Internal medicine residency match the largest in history, reflecting essential role of internists
Philadelphia, March 20, 2020 -- The 2020 Main Residency Match revealed that internal medicine remains the largest training specialty, offering one-quarter (25.4 percent) of all PGY-1 positions in the Match. For the first time, all allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) applicants participated in a single matching program, resulting in the largest Match in history. Internal medicine programs offered a record high 8,697 categorical positions and 430 primary care positions. Of the categorical positions, 8,324 (95.7 percent) were filled, 4,885 (56.2 percent) by U.S. medical school seniors.
American College of Physicians Launches New Online Telemedicine CME Program
Philadelphia, PA (March 19, 2020) – Today the American College of Physicians (ACP) launched “Telemedicine: A Practical Guide for Incorporation into your Practice,” an online CME program to help physicians implement telemedicine. Free to ACP members, the program provides guidance to physicians about:
Internists Support Call to Suspend Elective Medical Procedures, Ease Licensing Restrictions; Continue to Call on Government to Do More
Washington, DC (March 18, 2020) —The American College of Physicians (ACP) this afternoon supported the recommendations that the administration made in an earlier press conference for elective medical procedures be suspended and medical licensing restrictions to be eased.
Internists Launch COVID-19 Practice Management Guidance for Physicians, Ask CMS to Take Additional Steps on Telehealth
Washington, DC (March 18, 2020) —The American College of Physicians (ACP) has released a tip sheet of COVID-19 Management Tips for Practices with guidance for physician practices about how to deal with the rapidly changing situation surrounding COVID-19. The tips contain information about using telehealth, tips on coding, and additional information about steps practices can take.
America’s Frontline Physicians Recommend Further Actions to Address COVID-19
Washington, DC (March 18, 2020)—Today America’s frontline physicians issued a series of recommendations about steps that should be taken to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
ACP develops new Cost of Care resources for patients, updates tools for physicians
Internists Ask Government to Do More to Address COVID-19
Washington, DC (March 11, 2020) — In a series of recommendations provided to the Trump administration and Congress today, the American College of Physicians (ACP) laid out a series of steps federal, state and local governments, and other stakeholders should be taking to help address COVID-19 (the Novel Coronavirus).