ACP offers resources to help physicians navigate telehealth technology
External URL
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/26/5.htm
ACP reminds internists to recommend flu shots during National Influenza Vaccination Week
External URL
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/26/2.htm
ACP releases Spanish-language edition Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program
'Standard of excellence for lifelong learning’ available in main Spanish-speaking countries
Philadelphia, November 21, 2019 – Latin American and Spanish general internists, internal medicine subspecialists, and primary care physicians can now update their knowledge or prepare for board certification with the Spanish-language version of the American College of Physicians’ (ACP) 18th edition of the Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18), translated by Grupo Océano.
BOR action on fall BOG resolutions now available
External URL
https://www.acponline.org/sites/default/files/documents/about_acp/who_we_are/leadership/governors/bor_actions_bog_resolutions_fall2019.pdf
Proud to be an internist? Tell ACP why for a chance to win
External URL
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/19/6.htm
ACP Advance Physician-Led Coaching Service showcased in Dec. 3 webinar
External URL
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/19/5.htm
New Bedside Rounds podcast episode explores medical epistemologies
External URL
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/12/6.htm
New ACP case study examines ethical challenges of telemedicine encounters
External URL
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/12/5.htm
ACP Addresses High Cost of Prescription Drugs in New Policy Papers
Offers new recommendations to increase transparency, lower out-of-pocket costs for patients, and improve access to affordable medications
ACP Encouraged by Future Changes to MIPS, Urge Continued Focus on Burden Reduction in Final QPP Rule
Washington, D.C. November 7, 2019 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) appreciates the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) changes to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) announced in the 2020 Quality Payment Program (QPP) final rule, but calls for more efforts to improve performance measurement and strengthen primary care.
ACP is encouraged by certain 2020 MIPS changes that will help to improve performance measurement, including: