Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, FACP
President, American College of Physicians

Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, FACP
President, American College of Physicians

Washington, DC (June 20, 2018) — The American College of Physicians (ACP) strongly opposes the administration’s final rule as issued yesterday that will undermine important protections, including essential health benefit coverage requirements, for patients and consumers as established by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by expanding the availability of association health plans (AHPs) for small businesses and individuals.

Washington, DC (June 14, 2018) — Excessive administrative tasks divert physicians’ time and focus away from patient care, the American College of Physicians (ACP) told a panel of members of Congress this afternoon. William Fox, MD, FACP, an internist at Fox and Brantley Internal Medicine in Charlottesville, Virginia, presented ACP’s ideas for how to address the burdensome administrative tasks physicians face to the second Red Tape Relief Initiative roundtable, convened by the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee.

Millions of Patients with Pre-existing Conditions at Risk

Washington, DC (June 13, 2018) — The American College of Physicians (ACP) applauds Sandra Fryhofer, MD, MACP, on her election to the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Board of Trustees, which is responsible for implementing AMA policy.

Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, FACP
President, American College of Physicians

WASHINGTON – Leaders of six medical organizations representing more than 560,000 physicians and medical students called on Congress today to adopt policies that recognize opioid use disorder (OUD) as a chronic disease of the brain that requires comprehensive treatment. Doing so, the medical leaders said, would hold greater promise of successfully addressing the OUD epidemic.

Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, FACP
President, American College of Physicians