Washington, DC (March 24, 2020) —In a letter sent to Congress today, the American College of Physicians (ACP) laid out recommendations for priorities that need to be included in the final COVID-19 legislation that is currently being developed.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
