Doc Groups Call for More Action from CMMI
American College of Physicians Offers Recommendations to Improve CMS’s Approach to Testing New Payment Models
Washington (November 21, 2017)—While the American College of Physicians (ACP) is supportive of the role that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) plays in the move toward value-based payment models, it has significant concerns about several elements of its plans to test new payment models.
American College of Physicians Says Efforts to Increase Health Care Price Transparency are Vital
Washington (November 20, 2017)—Efforts to improve health care price transparency through increasing access to meaningful information can work to mend the fragmentation of health care, said the American College of Physicians (ACP) in a new policy paper released today.
ACP and CDC issue recommendations for hepatitis B screening, vaccination, and care
Chronic Hepatitis B can lead to serious health issues
Philadelphia, November 21, 2017 -- Reducing chronic hepatitis B infections by screening at-risk adults, increasing hepatitis B vaccination rates, and linking infected persons to care is a public health priority, the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advise in a new paper published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.
America’s Frontline Physicians Oppose Efforts to Eliminate the Individual Mandate
Washington (November 16, 2017)—Our organizations, which represent more than 560,000 physicians and medical students, strongly support policies that ensure every American has access to affordable health coverage. We are concerned that a proposed provision in the Senate tax reform legislation to repeal the individual mandate is inconsistent with our goals.