ACP on Climate Change, Federal Appropriations, and Changes in the Medical Profession

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Summary
ACP releases position paper on Climate Change; Giving input to Congress on appropriations for several important health care programs; Survey findings show what has changed in the medical profession and how physicians are responding.

Your elderly parent is home from the hospital. What happens next?

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/your-elderly-parent-is-home-from-the-hospital-what-happens-next/2016/04/21/1c06b3b0-0195-11e6-9203-7b8670959b88_story.html
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ACP in the News
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The Washington Post

House Members, Physicians Bullish on Payment Reform

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http://www.medpagetoday.com/PracticeManagement/Reimbursement/57436
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ACP in the News
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MedPage Today

Internists Recommend Steps to Ensure Success of Medicare’s “Value-Based” Payment Reforms

ACP testimony to E&C Subcommittee on Health highlights its educational efforts and steps CMS should take

American College of Physicians issues urgent call to action on climate change to avert major threat to public health

Internists say climate change will have devastating health effects across the world

Philadelphia, April 19, 2016 -- Climate change will have devastating consequences for public and individual health unless aggressive, global action is taken now to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the American College of Physicians (ACP) says in a new policy paper published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Exclusive report: Physician income is actually improving

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http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-economics/news/exclusive-report-physician-income-actually-improving
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Medical Economics

How Can the U.S. Stop Disease Before It Starts

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http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/04/how-can-we-stop-disease-before-it-starts/477402/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20TheAtlantic%20(The%20Atlantic%20-%20Master%20Feed)
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The Atlantic

Internists Express Concern about Rising Prescription Drug Costs, Offer Solutions

(Boston, April 11, 2016)—“The rising cost of prescription drugs is an overarching concern that is having a real impact on our patients,” said Elisa Choi, MD, American College of Physicians Massachusetts Governor’s Council Treasurer, testifying today before the state legislature’s Joint Committee on Health Care Financing. 

Statement From Internists on Comprehensive Primary Care Plus Initiative

Attributable to:
Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP
President, American College of Physicians (ACP)

April 11, 2016

American College of Physicians collaborates with AMGA Foundation on national effort to improve diabetes care

Together 2 Goal® aims to improve the lives of 1 million people with type 2 diabetes

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