The Emergency Exemption for Medicare’s Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC)
You may have heard about the upcoming Medicare requirement to consult Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) through approved…
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Reimbursement Changes for Emergency Care of Veterans
The Veterans’ Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2009 provided payment for veterans enrolled in Department of Veterans…
Emergency Physician’s Name Added to 9/11 Memorial Wall
Michael G. Guttenberg, MD, who passed away in October 2017 from pancreatic cancer attributed to his work…
Patient Confidentiality for Substance Use Disorder
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently released the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services…
ACEP Launches New Website for External Audience
ACEP has reimagined Emergency Care for You to create a new, comprehensive external website. EmergencyPhysicians.org is a…
When Patients Turn Violent
When I took my first job as an attending emergency physician at Mount Sinai Hospital in New…
Opinion: Doctors, Get X Waivered and Ban the X Waiver
How many saves do we really make? We count the dramatic ones, like that rare thoracotomy that…
Residency Spotlight: Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine
Twitter: @denverEM Location: Denver, Colorado Year founded: 1974 Number of residents/program length: 17 residents a year, four-year…
Congratulations to the 2019 ACEP Leadership Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2019 recipients of the College’s most prestigious awards. The winners will be honored during…
Survival Tips for the First Step of a Malpractice Lawsuit
“They showed up at my door to serve me. … I was in my pajamas.” “I was…