ACEP, EDMPA Address Out-of-Network and Balance Billing Issues
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” —Sir…
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ACEP Poll Shows High Out-of-Pocket Costs Deter Patients from Seeking Emergency Health Care
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Nine in 10 emergency physicians responding to a new poll said that health insurance companies are…
ACEP One of Nation’s Top 50 Best Nonprofits to Work For
Out of the hundreds of thousands of nonprofit organizations nationwide, ACEP was named one of the 50…
ACEP Announces Board Candidates for October 2016 Election
At its meeting in April, the ACEP Board of Directors was advised by ACEP Council Speaker James…
Evaluating Fever in Well-Appearing Infants and Children
In the May 2016 issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine, ACEP published a clinical policy focusing on…
Documentation Pearls for Moderate, Conscious Sedation in Medical Coding
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar…
Fort Worth Hospital Uses Innovation and Teamwork to Drive a Wildly Successful Emergency Department
The emergency department at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth is a different breed of…
Anthem Blue Cross Starts Prepayment Review on Level 5 Emergency Department E/M Medicare Claims
Anthem Blue Cross has announced that beginning January 2016, the plan will begin a prepayment review of…
Emergency Medicine Leaders at Diversity Executive Reception Unite to Focus on Improving Health Care
Since ACEP13 in Seattle, medical directors, regional directors, members of boards of directors, vice presidents, chief medical…
How to Handle a Medical Mistake
Error in judgment must occur in the practice of an art which consists largely of balancing probabilities.—William…