CMS Delays ICD-10 to October 2015 or Beyond
On March 31, Congress passed the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (H.R. 4302). The Act…
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Opioid Risk Tool Pegs Addiction Likelihood at Less Than 0.2% for Low-Risk Chronic-Pain Patients
With no perfect way to assess risk, an objective tool combined with urine drug testing can help…
Good Asset-Protection Plans Expensive, but Essential for Emergency Physicians
Protection plans that shield physicians’ financial assets from an excess malpractice verdict are worth the money This…
ACEP Now Features on Two-Midnight Rule, Pregnancy and Clots Useful to Emergency Physicians
Articles address impact of hospital patient admission rule on emergency medicine, prevalence and risk of VTE disease…
ACEP Section of Careers in Emergency Medicine To Recognize Longevity, Tenure in Specialty
Nominations to award physicians for longest active career in EM, or in same emergency department, must be…
Apply to Serve on an ACEP Committee
ACEP President-Elect Michael J. Gerardi, MD, FACEP, has announced the beginning of the selection process for appointing…
As Ukraine Reaches for Freedom, Its People Worry and Pray
Ukraine is indeed a geopolitically diverse nation. There is much history and understandable thirst for true freedom…
PaACEP Response to Capital Health BC CHIP Program Process Improvement Initiative
In Pennsylvania, as across the U.S. as a whole, emergency medicine constitutes an essential strut in the…
Emergency Medicine and the Affordable Care Act
As practitioners of universal coverage, EM providers should be at forefront of discussions about health care rights…
Clinical Policy on tPA for Ischemic Stroke Important for Emergency Medicine
Revising the use of thrombolytics in ischemic stroke could reverse nationally accepted practices, guidelines in the ED…