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ACEP Now: Vol 38 – No 10 – October 2019

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Emergency Medicine Foundation Announces 2019–2020 Grantees

Nov 05, 2019 - By

Mid-Career Research Development Ryan McCormack, MD, MS NYU Langone Health Rapid Induction of Buprenorphine in the Emergency...

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What You Need to Know About Vaping-Associated Pulmonary Injury

What You Need to Know About Vaping-Associated Pulmonary Injury

Oct 10, 2019 - By Joshua Farkas, MD

Using electronic cigarettes, or vaping, has become increasingly popular within the past several years. Within the past...

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When Patients Turn Violent

Oct 21, 2019 - By Amish Shah, MD, MPH

When I took my first job as an attending emergency physician at Mount Sinai Hospital in New...

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ACEP4U: Improving Patient Access to Mental Health Care

Oct 21, 2019 - By Jeffrey Davis and Jordan Grantham

Nearly one in five American adults struggles with some form of mental illness, and ED visits for...

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2019–2020 Emergency Physician Compensation Report

Oct 21, 2019 - By Barb Katz

Emergency physician incomes in most areas of the United States continue to increase. In 2009–2010, the national...

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Opinion: Single Payer Health Care’s Time Has Come

Oct 21, 2019 - By James C. Mitchiner, MD, MPH, FACEP

Fundamentally, single-payer insurance is about changing the way we pay for the health care we already have....

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Opinion: Single Payer Health Care Would Be Detrimental to Emergency Physicians

Oct 21, 2019 - By Todd B. Taylor, MD, FACEP

If you think health care is expensive now, wait till it’s free.” ―P.J. O’Rourke By the common...

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CMS Proposed Rule Includes 2020 Emergency Physician Compensation Increase

Oct 21, 2019 - By Michael Granovsky, MD, FACEP; and David McKenzie, CAE

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released two long awaited proposed rules: the 2020...

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ABEM President Dr. Jill Baren Tackles Critical EM Certification Issues

Oct 21, 2019 - By

Transforming the way emergency physicians learn and stay certified is one of the most critical and exciting...

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Opinion: Doctors, Get X Waivered and Ban the X Waiver

Oct 21, 2019 - By

How many saves do we really make? We count the dramatic ones, like that rare thoracotomy that...

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Residency Spotlight: Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine

Oct 21, 2019 - By

Twitter: @denverEM Location: Denver, Colorado Year founded: 1974 Number of residents/program length: 17 residents a year, four-year...

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Tips for Quickly Diagnosing Compartment Syndrome

Oct 21, 2019 - By Brit Long, MD, FACEP; and Alex Koyfman, MD

The Case A 28-year-old male presents after a motorcycle crash. He has right lower leg pain and...

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By the Numbers: Motorcycle Crash Fatalities

Oct 15, 2019 - By

5,172 motorcyclists were killed in traffic crashes in 2017, a 3% decrease from 2016. (source) Per vehicle...

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Congratulations to the 2019 ACEP Leadership Award Winners

Oct 21, 2019 - By

Congratulations to the 2019 recipients of the College’s most prestigious awards. The winners will be honored during...

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ACEP Supports Two New International Emergency Medicine Courses at ACEP19

Oct 21, 2019 - By Emilie J. Calvello Hynes, MD, MPH; Sean Kivlehan, MD, MPH; Andrea Tenner, MD, MPH, FACEP; and Janis P. Tupesis, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

A decade ago, the World Health Assembly adopted Resolution 60.22 titled “Health Systems: Emergency Care Systems.” This...

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In Neonates with Herpes, How Often Does Mom Have Genital Herpes?

Oct 15, 2019 - By Landon Jones, MD; and Richard M. Cantor, MD, FAAP, FACEP

Question : In neonates infected with herpes simplex virus (HSV), how common is a maternal history of...

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Is There a Link Between Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Obesity in Kids?

Oct 15, 2019 - By Landon Jones, MD; and Richard M. Cantor, MD, FAAP, FACEP

Question: In children with idiopathic (or primary) intracranial hypertension (IIH)—previously called pseudotumor cerebri syndrome—are the typical patients...

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Survival Tips for the First Step of a Malpractice Lawsuit

Oct 21, 2019 - By Gita Pensa, MD

“They showed up at my door to serve me. … I was in my pajamas.” “I was...

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The Latest Emergency Department Utilization Numbers Are In

Oct 20, 2019 - By

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its statistical survey of emergency department visits for...

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Meet Lefamulin, a New Antibiotic for Your Infection Toolkit

Oct 20, 2019 - By

In medical school teaching for most of the last half century, the ascendant antibiotic in our armamentarium...

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Allies, Advocates, and Accomplices Are Critical to Diversity and Inclusion

Oct 21, 2019 - By Dara Kass, MD

We have made significant strides toward emergency medicine workplace diversity. That cannot be denied. But given the...

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Even If Patient Reviews Don’t Correlate With Quality Care, Don’t Ignore Them

Oct 21, 2019 - By

In response to a 2016 article exploring the themes common among Yelp reviews of emergency department visits,...

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How Did Your Last Patient Rate You on Yelp?

Oct 21, 2019 - By Kirstin Woody Scott, MPhil, PhD

Editor’s Note: Read Dr. Cedric Dark’s commentary on this EMRA + PolicyRx Health Policy Journal Club article....

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How Did University Hospital in San Antonio Reduce ED Boarding?

Oct 21, 2019 - By

It is well-recognized that delays in inpatient discharges result in ED boarding of admitted patients. Boarding has...

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FACEPs in the Crowd: Dr. Lane Patten, Dr. Frederick Blum, and Dr. Melissa Kohn

Oct 20, 2019 - By

Lane Patten, MD, FACEP Lane Patten, MD, FACEP, an emergency physician at North Memorial Health in Minneapolis,...

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How to Maximize Reimbursement for Advanced Practice Provider Services

Oct 15, 2019 - By Jason Adler, MD, FACEP

Question: How can we maximize reimbursement for services provided by advanced practice providers? Answer: “Non-physician provider” (NPP),...

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Reimbursement Changes for Emergency Care of Veterans

Oct 21, 2019 - By

The Veterans’ Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2009 provided payment for veterans enrolled in Department of Veterans...

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ACEP Urges Removal of Obstacles to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Oct 13, 2019 - By

As the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services compiles a report for Congress on treating opioid...

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Emergency Physician’s Name Added to 9/11 Memorial Wall

Oct 21, 2019 - By

Michael G. Guttenberg, MD, who passed away in October 2017 from pancreatic cancer attributed to his work...

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Patient Confidentiality for Substance Use Disorder

Oct 21, 2019 - By

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently released the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services...

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ACEP Launches New Website for External Audience

Oct 21, 2019 - By

ACEP has reimagined Emergency Care for You to create a new, comprehensive external website. EmergencyPhysicians.org is a...

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The Emergency Exemption for Medicare’s Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC)

Oct 21, 2019 - By

You may have heard about the upcoming Medicare requirement to consult Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) through approved...

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