OPINION: A Pragmatic Fix for Emergency Medicine’s Payment Crisis
EMTALA is an unfunded mandate. Tax or student loan credits for below-market care could save emergency department careers.
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OPINION: A Pragmatic Fix for Emergency Medicine’s Payment Crisis
EMTALA is an unfunded mandate. Tax or student loan credits for below-market care could save emergency department careers. -
ACEP 2025 Leadership & Advocacy Conference—Showing Up on Behalf of EM!
The quote “90 percent of life is just showing up” has been attributed to various people. In... -
Medicare’s Reimbursement Updates for 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final rule...
ACEP 2025 Leadership & Advocacy Conference—Showing Up on Behalf of EM!
The quote “90 percent of life is just showing up” has been attributed to various people. In…
Medicare’s Reimbursement Updates for 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final rule…
What Is ACEP Fighting for in 2023?
Every year, ACEP’s Federal Government Affairs Committee and the ACEP federal advocacy team work together to establish…
ACEP Delivers on Out-of-Network Billing
Amid a global pandemic, out-of-network billing and cuts to fee schedules were probably the last things on…
Emergency Medicine Gains Ground in 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed…
Opinion: Single Payer Health Care’s Time Has Come
Fundamentally, single-payer insurance is about changing the way we pay for the health care we already have….
Opinion: Single Payer Health Care Would Be Detrimental to Emergency Physicians
If you think health care is expensive now, wait till it’s free.” ―P.J. O’Rourke By the common…
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…
ACEP4U: How ACEP Works Behind the Scenes to Ensure Appropriate Medicare Reimbursement
Have you ever wondered how Medicare sets reimbursement rates for physicians? These rates are crucial because they…