Search results for "Advocacy"
Patient engagement main topic of ACP's 2014 Healthcare Roundtable
Patient engagement and patient-centered care were the topics of discussion at the fourth meeting of the ACP Healthcare Roundtable, held at ACP's Philadelphia headquarters on Dec. 9. The ACP Healthcare Roundtable provides a forum for industry leaders and ACP governance and staff to discuss critical issues affecting health care.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/02/24/8.htm
24 Feb 2015
ACP Members push for change at Leadership Day
Leadership Day 2018 hosted more than 350 ACP members and guests to meet with nearly 100 members of Congress and staffers to address seven key issues important to internal medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/07/acp-members-push-for-change-at-leadership-day.htm
1 Jul 2018
All health policy is political, as it must be
The very nature of ACP advocacy involves participating in politics and the political process.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/02/all-health-policy-is-political-as-it-must-be.htm
1 Feb 2019
Chapter awardees
Chapters honor Members, Fellows, and Masters of ACP who have demonstrated by their example and conduct an abiding commitment to excellence in medical care, education, research, or service to their community, their chapter, and ACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/11/awards.htm
1 Nov 2015
What now for health care reform after a first try fails?
ACP's lobbying agenda includes working on a bipartisan basis to shore up health insurance markets, give people more choices of coverage, and protect coverage for the most vulnerable covered by Medicaid.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/05/washington.htm
1 May 2017
ACP engages in the political process because it is necessary
There is almost nothing that physicians and the larger health care system can do for patients that isn't affected by what comes down from Washington. ACP must become involved in the political process.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/04/washington.htm
1 Apr 2017
From crisis to opportunity: Time to invest in primary care
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an inadequate and antiquated reimbursement system for primary care, compounded by a neglected public health system.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/02/from-crisis-to-opportunity-time-to-invest-in-primary-care.htm
1 Feb 2021
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/01/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Jan 2019
Call for fall 2015 Board of Governors resolutions
The deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the fall 2015 Board of Governors meeting is March 30, 2015.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/01/13/12.htm
13 Jan 2015
Doctors with borders
What parameters determine ACP's responsibility to speak out on what is right and wrong, set guidelines, offer guidance, and articulate policy on behalf of internal medicine?
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/03/doctors-with-borders.htm
1 Mar 2018