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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/2022/04/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Apr 2022
Crunching the numbers in primary care
This issue outlines whether better billing is worth the increase time, more expert opinion on COVID-19, and motivational interviewing.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/10/crunching-the-numbers-in-primary-care.htm
1 Oct 2022
ACP issues guideline on testosterone treatment for age-related low testosterone levels
Clinicians should prescribe testosterone for men with this condition only to treat sexual dysfunction, not to improve energy, vitality, physical function, or cognition, the guideline said.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/01/07/1.htm
7 Jan 2020
Hear, hear for preventing cognitive decline
Because of the association between hearing loss and reduced cognition or dementia, physicians should intervene to treat this common condition of aging.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/04/hear-hear-for-preventing-cognitive-decline.htm
1 Apr 2023
Hear, hear for audio-only health care access
Audio-only telemedicine has improved patient care, especially for rural and disadvantaged patients. ACP is seeking member feedback on their use of the practice.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/02/hear-hear-for-audio-only-health-care-access.htm
1 Feb 2023
Family illness brings palliative care, other policies into focus
Personal experiences play out amid public health policy debates.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/06/family-illness-brings-palliative-care-other-policies-into-focus.htm
1 Jun 2023
Hospital readmission rates do not vary widely among primary care physicians
Among 4,230 primary care physicians in Texas, one had a 30-day readmission rate significantly higher than the mean of 12.9%, while none had a significantly lower rate.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/21/2.htm
21 May 2019
Pandemic enters new phase with end of PHE
COVID-19 isn't gone, but the end of the U.S. public health emergency does mark some significant changes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/06/pandemic-enters-new-phase-with-end-of-phe.htm
1 Jun 2023
Congress passes historic health, climate change legislation
The Inflation Reduction Act allows Medicare to negotiate some prescription drug prices for the first time and includes provisions for climate change.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/10/congress-passes-historic-health-climate-change-legislation.htm
1 Oct 2022
New year, new chances to advocate for physicians, patients
ACP played an essential role in several important health policy wins for physicians and their patients in 2022.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/01/new-year-new-chances-to-advocate-for-physicians-patients.htm
1 Jan 2023