Edited by the College’s Washington, DC Governmental Affairs Division, the ACP Advocate is a bi-weekly, e-newsletter created to provide ACP members with news about public policy issues affecting internal medicine and patient care.
- House Passes Health Reform, 2010 Medicare Payment Rates Released
(November 20, 2009) - In this issue:
Historic House Vote Sets the Stage for Major Overhaul; Medicare Revamps Its Physician Fee Schedule; Why ACP Backed Key Policies in House Health Reform Bill - House Released New Health Care Reform Legislation
(November 6, 2009) - In this issue:
House's Health Reform Bill Retains Provisions Important to Primary Care; Report Offers Proof That Patient-Centered Medical Homes Can Work; Doctors Urged to Help With Medicare Changes - Medicare Payment Fix Fails to Pass Senate
(October 23, 2009) - In this issue:
Repeal of Medicare SGR Fails in Senate; Up Next: Senate Floor Debate on Health-Care Reform; Subspecialists, Too, Play a Role in a Patient-Centered Medical Home - Update on Senate Legislation and New Data on the Uninsured
(October 9, 2009) - In this issue:
Health Care Reform Moves Forward with Final Baucus Bill; Census Finds Variations in Uninsured by State and Income; Federal Report Says Health Insurance Reform Will Benefit Seniors - The Senate's Reform Package and Liability Reform Enters the Debate
(September 25, 2009) - In this issue:
Baucus Bill Offers a Mixed Bag of Health-Reform Ideas; President's Nod to Liability Reform is Seen as a Welcome Step; FDA Needs More Money, Authority to Ensure Drug Safety, ACP Urges - Health Reform Misinformation and New Policies on Cost Control
(September 11, 2009) - In this issue:
Misperceptions Cloud Health Reform Debate; Members Join the Masses at Health Reform Town Hall; ACP Outlines Cost-Control Options; ACP Offers Comments on Proposed Physician Fee Schedule for 2010 - Health Reform Slips Until After Recess, and 3 New ACP Policy Papers
(August 7, 2009) - In this issue:
House Set to Vote on Health Reform After August Recess; ACP Takes Stand on Key Health Reform Issues - The House Releases Comprehensive Health Reform Legislation
(July 17, 2009) - In this issue:
Health-Care Reform Wends Its Way Through Congress; Proposed Physician Fee Schedule for 2010 is Released; FDA Gains Power Over Tobacco - Legislation that will affect you, LD coverage and Awards
(June 5, 2009) - In this issue:
Bill Tackles Primary Care Crisis on Multiple Fronts; ACP Members Take Primary Care Message to Capitol Hill; Montana Internist named "Key Contact of the Year" - What has ACP's new President been up to in Washington?
(May 15, 2009) - In this issue:
New ACP President Presses Primary Care Agenda; Physician Groups Outline Medical Home Demonstration Guidelines; Coalition Seeks to Advance Medical Home Concept Through Meaningful Connections - Latest on Health Care Reform, New ACP Policies on Primary Care
(May 1, 2009) - In this issue:
Budget Compromise Allocates Money to Avert Near-Term Physician Payment Cuts; ACP Proposes Primary Care and Payment Reforms; Senate Finance Committee Roundtable Discusses Primary Care; ACP Calls for Routine HIV testing - Opportunities for Physicians Available Through Economic Stimulus
(April 17, 2009) - In this issue:
Requirements for Stimulus Funding Remain Uncertain; Stimulus Aids Health Professions Training Programs; Financial Incentives Ignite Healthy Behaviors - Health Reform Dialogue and What ACP Has Been Up to in Washington
(April 3, 2009) - In this issue:
Health Care Stakeholders Identify Common Ground; ACP Member to Lead Health IT; ACP President Outlines Health Reform Priorities; Two courses at Internal Medicine 2009 to Feature Distinguished Policy Experts
- White House Health Care Summit, Plus Possible Payment Increases
(March 20, 2009) - In this issue:
Health Summit Rallies Stakeholders; White House Health Summit: An ACP Officer's Perspective; MedPAC Calls for Physician Pay Hike, Primary Care Adjustment
- Latest on Obama Administration's Health Care Reform Efforts
(March 6, 2009) - In this issue:
Does New Health Insurance Plan Tilt Too Much Toward Government?; Obama Taps Sebelius and DeParle to Head Health Team; Health Priorities Highlighted in US Budget; College Supports Intent of "Reserve Fund" for Health Care Reform
- Role for NPs?; What the Stimulus Bill Means for You
(February 20, 2009) - In this issue:
ACP Seeks Greater Collaboration with Nurse Practitioners; Health Gets a Boost in Economic Stimulus Package; Appeals Court Blocks Release of Medicare Claims Data
- ACP details State of the Nation's Health Care
(February 6, 2009) - In this issue:
ACP Urges Primary Care Expansion; Will Primary-Care Workforce Expansion Fly in Washington?; SCHIP Expansion Will Help an Additional 3-to-4 Million Children
- Stimulus bill, Conscience protection, Inauguration & More
(January 23, 2009) - In this issue:
Health Leaders Identify Priorities for Reform; Stimulus Package Includes Health Subsidies; Conscience Rule Could Have Broad Impact
- Comparative Effectiveness, Price Transparency, & Health Literacy
(January 9, 2009) - In this issue:
Policymakers, Providers Push for Comparative Effectiveness; Price Transparency in Health Care: Fad or Future?; Low Health Literacy Undermines Patient Care
- 2009 Changes that affect you (December 19, 2008)
- In this issue:
PQRI: What to Expect in 2009; Will Medicare Bonus Jump-Start Electronic Prescribing?; Daschle's Initial Health Care Reform Philosophy: Listen
Crisis in Primary Care and More (December 5, 2008)
- In this issue:
Worsening Primary Care Shortage Predicted; Health Professions Diversity Takes a Hit; AMA Adopts PCMH Joint Principles
What’s Next? Post-election Reaction and Health Care Reform
(November 21, 2008)- In this issue:
Senator Baucus Outlines Vision for Health Reform; Will New Congress Make Headway on Health Reform?; Medicare Physician Fees Face Uncertain Future
Election Results and Congressional Wrap Up (November 7, 2008)
- In this issue:
How the Obama Administration Could Begin Health Care Reform; ICD-10 Poses Cost, Administrative Hurdles; 110th Congress Tackles Mental Health Genetic Data Privacy; ACP Member Elected to Congress
Our Inaugural Issue (October 23, 2008)
- In this issue:
Primary Care Shortage Spawns Innovation; Economy May Dictate the Kind of Health Care Reform to be Adopted; Bad Economy Doesn’t Shake Candidates’ Faith in their Health Care Plans; Patient Centered Medical Home Comes of Age
Policy Highlights
(September 2009)Public Policy Virtual Library
The Public Policy Virtual Library (PPVL) is a repository of ACP's current and historic policies and the Policy Compendium.
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