Internists Provide Recommendations to Improve PTAC Evaluation Process
Washington, D.C. August 14, 2020 – In a letter sent yesterday, the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) provided feedback to the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) with the aim of helping to enhance their review of physician-focused payment models (PFPMs). In addition to ACP’s own letter, 13 other major health organizations also composed a separate letter that made similar recommendations.
ACP Stands Against Harassment of COVID-19 Docs
Internists Decry Reports of Harassment of Public Health Officials
Statement attributable to:
Jacqueline W. Fincher, MD, MACP
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Trump administration steps in as advocacy groups warn of COVID ‘death panels’
Internists Say Quality Payment Program Needs to Better Accommodate Physicians Dealing with COVID-19
Washington, DC (August 7, 2020) —The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) says that while the proposed changes to the Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) make some initial accommodations to help physicians who are dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their practices, that still more needs to be done. The proposed Quality Payment Program rule for 2021 was released earlier this week.
Internists Support Initiatives to Ensure Diversity in the Physician Workforce, Oppose Efforts to End Them
Statement attributable to:
Jacqueline W. Fincher, MD, MACP
President, Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½
Want to Be a Doctor? Take Your Chances in a Closed Room with Strangers
Physician Group Wants Medical Schools To Waive The MCAT This Year
ACP Supports Waiver for the MCAT Exam for 2021 Medical School Applicants
Philadelphia, PA (August 5, 2020) — The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP), representing 163,000 internal medicine physicians (internists), subspecialists, internal medicine trainees and fellows, and medical students, issued a new position statement strongly encouraging medical schools to engage in holistic reviews of applicants in their admissions process, and to waive Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) requirements for applicants seeking admission in 2021, in light of the uniq