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| ACEP
ACCOMPLISHMENTS |
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following accomplishments highlight the important role ACEP
plays in representing the interests of the individual emergency
physicians. |
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| Supported
legislation passed by the House and Senate to stop a scheduled
4.4 percent cut to physician Medicare payments. |
- Lobbying for legislative action to correct
the flawed formula used by the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services to set physician Medicare payment rates
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| Led
the successful effort to overturn a CMS directive allowing
states to limit the number of ED visits made by Medicaid recipients. |
- Informed media of CMS action and its
consequences
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- Provided information to Senate leaders
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- Brought together a coalition of hospital
and physician groups to lobby against directive
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- Lobbied Bush administration officials
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| Continuing
to work for medical liability reform. |
- Lobbied for passage of the HEALTH Act
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- Implemented nationwide campaign publicizing
effects of crisis on emergency medicine
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- Supporting President Bush’s call
for liability reform
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- ACEP Board members agreed not to provide
expert witness testimony
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- Promoting ACEP policy on expert witness
qualifications
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| Addressing
emergency medicine's concerns about smallpox vaccination policy
to the Department of Health and Human Services and White House. |
- Representing EM position to Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Provided CDC educational resources to
ACEP members
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- Developed and implemented smallpox vaccination
policy
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| Continue
to work for solutions to overcrowding crisis. |
- Developing policy paper with Joint Commission
on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
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- Co-sponsoring symposium with JCAHO seeking
solutions
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- Issued joint advisory with the American
Hospital Association detailing immediate strategies to
help ease overcrowding
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- Initiated series of meetings in Washington,
DC with the JCAHO, AMA, and the American Public Health
Association to develop strategies
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| Developed
educational materials to clarify the significant changes included
in new teaching physician documentation guidelines. |
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| Identified
problem and worked with CMS to clarify Medicare rules involving
non-physician providers. |
- Rules eventually changed to make it
easier for physicians to bill for those services
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Representing emergency medicine on CPT task
force that is developing a new methodology to eliminate
the need for documentation guidelines. |
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