Press releases from the American College of Emergency Physicians provide timely information about emergency medicine issues. To receive ACEP news and embargoed releases, to be added to a press e-mail list or to interview experts in emergency medicine, contact Julie Lloyd, Public Relations Manager, or visit our Media Contacts page.
May 10, 2012
Aiming to improve the quality of care for all patients, the nation’s emergency physicians today responded to the recommendations of a new study about emergency visits in New Jersey, issued by the New Jersey Hospital Association, the state Department of Human Services and the New Jersey Primary Care Association.
May 8, 2012
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) kicks off the 39th annual Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week starting May 20th with events in communities across the nation, as well as several national events organized around the theme “EMS: More Than a Job, A Calling.” EMS for Children (EMSC) Day, focusing on EMS response to children, child safety and injury prevention, will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 23, 2012.
April 2, 2012
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has suspended the April 1 implementation of a Zero Tolerance Policy that would have denied payments for treating Medicaid emergency patients.
March 22, 2012
Medical liability reforms that include specific protections for physicians who provide EMTALA related services — long a top priority for the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) — today passed the U.S. House of Representatives.
March 22, 2012
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is collaborating with Urgent Matters, a public health initiative at the Center for Health Care Quality at The George Washington University Medical Center School of Public Health and Health Services, to research and disseminate best practices for improving patient flow in emergency departments (http://www.urgentmatters.org/.
February 27, 2012
Health plans and state Medicaid officials are denying coverage for emergency care, based on misleading results generated by a research tool not designed for that purpose, according to the research designer Professor John Billings of New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service.
February 27, 2012
More than 18,000 emergency patients sick enough to need hospitalization would have been denied coverage of emergency care had they been Medicaid patients living in Washington State.
February 21, 2012
A new report released today by HealthGrades found that from 2008 to 2010, emergency admissions for heart attack decreased slightly (1.7 percent) for Medicare patients, but admissions for stroke increased by 2.2 percent.
February 8, 2012
The nation’s emergency physicians are seeing an alarming increase in the amount of patients being treated in emergency departments for synthetic (or chemically enhanced) drug use.