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ACEP Calls for Stronger Physician Protections When Employers Break Contracts

ACEP Urges Congress to Reauthorize Dr. Lorna Breen Act

Connecticut ACEP Leads Efforts to Boost Hospital Transparency Around Boarding Crisis

Renowned Educator, ACEP Past President, Dr. Greg Henry Dead at 77

ACEP Town Hall: Resources for Physicians Impacted by Turmoil at NES Health

Apply Today to be Part of the EM Model Review Task Force; Deadline Nov. 17

Vermont ACEP Stands Up for Emergency Physician-Led Care

ACEP-Supported Bill Introduced to Stop Medicare Payment Cuts, Provide Inflationary Update

ACEP Continues to Lead the Call for Accountability, Solutions to the Boarding Crisis  

Tips and Tricks for an Ultrasound Teaching Engagement or Lecture

Phantom Recipe Cookbook

Ultrasound Guided Suprapatellar Recess Injection for Knee Pain in the Emergency Department

Needles, Nerves, and Numbers: A Guide to Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia (UGRA) Billing in the ED

ACEP EUS Coding and Reimbursement Subcommittee Update

The Perils of Abandoning the Pediatric FAST Exam

PEM Pocket Card: Intussusception

ACEP Calls for Actions to Address Drug Shortages, Protect Patients

Acute Mitral Regurgitation in the Emergency Department

TEE and Area of Maximal Compression

Establishing a Hybrid Point of Care Ultrasound Program at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali

Developing an Obstetric POCUS course for North Africa and the Middle East

Bridging distances with tele-ultrasound: a potential solution to scaling up use of point-of-care ultrasound within emergency care settings

Chair's Letter

Timely Council Resolution Encourages Using Tap Water for Wound Irrigation

ACEP Advocacy in Action: AHRQ Summit on Boarding

Clinical Alert: Conservation of IV Fluids Urged with NC Manufacturing Factory Closed

POCUS 2-Minute Video Challenge 2024

Meaningful Relationships, More Personal Attention Key to New Workplace Challenges, Speaker Says

EPs Look to Answer Questions Surrounding Waiting Room Medicine, Speaker Says

Human Interaction, Taking on Challenges Still Crucial in the Future of Fulfilling Work, ACEP24 Speaker Says

Council Chooses New President-Elect, Members of the ACEP Board of Directors

Alison J. Haddock, MD, FACEP, Begins Term as ACEP President

Coalition Effort Spurs Licensure Boards, Hospitals to Better Support Worker’s Mental Health

Congress Must Fix Flawed Medicare Payment System

ACEP to CMS: Require Hospital Plans to Address Boarding in Emergency Departments

ACEP-Backed Legislation Will Strengthen No Surprises Act Enforcement

EM Understands: We are in this together - Part 3

Just the Highlights: Improving Survival in Cardiac Arrest

ACEP Urges FTC to Challenge Harmful Non-Compete Ruling

Insurer Downcoding Halted By ACEP's Work in California

Combined Training FAQs

ACEP EUS Fellowship Subcommittee Update

Make an Impact! Writing Your Next Educational Ultrasound #FOAMed Post

The Value of Presence

Pediatric heat stroke: The danger of children left in hot cars

ACEP EUS Residency Education Subcommittee Update

The Case for Identifying and Situationally Anesthetizing the Radial Nerve at the Mid Humerus Shaft: A Reproducible and Consistent Technique to Identifying the Radial Nerve

Comparing Nerve Block Models: Meat Versus Vegetarian Options

ACEP Ultrasound Simulation Subcommittee Update

ACEP US Section Sonoguide Subcommittee Update

Navigating the Path to Success: Establishing the Jacobs School’s Student Ultrasound Program

Lessons Learned from the First Years of the POCUS Certificate Program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Pearls and Pitfalls in Medical Education Research

Chair's Letter

ACEP Urges US Senate to Pass the SAVE Act, Prevent ED Violence

July 2024 - Message from the Chair

A Big Win and Strong Step Toward Banning Non-Compete Agreements

Decoding Critical Aortic Stenosis: A Guide to Spotting the Heart's Sneaky Traffic Jam with Ultrasound

ACEP’s First Take on the Proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)

Xylazine: A Confounding Adulterant

CalACEP Advocacy Leads to Historic Medicaid Reimbursement Increase

Ultrasound-Assisted Lumbar Puncture in Infants

Advanced Echo Pocket Card Series: Regional Wall Motion Abnormality

Probing the Literature: Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Illuminating Possibilities in CRAO Diagnosis and Treatment

2023 Writing Award Submission

2023 Visual Arts Award Submission-Ascent

From the Editor

From the Chair

Death Is Usually an Easy Diagnosis

2023 Visual Arts Submission-Peaceful Reflection

2023 Visual Arts Award Submission-Window, Nepal

ACEP Board and Council Candidates Finalized

Section of Medical Humanities Writing and Visual Arts Awards

Taking Aim at Preventing Firearm-Related Injuries: The Role of Emergency Medicine Physicians

Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Agonists

Making Your Voice Heard: ACEP Takes Action at AMA House of Delegates

Handheld Ultrasound Market Round-up

Cardiac Tamponade

Critical Care Billing and Coding Review and Updates for 2024

P2 (PEM POCUS) Network

Emergency Ultrasound Section Pediatric Subcommittee Update

Management of Handheld Ultrasound Devices in our Systemwide Ultrasound Program

Disinfection

Pain Management and Addiction April 2024 Newsletter

POCUS on the Peds Side: A World of Its Own

Growth of PEM POCUS Online Collaboratives & Resources

Chair's Letter

Participate in EM Wellness Week 2024

EMS Day at the Museum: 50 Years and Thriving

New CMS Portal for Reporting of EMTALA Violations

Congress Introduces ACEP-Developed Due Process Legislation

New State Legislative Dashboard Highlights Chapter Advocacy Activities

ACEP, Other Physicians Urge Supreme Court to Uphold EMTALA as Arguments Were Heard on Federal-State Conflict Over Emergency Abortions

Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome

Members Can Practice EM Freely as FTC Votes to Ban Non-Compete Clauses

New Virginia Law Requires Physician at All Hospital Emergency Departments

Action Day as LAC24 Attendees Meet with Members of Congress

When Emergency Physicians Regularly Fear Violence at Work, It’s Past Time for Change

Hot Issues in EM Fill the Day at LAC24

LAC Kicks Off with Personalized Leadership Training for Women, Young Physicians

ACEP Stands with MCEP in Supporting Emergency Physicians

CMS Proposal Includes ACEP-Developed Measures for Geriatric Care

Updated CMS Guidance on Informed Consent Does Not Apply to Emergency Care

ACEP Statement on a Diverse Emergency Physician Workforce

Anesthesiologist, Emergency Physician and Radiologist Groups Maintain Support for Texas Medical Association Challenge to Flawed No Surprises Act Implementation

Emergency Physicians Call on Congress to Help Stop Violence in Health Care

Statement on the Emergency Medicine Match Results

Risk of Cerebral Hemorrhage with Lytics and Anti-Amyloid Drugs

The Social EM Dilemma: The tension between a central EM mission and limited ED resources

Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship Application Kit

Change Healthcare Cyberattack

Key Aspects in the Management of TBI in the ED to Minimize Secondary Injury

ECMO in Trauma: Expanding Indications

Acute Liver Failure Case

Emergency Physicians Call Out Bad Insurer Behavior, Request Immediate Enforcement

Probing the Literature National Journal Club: Ultrasonography in Sepsis

Probing the Literature National Journal Club: A Novel Approach to US-Guided Thoracostomy

Transcranial Doppler in the Emergency Department: A Clinical Application and Quick Reference

Sono Hot Seat

ACEP Critical Care Subcommittee Update

Emerging Ultrasound Technology: Sonothrombolysis in the treatment of acute ST-elevation MI

ACEP Provides Feedback on CMS Boarding Measure

ACEP EUS Industry Round Table Subcommittee Update

Creating a 3D Printed US Lightsaber

Emerging Technology Subcommittee Update

Is Your Ultrasound Machine [QR] Coding? Use QR Codes To Report & Solve Machine Issues

ACEP Urges Congress to Support Physician Mental Health, Pediatric Emergency Care

ACEP First Look: CMS Data on Federal IDR Process Under the No Surprises Act

Exploring and Leveraging Artificial Intelligence

Chair's Letter

The New Frontiers of Ultrasound

ACEP and AHA Host Congressional Briefing on ED Violence

Take A Deep Dive into Physician Unionization

Navigating MIPS Eligibility and Participation for 2023 and 2024

Frustrated by the Flawed Surprise Billing Process? Share Your Concerns Here

Merit Based Improvement Payment System (MIPS) 2024 Final Rule: Everything (else) you need to know about

Green Light for ACEP-Led Request to Form National Boarding Task Force

Pain Management and Addiction Medicine Section Fall Newsletter and Annual Meeting Minutes

ACEP to CMS: Consider the Boarding Crisis in Reporting Measures

ACEP Advocacy: Promoting Physician Leaders

ACEP Leaders Meet with DOJ Antitrust Department

EM-onomics: ACEP EMDI Economic Registry

Written version of ALS Presentation by Dr. Green and Attorney Fineman

ACEP Joins Yale in NIH Initiative to Combat Opioid Crisis

Cyber Attack Impacts Multiple Hospitals, ACEP Resources Help You Prepare in Case of Breach

Filling the Gaps in Emergency Medicine: A Transformative Journey at the ACEP Congress

2024 Physician Fee Schedule: ACEP Blunts Medicare Cuts

CUAP Management Award Winners 2023

ACEP's First Take from the Combined 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and MACRA Quality Payment Program (QPP) Final Rule

Carcinoma – Winner of the 2023 Writing Award/Poetry Division

The Eye of the Storm – Winner of the 2023 Writing Award/Prose Division

Grieving Our Loss/Covid Self Portrait - Winner of the 2023 Visual Arts Award

A Brief History of Our Section

From the Chair

ACEP Leadership Sets Strong Example for Medical Specialty Organizations

POCUS 2-Minute Video Challenge

From the Editor

Letter from the Chair

MIPS 2024 Final Rule: Impact for CEDR and Participants

ACEP’s EMDI on the Road - Where’s Waldo

ACEP Urges CHRISTUS Spohn To Consider Multiple Workforce Factors in its Residency Closure Decision

ACEP is Working to Protect You on the Job

Specialized Lectures in Emergency Medicine

Yo ACEP, We Did It!

ACEP Leads National Summit on the Boarding Crisis

The Genicular Nerve Block for Knee Pain in the Emergency Department

HackED! ’23 – The Future of EM Innovation is Bright

ACEP Reaffirms Positions on Hyperactive Delirium

ACEP23 Exhibitor: Curvafix

ACEP23 Exhibitor: Butterfly

ACEP Names Dr. Aisha Terry as New President

New Poll: Alarming Number of Patients Would Avoid Emergency Care Because of Boarding Concerns

Message from the Chair – See you in Philly!

Fellows Corner

In Case You Missed It – Palliative Care in the Wilderness

Every Skillset Can Find a Home in Wilderness Medicine

Simulation Cases

Palliative Pulse - October 2023

EHRs and IKEA

Lessons Learned from a 20 Years Running Research POCUS Symposium

EMRA Ultrasound Committee Update

Sono Hot Seat with Frances Russell on POCUS Research Careers

Sono Hot Seat with Nova Panebianco on Multi-Disciplinary Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships

Sono Hot Seat with Arun Nagdev – On Innovation and Integration of Nerve Blocks

Chair’s Letter

Sono Hot Seat with Petra Duran-Gehring on the ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Management Course

Sono Hot Seat with Lori Stolz on POCUS Billing and Revenue Infrastructure

ACEP EUS Safety Subcommittee Update

Planning your Best Clinical Ultrasound Conference

Meet the Secretary Candidates

Cybersecurity in Healthcare: Lessons from Captain James T. Kirk

ACEP Advocacy Delivers a September to Remember

Dr. De La Cruz Invites You to the ACEP Toxicology Section's Meeting in Philadelphia

E-QUAL: Revolutionizing Emergency Care with Quality Improvement Initiatives

Updates from the Newsletter Editor and Secretary FECs Past, Present, and Potential

Emergency Care Improvement Act (SB 1964)

The No Surprises Act Debacle