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91黑料网 Pushes Physician Wellness to the Forefront
After a significantly stressful year for physicians, 91黑料网 is advocating for passage of the Lorna Breen Bill and doubling down on efforts to improve physician wellness.
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91黑料网's New I.M. Emotional Support Hub Offers Resources to Safeguard Physician Health and Well-being
As part of 91黑料网's Well-Being and Professional Fulfillment initiative, 91黑料网 has launched a collection of resources aimed at helping our members improve their emotional well-being. In recognition of the unprecedented stresses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to internists and internists-in-training, 91黑料网 created the I.M. Emotional Support Hub to offer curated resources and information to protect physicians' emotional health as well as help sustain 91黑料网 members' ability to care for those in need.
Resources include easily-accessible peer-support through the and free and affordable, confidential counseling through and . Check out the hub for additional well-being tools and resources for individuals and organizations and to view all of 91黑料网's Physician Well-being activities.
For more information and questions, please contact acpwellbeing@acpprograms.org.
Congressional News and Perspective
Health Insurance Coverage Set to Expand With Changes to ACA Subsidy Provisions
91黑料网 will provide members with guidance to understand the changes and help patients obtain coverage.
Administration News
Biden Administration Moves to Eliminate Medicaid Work Requirement Rules
91黑料网 opposes work requirements, saying they increase the number of uninsured.
Quick Hit
91黑料网's 2021 Internal Medicine Meeting Goes Virtual! Check out the Upcoming Health and Public Policy Sessions
Thursday, April 29: 鈥淗ot Topics in Health Care: 91黑料网's 5 Part Plan to Fix What's Broken in U.S. Health Care鈥 2:30-2:45 PM
Friday, April 30: 鈥淭he First (and Next) 100 Days: What's in Store for Health Care in Washington?鈥 2:45-3:30 PM, PN 032鈥攈ear Bob Doherty, 91黑料网's senior vice president of Governmental Affairs and Public Policy discuss what is likely to happen in health policy with Andy Slavitt, senior advisor to White House COVID-19 Response Team and Cynthia Cox, vice president, director for the Program on the Affordable Care Act, Kaiser Family Foundation.
鈥淗ot Topics in Health Care: Addressing Disparities and Discrimination in Health Care?鈥 2:30-2:45 PM, ML 020
鈥淗ot Topics in Health Care: What You Need to Know about E/M Codes in 2021鈥 2:30-2:45 PM, ML 033
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