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Health Policy

EMTALA: Things You Never Knew (or Never Thought to Ask)

4/4/2016 Ross Christensen, DO , Elizabeth Davlantes, MD
EMTALA: Things You Never Knew (or Never Thought to Ask) Happy birthday, EMTALA! The law that revolutionized emergency medicine turns 30 this year. We all know the basic tenets of this legislation: pr
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Health Policy , Legislation

Is the Sky Falling?

1/30/2016 Jasmeet Dhaliwal, MD, MPH, MBA
Is the Sky Falling? The past year saw a flurry of activity in the world of health policy, with movement in the regulatory and legislative realms on multiple fronts. For emergency medicine physicians,
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Health Policy

Out of Ativan?! The Drug Shortage Crisis in the U.S.

1/29/2016 Theresa Tassey, MD, MS
Out of Ativan?! The Drug Shortage Crisis in the U.S. Emergency departments across the United States have felt the effects of the growing and constantly changing list of nationwide drug shortages. The
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ACEP Representative , Health Policy , Regulatory

Understanding ACEP's Clinical Emergency Data Registry (CEDR)

12/3/2015 Alison Smith, MD, MPH
Understanding ACEP's Clinical Emergency Data Registry (CEDR) Do you wish you had accessible information on patient outcomes based on the actions you take in the emergency department? Have you ever st
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Health Policy , International

Dutch Lessons for U.S. Health Care

12/3/2015 Matthew Karp, MD
Dutch Lessons for U.S. Health Care A 51-year-old female with hypertension calls EMS for palpitations. The crew arrives on the north side of town to a large, somewhat worn apartment complex. A family
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Informatics , Legislation

IT in the Emergency Environment: Emergency Health Care Goes HITECH

12/3/2015 Warren M. Perry, MD , Arjun K. Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS
IT in the Emergency Environment: Emergency Health Care Goes HITECH Emergency Health Care and the Stimulus Package In 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AR
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Health Policy , Advocacy , Affordable Care Act

A Report on Access to Health Care for Medicaid, Medicare, and CHIP Patients Under the ACA

8/1/2015 Kristen Cadden Swann, MD
A Report on Access to Health Care for Medicaid, Medicare, and CHIP Patients Under the ACA Access to health care is a key issue the U.S. government targeted for improvement through the Affordable Car
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Health Policy , Events & Activities , Leadership and Advocacy Conference

Wrap-up: ACEP Legislative Advocacy Conference

8/1/2015 Jasmeet Dhaliwal, MD, MPH, MBA , E. Page Bridges, MD
Wrap-up: ACEP Legislative Advocacy Conference This year's iteration of the ACEP Legislative Advocacy Conference and Leadership Summit (LAC) took place May 3-6 and was exceptional. For many in emergen
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Health Policy , Advocacy , Affordable Care Act

Supreme Court Upholds ACA

6/26/2015 Jasmeet Dhaliwal, MD, MPH, MBA
Supreme Court Upholds ACA The Supreme Court on June 25 ruled in the case of King v. Burwell, upholding a major provision of the Affordable Care Act.  In a 6-3 decision, the court sided with Secretary
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Health Policy

Cutting the Check: The Money Trail in the ED

6/12/2015 Jasmeet Dhaliwal, MD, MPH, MBA
Cutting the Check: The Money Trail in the ED Has a patient ever asked you, “How much will this visit cost me?” Have you ever wondered the same thing? The world of billing is complicated, but it's ext

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Is 3.3% Really the Avoidable Number?

Emergency Medicine Literature of Note 08/31/2017

Policy Playbook: Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) changes

emDOCs.net – Emergency Medicine Education 01/10/2023

Dr. Aisha Liferidge Talks Health Policy and Public Health

EMRA*Cast 12/08/2016

Policy Playbook: Firearm Injury Prevention from the Bedside

emDOCs.net – Emergency Medicine Education 02/15/2023
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