Browsing: Health Policy

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

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

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

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

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

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

Health Policy , Leadership and Advocacy Conference , Events & Activities

2015 ACEP Legislative Advocacy Conference and Leadership Summit

4/30/2015 Jasmeet Dhaliwal, MD, MPH, MBA

2015 ACEP Legislative Advocacy Conference and Leadership Summit On the Health Policy Horizon The first day of spring has passed, and that means the 2015 ACEP Legislative Advocacy Conference and Leade

Advocacy , Health Policy

A Call to Advocacy

4/30/2015 Joshua Enyart, DO

A Call to Advocacy As my shift is about to start, I look at the board to see what's new and what may be signed out. There's a drunk patient in bed 5, a psychotic patient in 19 in restraints, over in

Health Policy , Disaster Medicine

A Review of U.S. Disaster Preparedness Programs

2/14/2015 E. Page Bridges, MD

A Review of U.S. Disaster Preparedness Programs This fall, the first cases of Ebola were diagnosed and treated in the United States. Although the spread of this disease fell far short of the disaster