ACEP is continuing its mission to bring both Congressional and public attention to the growing problem of violence against health care workers. According to a January 2024 poll of ACEP members, 91% of emergency physicians said that they, or a colleague, were a victim...

As you have seen yourself and heard from your emergency physician colleagues around the country, our hospital emergency departments (EDs) have reached or are past the breaking point due to a long-standing problem known as “boarding,” where patients are held in the ED...

Once again, physicians and other providers face yet another cut to Medicare reimbursements, further destabilizing our already fragile health care safety net. If this 2.8% cut is implemented on January 1, 2025, it will mark the fifth consecutive year of reductions in...

House Bill 452 requires hospitals to establish security plans for preventing violence, training and an incident reporting system. This vital piece of legislation is essential for ensuring the safety of emergency department physicians and other staff members who encounter...

For decades, Medicare physician reimbursements have failed to keep up with inflation, despite other Medicare participants receiving annual inflationary updates. Further, the yearly threat – and implementation – of significant cuts to Medicare physician payments continues to...