On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was amended on March 30, 2010 with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act and together are known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA is the most significant overhaul of the US health Read more…
In Washington State, the big news for the last year has been the Washington State Health Care Authority’s attempt to legislate a mandate to reduce non-emergency use of hospital EDs, in addition to the over-use of EMS. Their plan included denying Medicaid payment for the treatment of more than 500 Read more…
While there is a lot on New York’s 2012 Legislative Agenda, there are few policies that affect us as EM physicians as much as the I-STOP Act. I-STOP stands for the Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing. It serves as a new act to create an on-line controlled substance reporting system, Read more…
Special thanks to the SIM team and all those who participated in our Sim Throwdown/ Rumble/ Battle Royale. Congratulations to Drs. Aherne, Kendall and Grock for winning our first Sim Competition! Take home points from the simulation cases: 1) When you see a difficult airway, LOAD THE BOAT early! Get Read more…