Despite Congress passing the No Surprises Act to protect patients, many insurance companies continue to ignore the law by delaying payments, refusing to comply with dispute resolution decisions, and exploiting loopholes that threaten emergency physician practices and...

We’re Not Letting Up on Workplace ViolenceThe conversation continues—but so must the action.On September 17, ACEP joined health care leaders, providers, patient advocates, and policymakers to discuss the growing crisis of workplace violence in health care, including the...

As growing health care consolidation reduces employment options, emergency physicians are increasingly forced into restrictive contracts that limit where they can work. Despite having no “book of business” of ongoing patient relationships that could follow them between...

The Ohio House Medicaid Committee has scheduled a hearing and potential vote on House Bill 508, a troubling bill to remove physician collaboration requirements from the law for Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs). This bill would grant an APRN, who is a certified nurse...

As you have witnessed first-hand and heard from your emergency physician colleagues around the country, hospital emergency department (ED) boarding has become a national public health crisis. "Boarding" is a scenario that occurs when patients are held in the ED following...