As you well know, violence against emergency physicians and other ED staff, whether verbal or physical assault, is an all-too-common occurrence and has long been an occupational hazard, and only continues to get worse. Health care workers account for approximately 50% of...

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 recently reported in the ACEP 911 Weekly Update, executives from the largest health insurance companies in the country were recently summoned by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Committee on Ways and Means for back-to-back hearings examining affordability...

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...