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New Action Needed to Contact Senate on Medicare Cuts: Ask Your Senators to Sign the Bipartisan Boozm
November 25, 2024We have a new request to the Senate to address the impending Medicare physician payment cuts coming in January 2025. This new request has a fast-approaching deadline of November 20. Contact your Senators to urge them to sign on to the bipartisan “Dear Colleague” letter led by Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Peter Welch (D-VT). […]
IDPH Seeks to Fill Numerous Positions at Upcoming Springfield Job Fair
November 11, 2024Event will be held Tuesday, Nov. 19, at John R. Block Agriculture Building SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is seeking to fill a number of positions at its upcoming job fair in Springfield. The event will take place on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, from 11am to 3pm at the John R. […]
Disruptions in Availability of Peritoneal Dialysis and Intravenous Solutions from Baxter International Facility in North Carolina
October 16, 2024Read the CDC health advisory here.
FAST PHACT: “Tis the Sneezin” Preparing for the 24-25 Respiratory Season
October 8, 2024Click here for the PDF file.
ICEP mourns the loss of longtime ACEP and ICEP member, Jeffery Shafer, MD, FACEP
September 26, 2024ICEP mourns the loss of longtime ACEP and ICEP member, Jeffery Shafer, MD, FACEP passed September 21, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. Dr. Shafer began his distinguished medical career in emergency medical services as a paramedic while studying at St. Louis University, where he also attended medical school. He completed his residency in emergency […]
ACT NOW to Urge Congress to Stop Medicare Cuts
September 24, 2024As you know, physicians and other providers face a 2.8% cut to Medicare reimbursements that, absent congressional intervention, will go into effect on January 1, 2025. Please contact your U.S. Representative to urge them to sign on to the bipartisan congressional “Dear Colleague” letter led by Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD (R-IA) and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) […]
Help ACEP Hold Insurers Accountable
July 31, 2024ICYMI– We’ve all seen firsthand how insurers do all they can to delay, reduce or even outright deny payments to you. Enough is enough–ACEP is calling out their bad behavior and you can help by sharing your own story of bad insurance company behavior that put you, your group, or your patients at risk. ACEP’s […]
Rockford-area researchers help teens learn about careers in health care
July 29, 2024ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) – Area researchers develop a new online tool to get middle and high school students thinking about a career in health care and what path may be best for them. It’s an app called Health Career Guide, and it’s the first of its kind. Students don’t have to pay a thing and can […]
Urge Congress to Stop the Medicare Cuts
July 21, 2024Once again, physicians and other providers will 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 Medicare physician payments – continuing an untenable course when your emergency departments […]