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December 2, 2021 • Democratic Group Practice Section
Big thanks to everyone able to join us in Boston this year! It was great meeting everyone in person (finally) for our annual ACEP DGP section meeting.
September 23, 2019
For over twenty years the Prudent Layperson standard has protected patients from being subjected to Monday morning quarterbacking by insurers.
The public and Congress has become increasingly enraged by the problem of “Surprise” Medical Bills. Every year, millions of patients seek emergency care at their closest hospital only to find that ei...
Welcome to the fall edition of the ACEP Democratic Group Practice Section Newsletter.
Consideration for the retention of advanced practitioners (physician assistant or nurse practitioner) has become a hot topic for most emergency medicine groups in the country.
Equitable distribution of shifts, income, and governance attracts many residents to a democratic group practice model.
February 6, 2019
On November 5th, 2018, a group of over 50 leaders from 20 Michigan independent groups joined in the first ever Michigan Independent Emergency Medicine Group Consortium. The consortium was held at Foun...
Thank you to those who attended the 2018 Democratic Group Practice Section meeting. It was a great chance to meet physicians from other independent groups and freely exchange ideas.
ACEP’s Democratic Group Practice Section continues to work on developing new resources to help democratic group leaders strengthen and grow their practices.
Welcome to the 2019 Democratic Group Practice Section Newsletter. In recent years, our section has been providing examples of independent democratic groups cooperating in order to share information a...
I trained in emergency medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis MN from 1999-2002.
September 11, 2018
Greetings, fellow section members. Your section leadership has been hard at work planning for the upcoming meeting.
September 7, 2018
I’m a partner in a medium-sized democratic group, big enough to generally be sheltered from huge swings in clinical load due to any individual's personal leave or hiring of a new partner.
October 5, 2017
As part of its ongoing commitment to providing the highest quality of emergency care, ACEP developed the Clinical Emergency Data Registry (CEDR).
You may have heard that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is reviewing claims and letting practices know which clinicians should take part in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System ...
James R. Blakeman, Executive Vice President, EGOSome believe that fee-for-service medicine is not likely to survive this latest round of complex payment schemes and that independent emergency physicia...
Leaders from various groups will discuss ways they are driving change in emergency medicine and continuing to promote the democratic group practice model.
A great deal of time, energy and angst over the last year has been spent on MACRA and MIPS. The time to start reporting is upon us as incentives and penalties begin with 2017 reporting.
March 1, 2017
Learn about our goals for Democratic Group Practice Section.
C'mon in and meet everyone.
At the first Democratic Group Practice Section meeting I attended we spent a long time discussing if we would have enough members to maintain our status as a section. We certainly have come a long way...
By now you have likely read something about the Summa Healthcare System and the ED contract transition that occurred Jan. 1st.
The ACEP Democratic Group practice section has been following the Summa Health Emergency Department story very closely.
American College of Emergency Physicians
