Democratic Group Practice Section Newsroom

July 19, 2022 • Democratic Group Practice Section

Anatomy of a Democratic Group Practice - Finance

Mike Drinkwater, CEO of Gottlieb, presented the best practices that Democratic Group Practices should follow to strengthen their financial health. Topics covered included enhancement of revenue gener...

July 19, 2022 • Democratic Group Practice Section

Finding the Best Governance Structure for Your Democratic Group

Learn from fellow democratic group leaders how to best structure your group governance structure to ensure success in the short and long term.

June 30, 2022 • Democratic Group Practice Section

2022-24 Section Officers Election – Call for Candidates

Our section election will be held virtually following the rules and timeline below. Winners will be announced at ACEP22 in San Francisco.

June 27, 2022 • Democratic Group Practice Section

The Changing Role of PAs and NPs in the ED

A distinguished panel of Section members presented the best practices for Democratic Group Practices to follow when using PAs/NPs in their ED. Topics covered included the new ACEP policy on the role o...

December 2, 2021 • Democratic Group Practice Section

DGP Section Meeting at ACEP21

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

Protecting Patients and the Prudent Layperson Standard

For over twenty years the Prudent Layperson standard has protected patients from being subjected to Monday morning quarterbacking by insurers.

September 23, 2019

Surprise Medical Bills – An Update

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...

September 23, 2019

Letter from the Chair

Welcome to the fall edition of the ACEP Democratic Group Practice Section Newsletter.

September 23, 2019

Create New Value Propositions to Retain Your Advanced Practitioners

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.

September 23, 2019

“With great power comes great responsibility” - Stan Lee

Equitable distribution of shifts, income, and governance attracts many residents to a democratic group practice model.

February 6, 2019

Michigan Launches Independent Emergency Medicine Group Consortium

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...

February 6, 2019

Recap of the ACEP18 Section Meeting

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.

February 6, 2019

Resources Available from the Democratic Group Practice Section

ACEP’s Democratic Group Practice Section continues to work on developing new resources to help democratic group leaders strengthen and grow their practices.

February 6, 2019

From the Chair

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...

February 6, 2019

Profiles of 2018-2020 Democratic Group Practice Section Officers

I trained in emergency medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis MN from 1999-2002.

September 11, 2018

From the Chair: A Section Meeting You Won’t Want to Miss

Greetings, fellow section members. Your section leadership has been hard at work planning for the upcoming meeting.

September 7, 2018

My So-Called Life

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

CEDR: Quality Measurement, Reporting and Improvement for the Emergency Physician

As part of its ongoing commitment to providing the highest quality of emergency care, ACEP developed the Clinical Emergency Data Registry (CEDR).

October 5, 2017

8 Ways to Know if You Should Participate in the Quality Payment Program

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 ...

October 5, 2017

MACRA – MIPS and APMS: Democratic Groups Can Prosper in the New 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...

October 5, 2017

Mark Your Calendar!

Leaders from various groups will discuss ways they are driving change in emergency medicine and continuing to promote the democratic group practice model.

October 5, 2017

Message from the Editor

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

2017 Section Goals

Learn about our goals for Democratic Group Practice Section.

March 1, 2017

New Section Officers

C'mon in and meet everyone.

March 1, 2017

ACEP 2016 Recap - Message from the Chair

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...