Forging Our Future. 2025 ACEP Impact Report

Forging Our Future: Moving Emergency Medicine Forward

ACEP provides you with the advocacy, support, education, and tools you need to shape emergency medicine.

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Protecting Your Autonomy

ACEP works with policymakers, regulators, and others to make sure that you and your colleagues are the ones driving clinical decisions.

Fighting for due process. ACEP forged a path for the bipartisan Physician and Patient Safety Act to guarantee due process rights for all physicians.
Taking on private equity. Oregon ACEP went head-to-head with large insurers and private equity firms to make sure that profit-driven companies do not exert undue influence over patient care.
Keeping emergency physicians in charge of care. CalACEP advocacy led to a new state law prohibiting private equity groups from interfering with physician judgment.

Fixing a Broken System

You can’t fix what you don’t measure. Emergency physician-led solutions improve transparency and accountability systemwide.

Encouraging transparency. ACEP developed the bipartisan ABC-ED Act to encourage more transparent reporting of boarding data.
Holding hospitals accountable. Emergency physician-led quality measures, like ECAT, require tracking and public reporting.
Penalizing insurers. The ACEP-backed No Surprises Enforcement Act would penalize insurers for willfully breaking the law.

Raising the Bar for Emergency Departments

ACEP's accreditation programs empower emergency physicians to set and raise emergency department standards.

Elevating standards - on your terms. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has the first accredited Level 1 emergency department in the nation. There are currently more than 30 applications for the ACEP Emergency Department Accreditation (EDAc) program under review.

Prioritizing Your Health and Safety

When you are protected, emergency care is stronger, and we are making sure policymakers know it. ACEP supports emergency physician well-being at every level.

Protecting you on the job. ACEP led the charge for the bipartisan Save Healthcare Workers Act, pushing for tougher penalties for assault of hospital employees.
Supporting your mental health. ACEP urged Congress to renew funding for the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act. ACEP helped write and pass the original law, providing $100 million for physician mental health.
Strengthening safety. Ohio ACEP fought tirelessly to help pass a law to prevent hospital violence and ensure safer workplaces for health care teams.
Pushing for accountability. New York ACEP worked to strengthen reporting requirements, empowering victims of workplace assault to speak out.

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Forging Our Future. 2025 ACEP Impact Report

Forging Our Future: Moving Emergency Medicine Forward

Protecting Your Autonomy

Fixing a Broken System

Raising the Bar for Emergency Departments

Prioritizing Your Health and Safety

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