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Attributable to:
Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP
President, �ƹϵε�app (ACP)

Panel discussion included advice about what physicians could be doing now to prepare for the new system

Washington, May 5, 2016 -- The �ƹϵε�app (ACP) convened a panel today to talk about how the implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) and the new payment systems in the law will impact physicians and patients. The panel took place during a press briefing at ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting 2016.

Project addresses gaps in care that currently exist in primary care and subspecialty practices

Summaries of the year’s most important studies affecting the practice of internal medicine are available at

Philadelphia, May 4, 2016 -- Annals of Internal Medicine and the �ƹϵε�app (ACP) will honor Sanjay Basu, MD, PhD, Kimberly A. Gudzune, MD MPH, and Ruchi Doshi with Junior Investigator Recognition Awards at , ACP’s annual scientific meeting in Washington, DC, May 5-7.

Philadelphia, May 3, 2016 -- The �ƹϵε�app (ACP) will honor six chief residents as winners of the Herbert S. Waxman Chief Resident Teaching Scholarships at , the annual scientific meeting of the �ƹϵε�app. The 2016 chief resident awardees are:

Washington, May 3, 2016 -- More than 440 internal medicine physicians, residents, fellows-in-training, and medical students from across the country gathered today for the �ƹϵε�app annual Leadership Day to bring internal medicine’s legislative priorities to Capitol Hill.

"Our members want to ensure internal medicine’s voice is heard in Washington,” said Wayne Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP, president of ACP.  "We are fulfilling part of our mission to advocate responsible positions on individual health and on public policy relating to health.”