The Senate is expected to vote on its version of the American Health Care Act before July 4. APA has created a dedicated tool to make it easy for you to contact your senators and speak out against the bill via Facebook, Twitter, or phone. Protect your patients’ access to care today.
Through more than 80 interactive, clinically grounded educational sessions, IPS supports psychiatrists in expanding access and providing quality care. Learn more and register today at the meeting’s lowest fees.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the proposed rule for the second year of Medicare’s Quality Payment Program (QPP). It contains proposed policies for the 2018 reporting year of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and “Advanced” Alternative Payment Models. Read more.
Psychiatric Services has just launched a monthly podcast, “Psychiatric Services From Pages to Practice,” cohosted by journal editor Lisa Dixon, M.D., M.P.H., and Josh Berezin, M.D., M.S. They discuss articles that provide particularly relevant insights into the changing landscape of mental health services and delivery. Subscribe or listen now.
Hector Colon-Rivera, M.D., chair of the APA Minority Fellowship Program and Diversity Fellowship Program, describes the work that APA fellows have done in Vieques, Puerto Rico, to train teachers to identify youth with mental health problems through the APA Foundation’s “Typical or Troubled?” program.
Psychiatric News has launched a new feature that reports on members’ promotions, honors, and other achievements. Members are invited to send their announcements to Executive Editor Cathy Brown.
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