Access to Care

ACEP & MAG Applaud Court’s Decision to Revive Lawsuit Forcing Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia to Rescind Its ER Claims Policy

ACEP Applauds Federal Court Rejection of HHS Conscience Rule

ACEP Condemns UnitedHealthcare’s New Policy to Retroactively Deny Emergency Care

ACEP Opposes Current DHS “Zero Tolerance” Immigration Policy

ACEP Statement on Proposed Surprise Billing Approach from House Energy and Commerce and Senate HELP Committees

ACEP Supports “Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act”

ACEP to Congress: Action is Needed to Protect Emergency Patients from Surprise Bills

ACEP to Congress: Take Patients Out of the Middle, Prevent Surprise Bills

Alaska’s Emergency Care Network At Risk if Bill Passes, Emergency Physicians Say

Americans get sicker as omicron stalls everything from heart surgeries to cancer care

California Surprise Billing Law Overwhelmingly Favors Insurers, Limits Patient Access to Care

Changes to Anthem’s Emergency Care Policy in Missouri Still Put Patients At Risk

Emergency Department Interpreters are Vital to Quality Care

Emergency Physicians & Residents Discouraged by U.S. Restrictions on International Health Workforce

Emergency Physicians and Nurses Remind Patients the ER is Safest Place in a Medical Emergency

Emergency Physicians Deeply Concerned by Laws that Interfere with the Physician-Patient Relationship

Emergency Physicians Help Identify and Reduce Suicide Risks

Emergency Physicians Object to Roll Back of Protections against Health Care Discrimination

Emergency Physicians Oppose New DHS Public Charge Policy That Makes It Harder For Immigrants To Access Care

Emergency Physicians Oppose Supreme Court Decision to Allow “Public Charge” Rule

Emergency Physicians Sound the Alarm: Boarding in the Emergency Department is a National Crisis

Emergency Physicians: Georgia Blue Cross Blue Shield Policy Violates Federal Law

Emergency Physicians: HHS Conscience Rule Puts Patient Safety At Risk

Emergency Physicians’ Statement on New HHS Conscience Rule

EMTALA: The Foundation of America's Emergency Care Safety Net

ER 101

ERs Can Improve Population Health in Rural Areas

Framework for Protecting Patients When Emergency Care is Out-of-Network

Georgia Emergency Claims Review Program Discontinued by Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc., and ACEP and MAG Withdraw Suit in Response

Health Care Legislation Must Guarantee Coverage for Emergency Patients

Health Care Legislation Must Include Coverage for Emergency Medical Care

Health Equity

Health Leaders to Nation’s Largest Private Insurer: Abandon Dangerous Policy to Deny Coverage for Emergency Care

Improving Mental Health Access from the ER

Medicaid Expansion States Saw ER Visits Go Up, Uninsured ER Visits Go Down

Mental Health

Mental Health and Emergency Medical Experts Encourage Support for Clinicians Health During Pandemic

Nation’s Emergency Physicians: Senate’s Alternative to Affordable Care Act Is a Huge Disappointment

New Analysis Reveals Worsening Shortage of Emergency Physicians in Rural Areas

New Emergency Care Workforce Analysis Shows Rural Staffing Challenges

New Poll Finds Adults are Unaware That Insurers Must Cover Emergency Services

New Poll: Nearly Three in Four Adults Concerned When Physicians Aren’t There to Lead Care

New Public Charge Proposed Policy Threatens Access To Emergency Care

Patients Want Insurance Companies to Take More Responsibility for Surprise Bills, Poll Finds

Poll: Adults Consider 24/7 Access to the ER Essential, Prefer Care Led by Physicians in a Crisis

Poll: Majority of Americans Unprepared to Help in a Medical Emergency

Providers to Congress: Protect Patients from Surprise Bills Without Compromising Access to Care

Public Poll: Emergency Care Is The Most Essential Health Benefit To Cover

Rural Patients Wait Longest for EMS

Small Emergency Physician Groups Urge Congress to Consider Unintentional Consequences of Surprise Billing Proposals

Surprise Medical Bills

What Can I Expect When I Go to The Emergency Department?