Statements

Public Policy Statements
  • Letter to Wellstar Health System CEO: Not Enforcing Non-Compete Clause in Contracts as they Prepare to Close
    Dear Ms. Saunders,On behalf of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM), we write in support of Senator Warnock’s letter to encourage you to remove the non-compete clauses within physician contracts due to the closing of Wellstar Health System. AAEM is the specialty society of board-c …

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  • AAEM Board of Directors response to DOJ/FTC on merger guidelines
    DOJ/FTC Request for Information on Merger EnforcementComments from the American Academy of Emergency MedicineThank you for looking into this important issue. In 2018, the AMA conducted their yearly Physician Practices Benchmark Survey and concluded that for the first time, more physicians were empl …

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  • Introduction of SCD Medicaid Demo Bill
    Dear Senators Booker and Scott and Representatives Davis and Burgess:The undersigned organizations, all committed to improving outcomes for individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD), look to you for needed leadership in addressing the needs of this community. As we recognize the SCD patient and pr …

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  • Rep. Stevens Leads Effort to Designate September 17th as National Physician Suicide Awareness Day
    Livonia, Mi– Today, Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D-MI) and Senator Stabenow (D-MI) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution designating today, September 17th as National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. This resolution is co-led by; Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA), Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Rep. …

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  • Sanctity of the Doctor-Patient Relationship
    AAEM supports the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship and object to any interference in thatrelationship.Approved 9.16.21

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  • Joint Letter to US Department of Veterans Affairs Supremacy Project
    Dear Secretary McDonough:The undersigned physician organizations have recently learned of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Supremacy Project. We are writing to express our serious concerns with the VA’s efforts to develop National Standards of Practice for physicians and other health profe …

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  • UnitedHealthcare Retroactive Denial of Emergency Care and the Prudent Layperson Standard
    Vicki Norton MD FAAEM, AAEM Board of DirectorsSaba Rizvi, MD FAAEM AAEM recognizes UnitedHealthcare’s deferment of their dangerous and ill-advised policy to limit patients seeking emergency care. Patients who fear they are having a true emergency should not be deterred from going to the eme …

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  • UnitedHealthcare Retroactive Denial of Emergency Care and the Prudent Layperson Standard
    Vicki Norton MD FAAEM, AAEM Board of DirectorsSaba Rizvi, MD FAAEM AAEM recognizes UnitedHealthcare’s deferment of their dangerous and ill-advised policy to limit patients seeking emergency care. Patients who fear they are having a true emergency should not be deterred from going to the eme …

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  • Joint Letter to Congress regarding Surprise Medical Billing in COVID-19 Relief Package
    Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell, Leader McCarthy, and Leader Schumer:The undersigned state and national medical societies, representing hundreds of thousands of frontline physicians, thank you for your continued efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. As you know, this public health cris …

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  • Joint Letter to CMS to Sunset Waivers When PHE Concludes
    Dear Administrator Verma:The undersigned organizations represent the hundreds of thousands of physicians who provide care for our nation’s Medicare patients every day. We are writing to strongly support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) decision to temporarily waive certain r …

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  • Joint Letter to Veterans Health Administration on CRNA Oversight
    Dear Dr. Stone:The undersigned medical associations and medical specialty societies are writing to register serious concerns with the Health Care Professional Practice in VA Memorandum (Memorandum) issued by the Office of the Under Secretary of Health on April 21, 2020, and underlying Directive 189 …

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  • Joint Letter Urging Congress to Extend Eligibility for the PPP Loan Program
    Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell, Leader McCarthy, and Leader Schumer:The undersigned state, specialty, and national medical associations collectively employ thousands of employees and represent hundreds of thousands of physician members across the country. We greatly appreciate the actions ta …

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  • Joint Letter to Congress Urging inclusion of the Targeted and Limited Liability Protections in Bipartisan Bill, H.R. 7059, the “Coronavirus Provider Protection Act”
    Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell, Leader McCarthy, and Leader Schumer:The undersigned state, specialty, and national medical associations represent hundreds of thousands of frontline medical and mental health physicians who are diagnosing, testing, treating, and counseling millions of our nati …

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  • Joint Letter Encouraging the Passage of the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act
    Dear Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader McConnell, Congressman McCarthy, and Senator Schumer:In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the twelve undersigned organizations representing behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment providers and public health advocates write to encourage Congre …

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  • Joint Letter to Congress Urging further Protections for Healthcare Workers during COVID-19
    Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell, Leader McCarthy, and Leader Schumer:The American Medical Association and undersigned state medical societies and national physician specialty organizations appreciate the recent actions taken by Congress and the Administration to help physicians, other health …

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  • Letter to Congress for Further Protections during COVID-19
    Dear Majority Leader McConnell, Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, and Leader McCarthy:The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) is a nonprofit medical association founded to promote fair and equitable practice environments for emergency physicians. AAEM membership includes over 8,000 emergenc …

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  • Joint Letter to HHS: Emergency Funding for Physicians through the CARES Act
    Dear Secretary Azar:The undersigned organizations represent the hundreds of thousands of physicians who treat our nation’s patients every day. We are writing to request immediate financial assistance for physicians across the country who are taking heroic action to treat patients with the novel c …

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  • Letter to President Donald J. Trump Calling for Protections for EPs from Malpractice during COVID-19
    Dear President Trump:The American Academy of Emergency Medicine represents over 8000 emergency physicians and emergency medicine residents across America, and is the only professional society for the doctors who staff our nation’s emergency departments that restricts membership to board-certified s …

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  • Letters to All 50 Governors Calling for Protections for EPs from Malpractice during COVID-19
    Dear Governor,The American Academy of Emergency Medicine represents over 8000 emergency physicians and emergency medicine residents across America, and is the only professional society for the doctors who staff our nation’s emergency departments that restricts membership to board-certified speciali …

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  • Federal Trade Commission: Non-Competes in The Workplace: Examining Antitrust and Consumer Protection Issues
    Dear Chairman Simons:This letter is sent in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) January 9, 2020 workshop concerning Non-Competes in the Workplace. The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) welcomes any relief the FTC may bring to the unfair use of non-compete clauses in the e …

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