AAEM News
Official American Academy of Emergency Medicine News Releases and Coverage
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Statement on Buprenorphine Initiation and Prescribing in the Emergency Department
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When Minutes Count: International Conference at the Department of Emergency Medicine
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‘This Is a Really Reckless Decision’: What We Heard This Week
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Most ED Visits Happen at Corporate-Owned Facilities
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Meta-Analysis Suggests P2Y12 Inhibitor Is a Better Choice for Long-Term Single Antiplatelet Therapy
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U.S. News Names Best Hospitals, Emphasizes Specialty Care and Community Access
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Evaluation of an influenza vaccine administration program in the emergency department
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AAEM Forms Alliance with Doctors Council SEIU to Confront Emergency Medicine Crisis
Milwaukee, WI, July 15, 2025 — The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) today announced a new alliance with Doctors Council, a union of attending physicians affiliated with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), as part of its broader effort to offer emergency physicians tools to confront the growing crisis facing the specialty. Emergency physicians […] -
NES Health Bankruptcy Hurts Physicians, Patients, and Hospitals
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Should You Do ‘Away Rotations’ As a Fourth-Year Med Student?
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AMA Sign-on Letter on the Termination of ACIP Membership at CDC
Dear Secretary Kennedy: The undersigned medical professional organizations are writing to express our significant concern regarding your recent action to terminate the entirety of the membership of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ACIP has, for decades, been a trusted advisory to CDC and the […] -
Oregon Law Lets Physicians Control Decisions About Care
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Oregon Law Aims to Curb Corporate Ownership in Healthcare
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AAEM Gains Seat in AMA House of Delegates, Bolstering Advocacy Power for Emergency Physicians Nationwide
Milwaukee, WI, June 13, 2025 — The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) is proud to announce its official representation in the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates. This milestone grants AAEM a formal voice in shaping national healthcare policy at one of the highest levels of organized medicine. With this new status, AAEM […] -
Republished: Leading Medical Organizations Urge the Supreme Court Not to Weaken EMTALA Protections
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As dementia rates increase, some say hospitals not ready
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EM Education Leaders Discuss ACGME Proposal for Revising Residency Program Requirements
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Should you sell your practice to a private equity firm or hospital?
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AAEM Applauds Reintroduction of the Physician and Patient Safety Act
Milwaukee, WI, May 15, 2025 — The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) proudly supports the reintroduction of the Physician and Patient Safety Act (S. 1767/H.R. 3413), a bipartisan and bicameral bill aimed at ensuring due process protections for all emergency physicians, including those employed by third-party contract management groups. As emergency departments across the […] -
Doctors Warn Accountants of Private-Equity Drain on Quality: You Could Be Next
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Statement on Defining Standards for Malpractice Coverage in Emergency Medicine
The following statement was created by the Locum Tenens Section (LT-AAEM). It was approved by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Board of Directors on Thursday, April 10, 2025. BackgroundFollowing the financial collapse of major staffing firms like Envision Healthcare, NES, and APP, many emergency physicians have been left exposed to malpractice claims without […] -
AMA Sign-on Letter on the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act
Dear Senators Cramer and Blumenthal and Representatives Steube and Larson: The undersigned medical professional organizations write to you in strong opposition to S. 106/H.R. 539, the “Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025,” which would amend the Social Security Act’s definition of physician to extend Medicare coverage for services furnished by chiropractors beyond the manual […] -
Sign-on Letter on Medicaid and Primary Care
Dear Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, Chairman Guthrie and Ranking Member Pallone: We are organizations strongly committed to improving the nation’s health by strengthening primary care, and we are deeply concerned that Medicaid proposals now under consideration could set back our efforts as well as those of Congress and the Administration to address chronic illness. […] -
Staffing firm Envision Healthcare to exit imaging business
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AAEM Response to the ACGME Proposed Changes
The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) strongly believes that every patient seeking emergency medical services should be cared for by a board-certified emergency medicine physician; and as such, believes all emergency medicine residents must be adequately prepared to become board certified in our specialty. ACGME has recently proposed several changes for emergency medicine training programs […]