Near-record attendance at ACEP15 in Boston brought new leadership, new faces, and healthy contributions to ACEP's advocacy program and the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF).

Claudine M. Leone, Esq.
Government Affairs Counsel

We are approaching the home stretch in Trenton.  There are just a few more days in early January before the 2-year session comes to the end and we start a new legislative session where all the bills are introduced and start from scratch.  I will run a full report of all NJ-ACEP monitored bills that were signed into law in January and bills that NJ-ACEP successfully opposed.  Most notably, the bills dealing with Out of Network is, at this point, stalled.  We fully expect this debate to continue into the new legislative session in 2016.  For now, please note the following current actions of interest:

Mark S. Rosenberg, DO, MBA, FACEP

This is the first newsletter since ACEP15 in Boston which saw a record number of registrants.  NJ-ACEP had a wonderful reception at the Smith & Wollensky castle- and reason to celebrate following my election to the ACEP Board of Directors.  I am very excited with the opportunity to represent New Jersey's concerns.

The NJ-ACEP chapter is conducting a campaign to prevent violence in the emergency department. If you have any questions regarding the progress of our campaign, or about strategies to prevent violence in your emergency department, please contact Dr. Jenice Forde-Baker or Dr. Steven Hochman.

Learn More About the Importance of New Jersey’s Emergency Care System

Click here to view the guidelines, for provider use only. Also click here to view the patient poster that will be hung in each ED waiting room and exam room in Washington state.

Physicians’ Practice Enhancement is currently seeking BC/BE EM physicians for FT and PT practice opportunities throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania. We offer the opportunity to practice in a Community or Academic setting, faculty appointments are available. Competitive remuneration package offered. Please forward CV and letter of interest to smcginley@ppenet.com

ACEP has launched a campaign to educate policymakers, the news media and the public about the value of emergency medicine and that emergency care constitutes less than 2% of all health care spending. To hear some talk about rising health care costs, you’d think it was more like 50%! Because of the cost-cutting environment in Washington and in state legislatures, this campaign is designed to promote the high value of emergency care. The campaign launched with a Health Writers’ Conference in New York, featuring ACEP members from Arizona, Connecticut, New York, Texas, Oregon and Washington, DC, highlighting different aspects of emergency care. In addition, the results of a new poll of ACEP members was released showing increased stress on emergency departments. ACEP spokespersons in 10 top media markets are conducting media interviews to promote the poll results and reinforce the “Just 2%” messages. The campaign will continue with print and radio ads through ACEP’s Leadership & Advocacy Conference this month in Washington.