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2024 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board of Directors Candidates

ACEP Now

A recent success by the ACEP was averting a decrease of our reimbursement for our 99284 E&M codes, saving an estimated $200 million for emergency physicians in 2023. However, unlike 80 percent of U.S. member associations who saw membership growth during this time were doing … continuing membership recruitment efforts.

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Episode 23 - Influenza Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department

EB Medicine

Antigen drift refers to small point mutations to the viral genes that code for H and N. Jeff: Alright, so now that the EMS crew, wearing proper PPE of course, has delivered the patient, who is also wearing a mask, to the ED, we can begin our ED H&P. In 2007-2008, an oseltamivir-resistant H1N1 strain emerged globally.