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Targeting US maternal mortality: ACOG’s recent strides and future action
- Author:
- Lucia DiVenere, MA
How the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018, newly introducedACOG-supported bills, and ACOG partnerships have and intend to...
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The Affordable Care Act, closing in on a decade
- Author:
- Lucia DiVenere, MA
ACOG continues to advocate for preexisting health care coverage protections and contraceptive coverage, despite setbacks to the...
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MOC: ACOG’s role in developing a solution to the heated controversy
- Author:
- Lucia DiVenere, MA
ObGyn leaders are working with the ABMS to rebuild the process of continuing board certification, formerly known as MOC
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Tackling opioids and maternal health in US Congress
- Author:
- Lucia DiVenere, MA
- Phil Roe, MD (R-Tenn)
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Factors critical to reducing US maternal mortality and morbidity
- Author:
- Lucia DiVenere, MA
ACOG is working to eliminate preventable maternal mortality with an all-hands-on-deck approach through its AIM Program and other collaborative...
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The clear and present future: Telehealth and telemedicine in obstetrics and gynecology
- Author:
- Lucia DiVenere, MA
Telecommunications technology spans distances and crosses borders to bring health care services to rural and underserved...
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Landmark women’s health care remains law of the land
- Author:
- Lucia DiVenere, MA
ACOG and its medical colleagues helped secure a victory for women’s health care in recent votes on the US Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act...
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What lies ahead for women's health? Challenges, and opportunities, as ACOG and US leadership transition
- Author:
- Lucia DiVenere, MA
ACOG’s current and incoming presidents, Drs. Thomas Gellhaus and Haywood Brown, weigh in during these uncertain timesThe United States undoubtedly...
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What can administrators and ObGyns do together to reduce physician burnout?
- Author:
- Lucia DiVenere, MA
- Steven Gabbe, MD
In this audiocast, listen to Ms. DiVenere and Dr. Gabbe discuss how administrators can evaluate their physician core for burnout (both formally...
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Is burnout on the rise and what are the signs ObGyns should be on the lookout for?
- Author:
- Lucia DiVenere, MA
- Roger P. Smith, MD
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The well-woman visit comes of age: What it offers, how we got here
- Author:
- Lucia DiVenere, MA
Since passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, the annual well-woman visit has evolved significantly. It now offers insured patients a broad...
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ACOG plans consensus conference on uniform guidelines for breast cancer screening
- Author:
- Lucia DiVenere, MA
Confused about which guidelines for breast cancer screening to follow in average-risk women? ACOG takes action with an upcoming consensus...
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What the Supreme Court ruling in King v. Burwell means for women’s health
- Author:
- Lucia DiVenere, MA
By finding in favor of the Obama Administration, the Supreme Court averted a death knell for the Affordable Care Act—at least until the next...
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The SGR is abolished! What comes next?
- Author:
- Lucia DiVenere, MA
The law repealing the sustainable growth rate not only eliminated physicians’ perennial nemesis but also preserved or enhanced other critical...
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Why CMS’ plan to unbundle global surgery periods should be scrapped
- Author:
- Lucia DiVenere, MA
A close-up look at ACOG’s efforts to defeat the plan, which would have an annual cost of $95 million and necessitate the filing of 63 million...