This week, 30 VACEP members, residents, and med students braved the bone-chilling cold to meet lawmakers in Richmond at the 2025 Virginia General Assembly for our annual EM Advocacy Day. See pictures and a recap of the day.

A look back at the work we did in 2024.

Physicians from UVA Health analyze a peer-reviewed clinical study in the New England Journal of Medicine looking at defibrillation strategies for refractory ventricular fibrillation.

FBI analyst Jessica Young joined VACEP and our peers in EMS and emergency nursing to share the agency’s efforts in combating terrorism and explain how medical providers can support their top priority of saving lives. While we were unable to record the event per FBI policy, we do have resources to share.  

The recent cyberattack and its aftermath continue to expose the vulnerabilities we face, particularly in emergency medicine. Here's a recap by Board member Courtney Zydron, MD, MBA.

Emergency physician or NP seeing autonomous practice in an ED? You'll want to review our letter first to ensure training satisfies the six core competencies required of emergency medicine residents: patient care, medical knowledge, professionalism, system-based practice, practice-based learning and improvement, and interpersonal and communications skills.

A judge ruled in favor of Virginia’s Medicaid administrator in their request for dismissal of a VACEP lawsuit where emergency physicians are ultimately seeking to recoup nearly three years’ worth of unfairly downcoded Medicaid reimbursements. But the fight continues.

This month, CMS issued proposed updates to the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. Under it, emergency physicians could face several challenges and opportunities related to reimbursement reductions, telehealth flexibilities, behavioral health services, and opioid treatment programs.

A couple bills impacting the practice of emergency medicine go into effect July 1 this year, including one that allows family members to be present for related patients under ECO/TDO.

Emergency Physicians who supervise advanced practice providers need to be aware of the 2024 CMS “Split/Shared Services” guideline in order to receive appropriate compensation for their services. This guideline dictates how physician led “team-based care” is reimbursed for a single E/M code.

Did Virginia’s Medicaid administrator properly follow a federal decision to end a harmful policy that cut payments to emergency physicians? That question is the basis of a lawsuit led by VACEP, and the answer will determine if the state must reprocess three years’ worth of claims.

Virginia has established a special surveillance system to better characterize the burden and impact of adverse events in children due to THC and CBD consumption. For emergency physicians and teams, you’re asked to immediately report these cases to your local health department: Get the links and full memo here.

Testing for COVID-19 is no longer required for individuals age 65 and under prior to admission to Virginia state-run behavioral health facilities. Many private hospitals have followed suit. We’ve got all the details on the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS)’s revised COVID-19 admissions guidance.

ACEP President Aisha T. Terry, MD, MPH, FACEP addressed several critical emergency medicine issues at VACEP ‘24. Her attendance marks the third straight year that VACEP has brought ACEP’s emergency physician leader directly to Virginia’s emergency medicine community.

Emergency physician leaders from Virginia and the American College of Emergency Physicians briefed attendees at VACEP ‘24 on key legislation considered in Richmond this year.

This week, the Virginia General Assembly reaches its halfway mark known as Crossover. Here’s the latest on the priority legislation that VACEP is tracking.

See photos and a recap of VACEP’s 2024 EM Advocacy Day in Richmond.

A look at the issues we are following, supporting, and opposing in the 2024 General Assembly.