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Free to all friends of IEPC! Presented by the Independent Emergency Physicians ConsortiumTime & Date: 9:00AM – 9:30AM Pacific on the fourth Monday of the month. Membership in IEPC is not required to attend. Advance registration for the meeting is required. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the call. IEPC is proud … Read More

EPC is excited to announce the new Board of Directors members for 2023-2024.  Newly-Elected IEPC Officials  Each official was sworn in at the January Board meeting, commencing their one-year terms.  To all IEPC members – thank you for taking the time to cast your ballot. We appreciate your support in keeping the Consortium strong and moving forward in a positive direction. 

by David Armstrong, Patrick Rucker and Maya Miller Originally published on Feb. 2, 2023 on Pro Publica. Excerpt reprinted with permission. Note from the Editor: What is wrong with this picture?• On one hand health plans are reporting record profits but on the other hand hospitals are closing.• On one hand 7 health insurance CEOs raked in a record $283 … Read More

Listen to the comic reality of emergency billing with No More Emergencies. From the creator: Like all of my health insurance content, this is completely true. This is one of the more egregious examples from Anthem of blatant criminal activity, and it’s been going on for years. Remember, they don’t care about you. They just want to extract money from … Read More

Within the protected Kaiser bubble, will I Thrive or Burnout? Written by Anonymous IEPC member/contributor Emergency medicine residency is hard. Residents and interns work many days and long hours. The work is often at county or community hospitals that treat a challenging patient population with a myriad of medical and social problems. Being on the frontlines facing a constant influx of patients … Read More

Written by Katren Tyler, MD Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Medical Director of Physician Wellness, Age-Friendly Emergency Department Physician Lead, Geriatric EM Fellowship Director, Vice Chair for Geriatric Emergency Medicine and Wellness, UC Davis. Reprinted with permission from “Systems and Departmental Responses to Fatigue Management” SAEM Pulse, Nov-Dec, p50, Copyright 2022 by Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Many of us … Read More

IEPC is proud to present the 2022 Speaker Series! This free speaker series has welcomed leaders in the field to cover timely and engaging topics that are important to independent emergency physicians. The sessions precede each monthly conference call and are open to all IEPC members and those who may be interested in joining. Fall 2022 sessions include: July 25 … Read More