MISSOURI

MOCEP continues to battle down-coding. The chapter was able to fight off scope of practice creep throughout the legislative session and collaborated with other medical groups on several health care issues. MOCEP held its largest Missouri Emergency Medicine Symposium to date and hosted an Advocacy Day in partnership with the state medical association. View the MOCEP Annual Report for more updates at https://mocep.org/2022/08/2022-mocep-annual-report/.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NHACEP held its Managing Medical Emergencies workshop in May followed by a dinner with more than 20 students in attendance.

NEW YORK

New York ACEP celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022, commemorating the milestone with a video on New York ACEP’s last 50 years: Advancing Emergency Care in New York State. View the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guIYftXlTvk.

NORTH CAROLINA

The North Carolina College of Emergency Physicians has recently sent a letter to its governor, attorney general, legislative leadership, law enforcement, and the court system about the crisis situation in EDs around the state. The letter addressed violence against health care workers in the ED, extreme staffing shortages, and the behavioral health holds that are combining to make this a crisis situation. The chapter received responses from the Department of Health and Human Services and leadership in the House and will continue to work with these stakeholders to address these issues in 2023.

Ohio Chapter members in Washington, D.C., at ACEP’s 2022 Leadership & Advocacy Conference.

OHIO

Ohio ACEP’s 50th Anniversary was celebrated at its 2022 Annual Meeting. At the event, Laura Tiberi, Chapter Executive Director, 2002–21, was presented the chapter’s highest honor, the Bill Hall Award for Service. Chapter leaders developed its 2022–25 strategic plan, and an in-person Residents’ Assembly was attended by more than 350 residents. Ohio ACEP began offering hands-on ultrasound courses and continues to advocate to protect patients from retroactive insurance claim denials and reduction in benefits for ED visits.

OREGON

OCEP celebrated 50 years as a chapter, putting together a list for its members to highlight the best chapter moments from the past five decades: https://oregonacep.org/ocep-celebrates-50-years/. The chapter held a successful conference with more than 100 members in attendance and will host the 2023 event in Portland for the first time in many years. The chapter continues to partner with other groups to raise awareness about ED violence concerns. In 2023, Oregon is keeping up the fight for legislation on workplace safety and EMS modernization.