Priority Issues

• WACEP and its lobbyist are working diligently to protect our state's emergency medical system by replacing abnormally low Medicaid rates with those used by Medicare for emergency services. 
• WACEP handout distributed at Doctor Day 2018 (link)
• WACEP testimony on AB-871: MA Intensive Care Coordination (link)
• WACEP/ACEP/EDPMA comments on Wisconsin's proposed amendments to 1115 Medicaid Waiver (link)
• WACEP handout distributed at Doctor Day 2017 (link)
• WMS summary of reimbursement rates for various EM codes (link)

• Wisconsin Act 140, Emergency Detention Bill (link)
• Act 140 Clarification Memo (link)

• Wisconsin ACEP has developed emergency department specific guidelines for opioid prescribing (link)
  

• Wisconsin ACEP has developed a summary of recent legislation that brings legal protections to providers who perform body cavity searches (link)

• Wisconsin ACEP has adopted a policy statement on best practices to eliminate barriers to the advancement of women in emergency medicine (link)