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Good News for Medicare Providers

The Final Rule on the 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (the Final Rule) has good news for psychiatrists who provide care to Medicare beneficiaries.

• Addiction Psychiatry

  Educational and clinical resources on assessing and treating substance use disorders

• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

  Resources supporting this subspecialty focusing on children and youth.

• Disaster Psychiatry

  Disaster Psychiatry has an important role in emergency prevention, response and recovery.

• Diversity

  Educational and clinical resources for psychiatrists working with diverse ethnic and racial populations.

• Geriatric Psychiatry

  Educational and clinical resources for
  providers treating older adults.

• HIV Psychiatry

  Educational and clinical resources for
  providerstreating patients with
  HIV or AIDS.

• Integrated Care

   Physician ressources for integrated care.  APA members may join the Integrated Care Listserv by sending their name and email address tointegratedcare@psych.org.

• International Psychiatrists

   

• Psychosomatic Medicine

  Educational and clinical resources for
  providers treating patients with
  co-morbid medical illness.

• Public Psychiatry

  Services provided by public sector clinicians serve as a safety net for disadvantaged, vulnerable, mentally ill, and addicted individuals in the community. Resources for providers working in the public sector.

• Recovery oriented care

  Educational and clinical resources to support and facilitate recovery-oriented, person-centered psychiatric practice.

• Underserved Communities

  Physician resources for underserved communities

All members of the Association shall be bound by the ethical code of the medical profession, specifically defined in thePrinciples of Medical Ethics of the American Medical Association and in the American Psychiatric Association’sPrinciples of Medical Ethics With Annotations Especially Applicable to Psychiatry.

The APA’s Ethics Committee is responsible for drafting (for Board of Trustee and Assembly approval) annotations to update the currentPrinciples of Medical Ethics With Annotations Especially Applicable to Psychiatry,responding to members’ inquiries about ethical issues, and providing educational activities for the membership and the chairpersons of district branch ethics committees. The Ethics Committee also ensures complaints are handled in accordance with the APA’sProcedures for Handling Complaints of Unethical Conduct.

To view the current APA ethics documents, clickhere.