UCAccess Issues

February 2025

• February 27, 2025 – CUCM Announces Its Newest Fellow | Call for Consultants for the Urgent Care Convention
• February 13, 2025 – 2025 Urgent Care Award Winners Announced | New Episode of Inside Urgent Care Podcast

January 2025

• January 30, 2025 – Convention Saver Rate Ends January 31 | UCA 2025 Strategic Plan Revealed
• January 16, 2025 – New Urgent Care Study in the Cambridge University Press | Saver Rate Ends January 31
• January 2, 2025 – Happy New Year! Invest in Yourself & Your Team in 2025 | Award Nominations Closing Soon

December 2024

• December 19, 2024 – United for Care: End-of-Year Giving | Two UCA Members Nominated to Join President-Elect Trump’s Incoming Administration | Urgent Care Convention Registration Open
• December 5, 2024 – Urgent Care Convention Registration Opens Monday | United for Care Campaign | UCCOP Accepted into AMA Specialty and Service Society

November 2024

• November 21, 2024 – U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week Wrap-up | 2024 CalUCA Conference | Urgent Care Awards Nominations Open
• November 7, 2024 – SERUCA’s Inaugural Conference | Clinician Compensation Report Available | Call for Convention Speakers Still Open

October 2024

• October 24, 2024 – UCAccess: Resources for Emergency Preparedness | Clinician Compensation Report | Shoot for the Stars at the 2025 UCF Celebration
• October 10, 2024 – Download the 2025 Media and Sponsor Kits | Clinician Compensation Report Available Now | Check Out the New UCF Website

September 2024

• September 26, 2024 – NERUCA Chapter Conference | See What’s Going on in UCA Advocacy | Download Urgent Caring Q3 Today
• September 12, 2024 – Urgent Care Convention Highlight Reel | College of Physicians Submits Application to SSS | Meet CUCM’s Three Newest Fellows

August 2024

• August 29, 2024 – 2025 UCA Convention Call for Speakers | Display Your ABS Public Commitment | NERUCA Conference Next Month
• August 15, 2024 – Inside Urgent Care | Register for Your UCA Chapter Conference | CUCM Welcomes Its Newest Fellow
• August 1, 2024 – UCA’s Strategic Planning | Key Takeaways from Assembly 2024 | New Advocacy Podcast

July 2024

• July 18, 2024 – Advocacy Milestone | EM Coding Bundle | 2024 AI Webinar Series On Demand
• July 4, 2024 – Inside Urgent Care Episode 2 | Clinician Compensation Report | Healthcare Labor Activity

June 2024

• June 20, 2024 – UCA CEO Search Update | The Fight for Higher Reimbursement Continues | 2024 AI Webinar Series
• June 6, 2024 – Health Equity Awareness | New Urgent Care Podcast | 2024 AI Webinar Series

May 2024

• May 23, 2024 –  Deadline: Receive Data for Compensation Survey | Grassroots Advocacy: 10 Ways to Connect

April 2024

• April 25, 2024 – UCAccess: Insights from 2024 Urgent Care Convention | Congratulations to New Board of Directors Members | UCF Celebration Raised $83,000
• April 11, 2024 – UCAccess: Urgent Care Peds Bootcamp | We’re Just Days Away from the Urgent Care Convention | DEI Commendation Recruitment

March 2024

• March 28, 2024 – CUCM, Hippo Launch Clinical Readiness Assessment | HHS Resources in Response to Change Healthcare Cyberattack 
• March 14, 2024 – Housing Deadline March 18 | Urgent Care Clinicians: Participate in Compensation Survey, Receive Data 

February 2024

• February 29, 2024 – House Members Urge CMS to Adjust FY 2025 Physician Fee Schedule, Encourage Urgent Care Use | 2024 Urgent Care Award Winners
• February 1, 2024 – 2024 UCA Board of Directors Nominations Open | New Urgent Care Site Selection Tool

January 2024

• January 18, 2024 – Hotel Scam Warning | Fueling Research, Education and Humanitarian Healthcare Efforts
• January 4, 2024 – A New Look for 2024 | Will Flanary, MD Message to UC | Saver Rate Deadline

December 2023

• December 21, 2023 – UCAccess: Announcing the 2024 Celebration | UC Delivers in Patient Satisfaction
• December 7, 2023 – UCAccess: 2024 Urgent Care Convention Registration OPEN | Advocacy Podcast 

November 2023

• November 23, 2023 – UCAccess: Leadership and Advocacy Conference | Recently Certified PAs | Award Nominations
• November 9, 2023 – UCAccess: U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week | Urgent Care Awards

October 2023

• October 26, 2023 – UCAccess: Last Call! Join NERUCA | Hippo Mental Health Bootcamp
• October 12, 2023 – UCAccess: NERUCA Session Information | Hippo Mental Health Bootcamp

September 2023

• September 16, 2023 – UCAccess: Introducing the UCAdvocate | Patient Education ABS Resource Box 

August 2023

• August 31, 2023 – UCAccess: Last Chance for Monterey | NERUCA Call for Speakers
• August 17, 2023 – UCAccess: New Urgent Care Industry White Paper | NERUCA Conference Registration Open
• August 3, 2023 – UCAccess: Train Your Staff to Take X-Rays | Speaker & Sponsorship Opportunities: NERUCA Conference

June 2023

• June 22, 2023  – UCAccess: First UCF Grants Awarded | Limited Scope X-Ray Success
• July 6, 2023 – UCAccess: Learn for a Chance to Win | Finance Report Now Available

May 2023

• May 25, 2023 – UCAccess: Watch Advocacy Video | Iowa Removes PA Supervision Requirement
• May 11, 2023 – Urgent Care Awareness Month Resources | 2023 Western Regional Urgent Care Conference

April 2023

• April 27, 2023 – DEI Survey | Advocacy Update | UCA Mourns the Loss of Donald Bruce Irwin, MD
• April 13, 2023 – 2023 Urgent Care Convention Wrap-up | New BOD Members & Officers

March 2023

• March 30, 2023 –See You This Week | Don’t Forget to Vote
• March 16, 2023 –Win 2 Tickets to See Sting Live in Las Vegas | Meet the 2023 UCA Board Candidates
• March 2, 2023 –Join These Teams | Humana Exiting Employer Insurance

February 2023

• February 16, 2023 – UCAccess: Optimize Your Experience | Join Us for the Biggest Celebration of the Year
• February 2, 2023 – UCAccess: 5 Reasons to Attend Driving Change | New Limited Scope X-Ray Affiliate

January 2023

• January 19, 2023 – Driving Change | 2023 Urgent Care Award Honorees
• January 5, 2023 – UCAccess: A Cautionary Tale | Introducing PUCC @ UCA | New Urgent Care Leadership Episode

December 2022

• December 22, 2022 – UCAccess: New Delegates Council
• December 8, 2022 – UCAccess: Registration Open: 2023 Urgent Care Convention | Update: Anticipated Increase in 2023 Payment Rate for Multiplex Diagnostic Test

November 2022

• November 24, 2022 – UCAccess: Member Survey: Insurance Reimbursement Rates | Foundation Celebration Early Bird Ticket Sales
• November 10, 2022 – Deadline for Urgent Care Industry Awards Has Been Extended
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October 2022

• October 27, 2022 – UCAccess: 2023 Urgent Care Conference | Help Increase Reimbursement for Multiplex Tests
• October 13, 2022 – UCAccess: NEW 2022 Operations Benchmarking Report | Urgent Care Medicine Best Practice

September 2022

• September 29, 2022 – UCAccess: 2022 Urgent Care Convention Highlights | NERUCA Fall Conference
• September 15, 2022 – CEO Search | UCF Award Nominations | ABS Toolkit
• September 1, 2022 – Operations Management Book | UCA Advocacy Plan

August 2022

• August 18, 2022 – Call for Speakers
• August 4, 2022 – UCA’s Summer of Learning

July 2022

• July 21, 2022 – UCA’s CalUCA Chapter Fall Conference
• July 7, 2022 – Florida Urgent Care Advocacy Update

June 2022

• June 23, 2022 – Armando Samaniego Memorial Scholarship Fund
• June 9, 2022 – Advocacy Efforts & Benchmarking Now Available

May 2022

• May 26, 2022 – A Tribute to Our Dear Friend and Board President Dr. Armando Samaniego
• May 12, 2022 – Thank You for a Record Breaking 2022 UCA/CUCM Annual Convention

April 2022

• April 28, 2022 – 2022 Annual Convention & Urgent Care Awareness Month
• April 14, 2022 – Vegas, Here We Come!

March 2022

• March 31, 2022 – FDA Approves Second COVID Booster and more
• March 17, 2022 – 2022 UCA Leadership & Advocacy Conference
• March 3, 2022 – President Biden Announces New “Test to Treat” Model for COVID Oral Therapeutics

February 2022

• February 17, 2022 – Emergency Use Authorization for New COVID-19 Treatment
• February 3, 2022 – OSHA Withdraws COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS

January 2022

• January 6, 2022 – Update on Distribution of COVID-19 mAb Therapeutics

December 2021

• December 23 – FDA Approves Emergency Use Authorization for New Oral Therapies
• December 9 – UCAccess Newsletter: COVID-19 Oral Therapies Update

November 2021

• November 24 – New OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements
• November 11 – New CMS and OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements

October 2021

• October 28 – FDA Recommends Authorization for Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Younger Children
• October 14 – 2021 UCA Board of Directors Election Results are In

September 2021

• September 30 – NEW COVID-19 Provider Funding: Applications opened on September 29th
• September 23 – UCAccess Executive Edition sponsored by Experity
• September 16 – Advocacy Alert – Impending 10% Cut to Medicare Physician Payments for 2022
• September 2 – UCA Board of Directors Election – Slate of Candidates Announced

August 2021

• August 19 – Newly Released COVID-19 Vaccine Announcement on Boosters
• August 6 – 2021 Annual Convention in New Orleans Cancelled

July 2021

• July 28 – Urgent Care Access – Executive Edition sponsored by Socius
• July 22 – UCA Submits Comments on No Surprise Billing Act
• July 8 – Annual Convention Brochure Revealed!

June 2021

• June 24 – UCA & CUCM Respond to AHA/ACEP/AMA Comments
• June 10 – New OSHA Requirements for COVID-19 Plans, 2021 UCA Commission on Diversity – Board Application Open

May 2021

• May 27 – AAPA House of Delegates votes to change Physician Assistant to Physician Associates
• May 13 – Breaking News – CDC: Vaccinated people can return to normal life

April 2021

• April 21 – Special edition sponsored by Experity
• April 29 – Please Join us in Congratulating Our New Board Officers!, The College of Urgent Care Medicine Welcomes 2 New Fellows and more.
• April 15 – HHS Seeks Urgent Care Assistance with COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Infusion Referrals, Vital Signs: Red flags, Risks & Re-thinking Your Current Processes, Coding Listserv for UCA Members and more.
• April 1 – New Coding Listserv and Resources for UCA Members, Urgent Updates from the College of Urgent Care Medicine U² — a Member Benefit, New Member Benefit – Free Access to UCA Education and more.

March 2021

• March 18 – Biden-Harris Administration Increases Medicare Payment COVID-19 Vaccine, Paycheck Protection Loan Deadline Extension – Legislation Pending
• March 4 – Updates from the CEO, 2021 E/M Coding Impacts, February 26 Executive Order, Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Access and much more.

February 2021

• February 18 – Virtual Urgent Care Industry Lobby Day scheduled for March 3, 2021,  WHO to Develop ‘Agreed Clinical Description’ for Long COVID-19 Diagnosis and Urgent Care Access to Monoclonal Antibody Therapy
• February 4 – Biden Admin Strikes Deal For Millions Of At-Home COVID Tests, Listserv Live #3: Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics in Urgent Care, CalUCA COVID Update

January 2021

• January 28 – Special edition sponsored by Experity
• January 21 – HHS Announces $22 Billion in Funding to Support Expanded Testing, Vaccination Distribution, Telemedicine and Serious Health Conditions under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Second Draw PPP Loans, Introducing the UCBX “Urgent Care Box” Education & Resources
• January 7 – COVID Vaccine Rollout Playbook; New Podcasts Coming Soon; New Digital Education for Managers Coming Soon; Benchmarking Report is Getting an Upgrade; CUCM Urgent Caring and more!

December 2020

• December 31 – Insights from New York’s Recent COVID-19 Vaccine Experience; Vaccine Rollout Remains Woefully Behind Schedule; Paycheck Protection Program Round 2; Colorado Identifies First Known Case of UK Coronavirus Variant in US; New Center Members and Vendor Members; CUCM Blog
• December 24 –  Information from CUCM and UCA on Vaccine Access for Staff and Reports of a New Strain of COVID; Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna Test Vaccines Against New Covid-19 Variant Spreading Across U.K; Weekly COVID-19 Cases Hit Record Fueled by Americas; Claim UCA2020 CME by December 31, 2020; Hippo Education Member Benefit; Member Spotlight; New Platinum Corporate Support Partner
• December 17 – FDA Authorizes First Rapid, Over-the-Counter Home Coronavirus Test; One In Four People Won’t Get The Covid-19 Vaccine Until 2022; Moderna Nears U.S. Authorization for COVID-19 Shot with FDA Staff Endorsement; Over 1.6 Million US Children Have Had Coronavirus Infections Since the Pandemic Began, Pediatricians Say; COVID-19 Listserv LIVE Event Recording; UpToDate Member Benefit; Speak for UCA
• December 10 –  COVID-19 Listserv LIVE Event: Urgent Care and COVID-19 Vaccination; FDA Review Of Pfizer Vaccine Data Confirms Protection Against Covid-19 Infection; First Shipments of Coronavirus Vaccine will Fall Short; College of Urgent Care Medicine Task Force Recommends Review & Community Alignment Before Implementing New CDC Alternatives on COVID-19 Quarantine; State Vaccination Plans Resource; Member Spotlight; 12 Good Things from Us to You and more!
• December 3 – CDC Vaccine Advisers Vote on Who Should Get COVID Vaccine First; First Mass Shipment of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives in US; State Vaccine Registry Deadlines IMMINENT; Updated Version of Benchmarking Report Includes a NEW Section on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Industry; New $908 Billion Bipartisan Stimulus Proposal Released Tuesday; CMS Finalizes Physician Fee Schedule, Including Controversial Updates to E/M Visits; NEW Hippo Education Program; 12 Good Things from Us to You

November 2020

• November 25 – AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine; CDC 4 Key Guidelines for COVID Vaccine Distribution; State Vaccine Registry Deadlines IMMINENT; Facebook Community; Hippo Educations NEW Telemedicine Course; Amazon Smile; 5 Week’s Left of FREE Content and more!
• November 19 –  Why Does Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Need To Be Kept Colder Than Antarctica; Why the Coronavirus Numbers are Likely to Keep Getting Worse; Antibiotic Awareness Week; Member Spotlight; Industry and Pediatric Blog; and more!
• November 12 – FDA Gives Emergency OK to Lilly’s Antibody Treatment for COVID-19; About 9% of hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Readmitted Within Two Months, CDC Finds; Serve on your State’s COVID-19 Vaccination Administration Committee; NEW! Updated version of the Benchmarking Report with a new section showing the impact of COVID-19 on Urgent Care Centers; NEW! UCA2020 On-Demand Sessions; New Certified Centers and More!
• November 5 – Free Life Insurance Coverage for Healthcare Workers On the Frontline of COVID-19 Pandemic; American Academy of Pediatrics Reports Highest One-Week Increase in Child Cases of COVID-19 Since Onset of Pandemic; Why We Should Resist Over-Optimism About Covid-19 Vaccines; COVID-19 Task Force Update; NEW! UCA2020 On-Demand Sessions; Webinars, Industry Perspectives Blog, New Policy of the Month and More!
• November 4 – Special edition sponsored by Experity

October 2020

• October 29 – COVID-19 Infections Causing Health Care Worker Shortages; 4 Big Announcements from UCA Chief Executive Officer; Patients Can Read Your Clinical Notes Starting Nov 2; JD Power Survey Charts the Top 12 Reasons for Using Telehealth; CalUCA Welcomes New Board Members; and More!
• October 28 – Special edition sponsored by Braid
• October 22 –  A Week After COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Goes on Pause, Johnson & Johnson and FDA Won’t Reveal Critical Details; U.K. Government Invests $43 Million In Vaccine Trials That Deliberately Infect Volunteers With COVID-19; NAHQ Healthcare Quality Week October 18-24; UCAPAC Needs Your Support to Help Defend our Industry; UCA2020 – ABS and PR … Both Important UC Acronyms; Hippo Education’s NEW Telemedicine: Common Conditions Video Course; Webinars and more!
• October 15 – COVID-19 Town Hall 5.0; Johnson & Johnson Pauses Coronavirus Vaccine; Eli Lilly Antibody Treatment Trial Is Paused; Coming Soon: Members Only Podcasts; Webinars and more!
• October 8 – CalUCA Virtual Conference; COVID-19 Town Hall 5.0 with the CDC; Could COVID-19 Actually be Driving Patients to UC?; We Cannot Ignore Non-Communicable Diseases During COVID; COVID Task Force Update; UCA2020 – COVID and Micro Learning; and more!
• October 1 – Insights on CDC’s Vaccine Distribution Planning from UCA Chief Executive Officer Lou Ellen Horwitz, More than 1,700 U.S. healthcare workers have died from COVID-19, nurses’ union says, VA Enhanced Flu Vaccine Benefit, Telehealth Is Here To Stay. Are The Providers Who Refuse To Embrace It, This Week’s Features from UCA2020 – FREE for UCA Members!, New and Renewed Center Members, 3bExam Blog: DOT Physicals – No Rush to Judgment, Member Spotlight Story, New Policy of the Month, and more!