IDSA has kicked off the 2019 ID Physician Compensation Survey, a survey created by members for members. Take a listen to a podcast with Clinical Affairs Committee (CAC) Chair, Susan Bleasdale, MD, and former CAC member Robin Trotman, DO, FIDSA, discussing what’s in the survey and how the results will help IDSA advocate for fair compensation and help you in your individual practice.

In the last edition of IDSA News, the article about the June CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting and the Committee’s decision on PCV13 was incorrect. Find the corrected vaccination update here.

The World Health Organization’s recent declaration that the year-long Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern aims to raise much-needed awareness and resources for preparedness and control efforts across the region.

A bipartisan group in the House of Representatives has introduced the Laboratory Access for Beneficiaries (LAB) Act, an important first step in correcting steep cuts to Medicare reimbursement for infectious diseases (ID) diagnostics.

Changes proposed by the Trump administration to the Affordable Care Act’s Section 1557 non-discrimination provisions would eliminate the prohibition of discrimination based on gender identity and eliminate health insurance coverage protections for transgender individuals and people living with HIV, in addition to rolling back other protections.

Are you an HIV provider? Then, be sure to join HIVMA’s HIV Provider Directory, a searchable database that will be available to the public from the HIVMA website.

The HHS panel on the Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents with HIV has updated the Cryptosporidiosis section to reflect the availability of new diagnostic tests and data on the efficacy of available therapeutic agents.