Technology used to screen for social needs among people with HIV. WASHINGTON, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine and the Institute for Technology in Health Care have awarded the 2024 Cesar Augusto Caceres Award for Innovations in HIV Prevention and Care to Jessica Ridgway,...
WASHINGTON, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine welcomes the inaugural class of the Dr. Dawn K. Smith HIV Prevention Clinical Fellowship. These Fellows demonstrate the passion and dedication to HIV prevention for which Dr. Smith was well-known. The 2024 class includes: Melissa Chruscinski, PharmD,...
Although No-Cost PrEP is Safe for Now, Ruling Still Leaves Free Preventive Care at Risk On Friday, June 21, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down its much-anticipated decision in Braidwood Management v. Becerra. The court’s ruling was mixed. It agreed with the lower...
The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) applauds the choice of Francisco Ruiz as the new Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP). Mr. Ruiz will take an instrumental role in supporting and implementing efforts to end HIV and to ensure...
Washington, D.C.: The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) yesterday announced the Dr. Dawn K. Smith HIV Prevention Clinical Fellowship, funded by a grant through ViiV Healthcare. The fellowship will provide comprehensive HIV prevention training for non-infectious disease clinicians and will focus efforts in communities...
Transgender care, gender-diverse care, and gender-affirming care is life-saving health care. As an organization whose members are comprised of health care providers and clinicians, the Academy unequivocally supports transgender care, gender-diverse care, and gender-affirming care as well as the professionals who provide it. We uphold...
WASHINGTON, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine and the Institute for Technology in Health Care (ITHC) have awarded the 2023 Cesar Augusto Caceres Award for Technology in HIV Practice to Damien Cares in Indianapolis, Ind. The organization and its president and CEO, Alan Witchey,...
As a professional association representing frontline HIV care providers, the American Academy of HIV Medicine strongly supports shared decision making and evidence-based, patient-centered choice on infant feeding options for people with HIV (PWH). This position is in alignment with the latest clinical guidelines issued in...
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Academy of HIV Medicine denounces last week’s court ruling on the Braidwood Management v. Becerra case. Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) violated...
WASHINGTON – Friday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a proposal to update the guidelines on donating blood for men who are gay, bisexual, or who have sex with men. The Academy applauds this step forward in equity for blood donations and calls on...
Academy Statement: The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued an updated draft recommendation on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). In a highly consequential action for the HIV community, the USPSTF is recommending with an “A” rating that clinicians offer PrEP “with effective antiretroviral therapy to...
Academy Statement: The American Academy of HIV Medicine stands with the LGBTQ community in Colorado Springs, Colo., and across the country, and unequivocally condemns the senseless shooting that killed five people and injured at least 25 others at Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub, over the...
WASHINGTON, DC: For the first time, the American Academy of HIV Medicine is offering continuing education (CE) through an article published in its flagship magazine, HIV Specialist, to add to the ways that providers can access timely, evidence-based HIV-related education. The Fall 2022 edition of...
WASHINGTON, DC: This week, the American Academy of HIV Medicine has launched a new podcast, The Academy Exchange: HIV Today & Tomorrow. This podcast will explore the latest news and advances in HIV prevention, care, and treatment, as well as examine the societal and systemic...
WASHINGTON, DC: This week, the American Academy of HIV Medicine launched a new online resource, www.hivlaa.org, to expand the knowledge base for long-acting antiretroviral agents (LAAs) used for the treatment and prevention of HIV. LAAs are innovative new tools in the fight against HIV that...
WASHINGTON, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine and the Institute for Technology in Health Care have awarded the 2022 Cesar Augusto Caceres Award for Technology in HIV Practice to Dr. Hillary Liss and Dr. Jennifer Jones-Vanderleest of Seattle, Washington. Drs. Liss and Jones-Vanderleest are...
Washington, DC: This week, members of the American Academy of HIV Medicine, the nation’s leading network of HIV care providers, met with Congressional representatives to highlight four critical policy interventions needed to achieve the goal of ending the HIV epidemic by 2030. Over fifty Academy...
The American Academy of HIV Medicine applauds the Biden Administration for prioritizing health care funding in the recently released budget proposal. With a $127.3 billion investment in discretionary programs and $1.7 trillion in mandatory programs for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the...
WASHINGTON, DC: The Academy of HIV Medicine today announced the appointment of Angela C. Riley, PharmD, as their new Manager of Education and Web Programs. A licensed pharmacist, Angela’s clinical background will be instrumental in creating the Academy’s educational content, which extends to all members...
Upcoming Legislative Briefing Also Highlights the Needs of Workforce Expansion Washington, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine recognizes the need for greater racial diversity in our healthcare system, including within the HIV workforce. Studies show that racial and ethnic concordance between patients and providers...
Washington, DC: In response to the Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of Apretude (cabotegravir extended-release injectable suspension) for prevention of HIV and the robust pipeline of additional long-acting antiretroviral agents currently under development, the American Academy of HIV Medicine is pleased to announce it...
Washington, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine, the nation’s largest independent HIV care provider organization, today commended the Biden Administration for releasing an updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS), which renews the goal of ending the epidemic by 2030. President Biden unveiled the new plan...
Washington, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine, the nation’s leading non-profit representing frontline HIV care providers, warns that recent threats to the savings generated by the Federal 340B Drug Pricing Program will compromise access to affordable care, treatment and prevention services for underserved people...
Washington, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine today extended its support to the newly introduced bipartisan Bolstering Infectious Outbreaks (BIO) Preparedness Workforce Act (H.R. 5602). Sponsored by Reps. Lori Trahan (D-MA) and David McKinley (R-WV), the Act will help to build the next generation of infectious disease experts...
Washington, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine today called for an increased push for HIV testing in response to new numbers released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While two new reports by the CDC show a decrease in HIV infections...
WASHINGTON, DC: On June 5th, the 40th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS, President Biden reaffirmed his commitment to ending the HIV epidemic by reopening the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) and appointing Mr. Harold Phillips as the office’s new...
The American Academy of HIV Medicine and the Institute for Technology in Health Care have awarded the 2021 Cesar Augusto Caceres Award for Technology in HIV Practice to Dr. Laura Armas-Kolostroubis of CAN Community Health in Sarasota, Florida. Dr. Armas-Kolostroubis is being recognized for CAN...
The American Academy of HIV Medicine today announced the appointment of Leslie McGorman, MPPA as their new Director of Public Policy. A seasoned professional in both federal and state government affairs, Leslie brings a wealth of political experience to the organization. Leslie has 20 years...
WASHINGTON, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine strongly supports the reintroduction of the HIV Epidemic Loan-Repayment Program (HELP) Act. The bill, which would bring up to $250,000 in loan repayment over five years to physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists and dentists for providing...
Washington, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jeffrey Kwong as Co-Medical Director of the National HIV and Aging Initiative. A collaboration of the Academy, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and ACRIA, the Initiative is made up of...
The Academy Council for Racial Equity (ACRE) was established in September 2020 by the National Board of the American Academy of HIV Medicine. We are a group of medical providers representing various medical disciplines who provide care for people with HIV. The Academy recognized the...
The Academy is pleased to announce the appointment of Carolyn Chu, MD, AAHIVS, as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the organization. A long-time member, Dr. Chu has also served as co-chair of the Academy’s California/Hawaii chapter steering committee and on the National Board of Directors. Dr....
Washington, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine, the nation’s leading independent organization of healthcare professionals dedicated to providing excellence in HIV care and prevention, recently released the new HIV Management in Primary Care multi-media online activity. Housed within the Academy’s online Provider Education Center,...
The American Academy of HIV Medicine is mourning the loss of Representative John Lewis (D-GA), a beacon of the civil rights movement and an ambassador for equality. Throughout his career, Rep. Lewis fought against systemic racism and disparities within our healthcare system, advocating that all...
July 8, 2020: Data from an online survey presented this morning at the International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020: Virtual) by the American Academy of HIV Medicine show that approximately 1/3 of respondents using pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and under a shelter-in-place order (SIPO) stopped taking their PrEP...
The American Academy of HIV Medicine and the Institute for Technology in Health Care have awarded the 2020 Caceres Award for Technology in HIV Practice to Drs. Rebecca Dillingham and Karen Ingersoll of the University of Virginia (UVa) Ryan White Clinic for their PositiveLinks (PL)...
The Academy is pleased to announce the one-year extension of accredited CME content related to managing the health and wellness of older persons with HIV. Hosted on the HIV-Age.org website, the newly updated clinical information will help health professionals treating people living with HIV as...
WASHINGTON, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine today offered support for the newly introduced HIV Epidemic Loan-Repayment Program (HELP) Act. The bill, introduced by Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), would offer up to $250,000 in loan repayment over five years to physicians, nurse practitioners, physician...
WASHINGTON, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine today called the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) recommendation for states to adopt block grants for their Medicaid programs misdirected and warned that the health and welfare of millions – including people living with HIV...
Washington, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), today, highlighted critical barriers to ending the HIV epidemic as identified by HIV care providers in the hardest hit areas of the country. The survey participants – made up of AAHIVM members and HIV credentialed providers...
Washington, D.C. – The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), the nation’s leading independent organization of healthcare professionals dedicated to providing excellence in HIV care and prevention, today released newly updated medical education focused on the optimal care of older people living with HIV. The...
In a policy paper released Friday, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, its HIV Medicine Association and the American Academy of HIV Medicine call for the establishment of antiretroviral treatment stewardship programs in hospital settings to support appropriate use of the drugs, to avoid use...
Washington, DC –The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), the nation’s leading independent organization of healthcare professionals dedicated to providing excellence in HIV care and prevention, praised Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont for signing into law HB 6540 entitled “An Act Concerning the Prevention of HIV.”...
Washington, DC –The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), an independent organization of HIV specialists and other care providers dedicated to promoting excellence in HIV, applauded Texas Governor Greg Abbott today for signing into law State Senator Borris L. Miles’ Senate Bill 1283. Scheduled to...
Washington, DC –The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), the nation’s leading independent organization of healthcare professionals dedicated to providing excellence in HIV care and prevention, announced their enthusiastic support of the recently introduced PrEP Access and Coverage Act. U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA)...
Washington, DC – The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), an independent organization of HIV specialists and other care providers dedicated to promoting excellence in HIV care, celebrated the recent decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding Medicare Prescription Drug Plan...
Washington, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) is pleased to announce Maria Ann Andrews MSN, FNP-C and the RipplePHX team in Phoenix, AZ, are the winners of the annual AAHIVM/Institute for Technology in Health Care HIV Practice Award. Andrews and her team will...
Micro-Increases May Be Derailed by Macro-Cuts Washington, DC – The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), an independent organization of HIV specialists and other care providers dedicated to promoting excellence in HIV care, today pointed out the potential disconnect between the FY2020 Presidential budget proposal and...
WASHINGTON, DC– The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), the nation’s largest independent HIV care provider organization, congratulated the Trump Administration for shining a much-needed spotlight on the HIV epidemic during the President’s State of the Union speech, but advised that a change of policy...
Washington, DC: The Board of Directors for the American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) has unanimously chosen Bruce J. Packett as the organization’s new executive director. Packett has been with AAHIVM for over 13 years and is the current deputy executive director and director of...
Washington, DC – The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), an independent organization of HIV specialists and other care providers dedicated to promoting excellence in HIV care, came out in strong opposition to portions of a proposed rule (Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage to...
Washington, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), the nation’s largest independent HIV provider organization, has partnered with health education company Conrad & Associates for a new public health education program entitled, Living with HIV: Protecting Yourself and Your Partners. This program includes a...
Enrollment set to open nationwide for historic research effort On May 6, the National Institutes of Health will open national enrollment for the All of Us Research Program—a momentous effort to advance individualized prevention, treatment and care for people of all backgrounds—in collaboration with the...
Washington, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) is pleased to announce Dr. Michael Ohl, MD, MSPH, and the TelePrEP team in Iowa City, IA, are the winners of the annual AAHIVM/Institute for Technology in Health Care HIV Practice Award. Dr. Ohl will receive...
On behalf of its membership of HIV-specializing care providers, the American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) finds the newly-created “Conscience and Religious Freedom” Division in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services deeply concerning. AAHIVM members and credentialees are physicians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physician...
Points to Healthcare Infrastructure as the Key in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS Washington, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), the nation’s largest independent HIV provider organization, today celebrated the advances in the fight against HIV/AIDS, declaring that we have all the necessary...
WASHINGTON, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) has partnered with the All of Us Research Program, part of the National Institutes of Health, to join in efforts to raise awareness about the program. The All of Us Research Program aims to engage 1...
New CBO Score Quantifies Devastating Impact of AHCA WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), the nation’s largest independent HIV care provider organization, today pointed to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) score of the revised American Health Care Act (AHCA) as proof that...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), the nation’s largest independent HIV care provider organization, today responded with great concern to the budget released by President Trump for funding all federal government agencies and programs in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. The document,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of Hepatitis Testing Day this Friday May 19th, the American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM)’s Institute for Hepatitis C has partnered with the American College of Physicians (ACP) to release the brand new Guide to Hepatitis C Testing. The Guide to Hepatitis...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), the nation’s largest HIV care provider organization, condemned the House of Representatives for yesterday’s passage of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a bill to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), by a vote of 217...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) is pleased to announce Dr. Kevin Fiscella, MD, MPH, of Jordan Health in Rochester, NY, as the winner of the sixth annual AAHIVM/Institute for Technology in Health Care HIV Practice Award. Dr. Fiscella will receive $20,000...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), the nation’s largest independent HIV care provider organization, today responded with great concern to the American Health Care Act released by Congressional Republicans this week. The newly released plan seeks to repeal certain parts of...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 950 HIV medical professionals sent a letter today urging Congressional members not to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) without establishing a viable replacement plan that will continue to offer affordable coverage to those eligible under the ACA, and to sustain the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The HIV and Aging Consensus Project is proud to announce the availability of free online CME/CE based upon the learnings from the report Recommended Treatment Strategies for Clinicians Managing Older Patients with HIV. Originally released in 2011 and updated in 2016, the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), the nation’s largest independent HIV care provider organization, is proud to launch the AAHIVM Core Curriculum in HIV Care, Prevention and Treatment, a web-based learning resource covering both the basics of HIV and the latest...
Coalition of U.S. Advocates Explore Future Health Trends and Announce Calls to Action for HIV Education, Prevention and Care in New Evidence-based Report New York, N.Y. and Red Bank, N.J., September 21, 2016 – A Coalition of leading HIV/AIDS advocacy groups and stakeholder organizations today...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day on September 18, the American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) is proud to disseminate a newly published HIV and aging brochure, Staying Health with HIV as You Age. The booklet was first distributed...
Mathematica Conducts First Large-Scale Study of the HIV Clinician Workforce; Released in HIV Specialist The supply of health care providers for patients living with HIV is not keeping pace with the growth in demand for their services, according to the first large-scale study of America’s...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Academy is pleased to announce the availability of the New Online AAHIVM Member Store. The store offers our members merchandise containing the AAHIVM the logo, that they can use in their practice, office or daily life. The products are all made...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), the nation’s largest independent HIV provider organization, today announced the hire of Dan Ebeling as the new Credentialing Program Director. Ebeling was chosen from over 100 applicants to replace Ken South as director upon South’s...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Academy of HIV Medicine is proud to announce the release of a new report created by former AAHIVM Technology Award Winner, Dr. Malcolm John, and HIV-Age.org Medical Co-Director, Dr. Meredith Greene. The report is based on the high prevalence of...
WASHINGTON D.C. – AAHIVM is pleased to announce Dr. Jason Leider, MD, PhD, FACP, of the Jacobi Medical Center ACS Clinic in the Bronx, NY, as the winner of the fifth annual AAHIVM/Institute for Technology in Health Care HIV Practice Award. Dr. Leider will receive...
WASHINGTON, DC: HIV-Age.org, the go-to online site for clinicians seeking best practices for managing the care of older HIV patients, has released new content on depression in HIV-infected adults. This new resource helps educate providers to better identify and treat symptoms of clinical depression in...
AAHIVM is one of 197 organizations that are part of the I Am Essential coalition urging Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell to better define and address discriminatory insurance benefit design in the final rule to implement Sec. 1557 of the Affordable Care...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Tuesday that the proposed rule for Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which will enact regulations that ban discrimination in health care. This is an historic milestone for health equity across the nation....