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Category: Advocacy

Advocacy, News from Harrisburg

Leading Infectious Disease Expert Appointed to Lyme Disease Task Force

In June 2014, Gov. Tom Corbett signed a new law creating a statewide Lyme disease task force to make recommendations to the Pennsylvania Department of … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Advocacy, News from Harrisburg

Hundreds of Health Care Bills Anticipated during New Legislative Session

The 2015-2016 legislative session is just underway, and already hundreds of health care bills are anticipated during the new two-year session. The topics of these … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Advocacy, News from Harrisburg

PA Physicians Part of Health Care Transition

Gov.-elect Tom Wolf recently announced the names of more than 250 people that will review various agencies, commissions, and issues as part of his transition … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Advocacy, News from Harrisburg

Bill Would Increase Penalties for Violence Against Physicians and Other Health Care Workers

A bill that would increase the penalty for assaulting a health worker in Pennsylvania passed the House on Feb. 10, 2016, and now goes to … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Advocacy, News from Harrisburg

Video: Is PA’s Health System Ready For Expanded Access?

Federal officials approved a waiver in late August to

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Advocacy, News from Harrisburg

Physicians Applaud Corbett Plan to Expand Health Care Access for Uninsured

The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) has long supported making health care coverage available and affordable to all Pennsylvanians, as well as reducing administrative costs and … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Advocacy, News from Harrisburg

State Seeks PA Physician Feedback on New Online Licensure System

The Pennsylvania Department of State’s Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs is designing, developing, and implementing a new online licensure system that will be deployed … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022
Advocacy, News from Harrisburg

Commonwealth Court Clarifies Confidentiality Requirement in Hydraulic Fracturing Law

The state law requiring well operators to disclose the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing has been a subject of discussion within Pennsylvania’s health care community, … Read More ›

Posted on 08.05.202208.05.2022

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