On May 20, 2015, Karen Murphy, PhD, the state Secretary of Health, convened the second meeting of the ABC-MAP board, the group of cabinet-level officials … Read More ›
Category: Advocacy
On June 30, 2014, a federal court judge dismissed a physician’s constitutional challenge to confidentiality requirements in a state law that expressly provides physicians with … Read More ›
Pennsylvania urgently needs to pass a bill to enhance and improve the state’s prescription drug monitoring program, according to a June 30 letter from a … Read More ›
PAMED President Scott Shapiro, MD, (@sshapiromd) will host a TweetChat on Jan. 12, starting at 9 p.m. for a live discussion with physicians about their thoughts … Read More ›
The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) held its second meeting with Highmark senior staff on March 8, 2016, and asked the insurance giant to reverse the … Read More ›
A bipartisan group of 34 U.S. Representatives, including six from Pennsylvania, sent a letter in June 2014 to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner and HHS Secretary … Read More ›
Earlier this year, the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) learned that several Pennsylvania physicians were the victims of an identity theft tax return scam where their … Read More ›
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has called for a major overhaul of the graduate medical education (GME) system in a report released July 30. The … Read More ›