Pennsylvania Medical Society From L-R: Martin Trichtinger, MD; Valerie Arkoosh, MD; and PAMED’s executive vice president Michael Fraser, PhD, CAE Michael Fraser, PAMED’s … Read More ›
Category: Advocacy
Thanks in large part to physician advocacy, on Oct. 25, 2013, Gov. Tom Corbett signed into law legislation preventing most physician apologies from being used … Read More ›
The Pennsylvania Medical Society receives numerous requests for Drug Enforcement Agency initial and renewal applications. Physicians can use the links below to expedite the application … Read More ›
Just as Pennsylvania lawmakers consider a bill to launch an expanded prescription drug monitoring database, federal bipartisan legislation has been introduced to reauthorize the National … Read More ›
Members of PAMED staff joined physician leaders at a meeting on Sept. 11 with Secretary of Human Services Ted Dallas. The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED), … Read More ›
Ben Schlechter, MD, and Marilyn Heine, MD, were in Washington, D.C. this week to advocate for a permanent Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) fix, funding for … Read More ›
On Sept. 30, 2015, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) announced that, beginning in 2016, it will impose additional requirements on its Physical Health … Read More ›
Carrie DeLone, MD, physician adviser at Holy Spirit Hospital and member of the Pennsylvania Medical Society, was recently confirmed as the state’s new physician general … Read More ›