This fall, more than 350 health care related bills are awaiting action at the state Capitol. During the Sept. 10 meeting of the Pennsylvania Medical … Read More ›
Category: Advocacy
The State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) Advisory Committee met on July 28, 2015, to review the draft 2015-2020 SHIP. The Advisory Committee, comprised of stakeholders … Read More ›
The Pennsylvania Medical Society and 17 specialty societies sent a letter to the Pennsylvania General Assembly on June 2, 2014, advocating to keep funding in … Read More ›
As a result of a resolution adopted by the 2012 House of Delegates, the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) convened a group of stakeholders to study … Read More ›
POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment), a medical form designed to complement, but not replace, an advanced directive, clearly has value in helping to ensure … Read More ›
Luckily, you don’t have to read through the more than 200 items in the July 19 Pennsylvania Bulletin to find out what you need to … Read More ›
Gov. Tom Corbett signed a new law on Sept. 24, 2014, renaming the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) as the Department of Human Services … Read More ›
Medical students and residents from across Pennsylvania have expressed concerns regarding excessive student loan debt as well as an insufficient number of in-state residency slots … Read More ›