Among Gov. Tom Wolf’s recent appointments are Karen Murphy, PhD, RN, as Secretary of Health and Rachel Levine, MD, as Physician General, both of whom … Read More ›

Most Pennsylvania physicians — more than 93 percent according to a 2009 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association —report that they … Read More ›

The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office recently announced that an arbitration panel ruling will cause the commonwealth’s annual share of the tobacco master settlement agreement to … Read More ›

The Pennsylvania Auditor General, Eugene DePasquale, recently announced that his agency will audit the state Department of Health’s management of health-research grants financed by tobacco … Read More ›

Additional Resources: Video update on PAMED’s legislative efforts regarding telemedicine (2015) A Member’s Perspective on Telehealth (2015) AMA Telemedicine Policy (2014) With a growing number of services being … Read More ›

On Aug. 5, 2014, several physician leaders — Karen Rizzo, MD, president-elect of the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED); John Pagan, MD, PAMED board chair, and … Read More ›

The inaugural meeting of the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s (PAMED) Payer Advocacy Task Force was held via conference call in late March 2016. The first agenda … Read More ›

We’ve all heard the buzz words “volume to value” and Pennsylvania physicians know the transition is coming. In fact, earlier this year, the U.S. Department … Read More ›