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Apr 24, 2025, 09:02 AM
On April 22, 2025, a bankruptcy judge approved the closure of Crozer Health’s two Delaware County hospitals.
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Apr 24, 2025, 08:42 AM
On March 1, 2025, the President signed Executive Order ("E.O.") 14224, Designating English as the Official Language of the United States.
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Apr 24, 2025, 08:25 AM
The Secretary of Commerce initiated an investigation to determine the effects on the national security of imports of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients, including finished drug products, medical countermeasures, critical inputs such as active pharmaceutical ingredients, and key starting materials, and derivative products of those items.
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Apr 24, 2025, 08:15 AM
The Department of Human Services (Department) announces updates to the Medical Assistance (MA) Program Fee Schedule.
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Apr 24, 2025, 08:02 AM
Updates from the PA Department of Health
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Apr 22, 2025, 10:51 AM
Tick bite-related emergency department visits have increased recently in Pennsylvania.
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Apr 22, 2025, 09:23 AM
The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) stands in unwavering solidarity with the physicians, health care workers, and communities impacted by the closure of Crozer Health facilities in Philadelphia and Delaware County.
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Apr 17, 2025, 11:23 AM
So far in the 2025-2026 legislative session, there has been a relatively light Legislative Calendar compared to previous years.
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Apr 17, 2025, 10:23 AM
On April 8, the House Insurance Committee unanimously approved legislation requiring health insurance policies to cover all costs associated with diagnostic breast examinations used to evaluate an abnormality found in a screening exam.
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Apr 17, 2025, 10:06 AM
Additional Measles Cases Identified in Erie
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Apr 16, 2025, 18:52 PM
The Department of Human Services (Department) is providing final notice of its funding allocation for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025 for several classes of inpatient disproportionate share hospital (DSH) and supplemental payments to Medical Assistance (MA) enrolled, qualifying inpatient acute care general hospitals.
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Apr 16, 2025, 16:05 PM
On May 9, 2024, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Department) issued a final rule entitled “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance.”
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Apr 10, 2025, 10:46 AM
Earlier this week, PAMED and the AMA filed an amici curiae (friends of the court) brief in the United States Supreme Court in support of the effort of the Pennsylvania Joint Underwriting Association (JUA) to have the Supreme Court review its case against Governor Shapiro and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Apr 10, 2025, 10:23 AM
The Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, May 15, 2025, to consider 16A-5433 (State Board of Pharmacy- Pharmacy Technician Registration).
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Apr 10, 2025, 09:32 AM
Earlier this week, Arion Claggett, Acting Commissioner for the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, reported that Pennsylvania is expected to implement the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (“IMLC” or “Compact”) in June 2025.
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Apr 10, 2025, 09:08 AM
The State Board of Pharmacy is providing notice that to participate in the Cancer Drug Repository Program in 2025.
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Apr 2, 2025, 19:05 PM
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information.
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Apr 2, 2025, 14:12 PM
The Health Care Cost Containment Council (Council) is required to publish a list of all special reports and data that have been prepared during the previous calendar year.
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Apr 2, 2025, 11:23 AM
The Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) will hold a public meeting on May 15, 2025, to consider 16A-4955 (State Board of Medicine Physician Assistants).
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Apr 2, 2025, 07:07 AM
Following a meeting on Friday, March 21, the Foundation for Delaware County announced that both Crozer Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital will remain open while a long-term solution to the hospitals’ financial and ownership crisis is achieved.