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Apr 30, 2025, 09:26 AM
Recently, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled unfavorably in a case concerning mental health treatment in which PAMED and the AMA filed an amici curiae brief. In Matos v. Geisinger Medical Center, et al., the court determined that an individual suffering a mental health crisis had triggered the Mental Health Procedures Act (MHPA) when he appeared at Geisinger and requested inpatient treatment without completing a written application.
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Apr 30, 2025, 09:15 AM
The Department of Human Services (Department) is announcing its intent to allocate funds beginning with Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 to establish a new class of supplemental payments to qualifying Medical Assistance (MA) enrolled freestanding children's hospitals located in a city of the first class that serve a high percentage of MA beneficiaries.
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Apr 30, 2025, 09:12 AM
The Department of Health (Department) is updating 28 Pa. Code Chapter 1141a, Appendix A (relating to serious medical conditions) to add ''Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) with Chronic Symptoms'' and ''Type II Diabetes Mellitus'' to the list of serious medical conditions limited to Chapter 20 research purposes only.
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Apr 30, 2025, 08:59 AM
The Statewide HIV Planning Group will hold public meetings at the Genetti Hotel, 200 West 4th Street, Williamsport, PA on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Thursday, May 15, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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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 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, 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 1, 2025, 14:04 PM
FDA Grants Marketing Authorization of First Home Test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Trichomoniasis
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Apr 1, 2025, 10:00 AM
Find out what to do with medical records when a physician retires or passes away.
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Mar 26, 2025, 19:23 PM
DEA and HHS Delay Effective Date for Final Rules on Expansion of Buprenorphine Treatment via Telemedicine Encounter and Continuity of Care via Telemedicine for Veterans Affairs Patients
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Mar 26, 2025, 14:23 PM
The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) has issued a Request for Applications (RFA) to promote the use of promising and practice-based solutions to improve maternal health outcomes and health equity in Pennsylvania communities.
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Mar 20, 2025, 11:34 AM
With the signing of the American Relief Act, 2025 on December 21, 2024, these Medicare telehealth waivers were extended through March 31, 2025. (CMS, 2025.
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Mar 6, 2025, 08:23 AM
Yet another change concerning the new federal Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirements has been announced.
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Feb 24, 2025, 14:59 PM
PAMED is deeply saddened by the tragic act of violence that occurred at the UPMC Memorial Hospital this weekend.
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Feb 20, 2025, 07:23 AM
As a resolute champion of leveraging science and data to ensure public health and well-being, the Pennsylvania Medical Society opposes the recent Presidential directive to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Feb 10, 2025, 10:35 AM
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting patients of a safety concern regarding diabetes devices, such as continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), insulin pumps and automated insulin dosing systems, that rely on a smartphone to deliver critical safety alerts.
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Feb 9, 2025, 17:23 PM
The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) wholeheartedly supports Governor Josh Shapiro’s comments made during his recent budget address, which highlighted the growing issue of private equity's negative impact on healthcare and patient care in the Commonwealth.
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Feb 6, 2025, 14:00 PM
While the Pennsylvania Medical Society supports the use of technology and artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool in health care, it rejects the recent claims that AI as in health care is indistinguishable from a human being and can provide diagnostics as good as any physician
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Feb 6, 2025, 11:45 AM
The Pennsylvania Medical Society stands as a staunch advocate for the use of science and data to ensure physicians’ have the best information available to treat patients and provide the highest quality of care within the Commonwealth.