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Jul 3, 2025, 06:09 AM
PA Department of Health - Upcoming Public Meetings
Upcoming meetings for committees within the PA Department of Health.
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Jul 2, 2025, 11:14 AM
2025 West Nile and Other Arboviral Infections in Pennsylvania
As of Wednesday, June 25, 2025, the first WNV-positive mosquito pools of the year were identified in Pennsylvania in five counties including Beaver, Bucks, Erie, Lehigh and Northampton through the routine seasonal monitoring conducted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance program.
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Jun 25, 2025, 12:12 PM
FDA Authorizations & Approvals Impacting Mammograms and HIV Prevention
On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) granted De Novo authorization to Clairity Breast, the first-ever AI-powered platform that predicts a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer over the next five years—using only a standard mammogram. De Novo authorization is especially meaningful as it marks the very first platform of its kind.
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Jun 25, 2025, 12:03 PM
AmeriTrust Group, Inc. Appoints World Insurance Associates, LLC as Servicing Agent Change in Brokerage Services for Association Member
Effective July 1, 2025, AmeriTrust Group, Inc., an affiliate brand of AF Group, will no longer directly service Pennsylvania Medical Society members. To better support the association members, we have appointed World Insurance Associates LLC as the exclusive agent for brokerage services -- AmeriTrust will remain the insurance carrier.
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Jun 24, 2025, 11:26 AM
Supreme Court declines to hear JUA appeal
The United States Supreme Court, on June 23, 2025, denied the petition 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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Jun 24, 2025, 09:31 AM
Pennsylvania Department of Health Updates and Upcoming Meetings
Addition of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy to the Supplemental Conditions Mandated for Screening in this Commonwealth
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Jun 24, 2025, 09:26 AM
CMS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public on the following:
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Jun 23, 2025, 08:11 AM
Extreme Heat Forecasted for Pennsylvania – Practice Heat Safety
Extreme heat is forecasted for Pennsylvania starting Sunday, June 22 and continuing into early next week.
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Jun 19, 2025, 13:52 PM
Supreme Court Upholds State Ban on Some Transgender Treatments
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a Tennessee state statute that banned certain medical interventions for minors for purposes of attempting to change sexual identity or to address discomfort with sexual identity. In United States v. Skrmetti, by a 6-3 vote, the Court on June 18, 2025, determined that constitutional review of the state law did not require higher-level legal scrutiny and that the state law met the applicable legal standard for constitutionality.
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Jun 19, 2025, 13:36 PM
American Medical Association’s Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates 2025
Delegation Chair and Vice Chair, Jill Owens, MD and John Vasudevan, MD, led twenty-eight members of the Pennsylvania Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) at the Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates (HOD or the House) in Chicago from June 6 – 11, 2025.
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Jun 19, 2025, 13:33 PM
Responding to Overdose and Withdrawal Involving Medetomidine –Updated Guidance
The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) is forwarding the following advisory to health care providers, “Responding to Overdose and Withdrawal Involving Medetomidine” from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH).
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Jun 19, 2025, 08:45 AM
Department of Human Services Medical Assistance Program Fee Schedule Revisions; 2025 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System Updates; Fee Adjustments; Prior Authorization Requirements
The Department of Human Services (Department) announces changes to the Medical Assistance (MA) Program Fee Schedule. These changes are effective for dates of service on and after June 16, 2025.
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Jun 19, 2025, 08:36 AM
Department of Human Services Change to Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments to Qualifying Hospitals
The Department of Human Services is announcing its intent to increase the funding for a class of disproportionate share hospital payments to qualifying hospitals for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.
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Jun 19, 2025, 08:31 AM
Department of Health Temporary Scheduling of Substance; Nitazene Class of Compounds
The Secretary of Health of the Department of Health is publishing this notice of intent to issue a final notice to temporarily schedule any material, compound, mixture or preparation which contains any quantity of certain Nitazene substances, their salts, isomers and salts of isomers.
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Jun 19, 2025, 08:17 AM
Oversight of Health care Transactions Involving Private Equity
Introduced by Representative Lisa Borowski (D-Delaware), House Bill 1460 aims to strengthen oversight of major healthcare transactions involving private equity and large health systems.
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Jun 12, 2025, 10:12 AM
State Board of Osteopathic Medicine Corrective Amendment to 49 Pa. Code § 25.241 (Unrestricted license by examination)
The State Board of Osteopathic Medicine (board) has discovered the text of § 25.241(5.1) was inadvertently omitted when amendments to § 25.241 were published in the January 18, 2025, edition of the Pennsylvania Bulletin (55 Pa.B. 457).
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Jun 12, 2025, 09:23 AM
Strength in Unity: ACMS’s Collective Approach to HOD Testimony
PAMED’s annual House of Delegates (HOD) meeting has long served as a platform for physicians to make their voices heard, shaping policies that influence the practice of medicine in Pennsylvania.
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Jun 12, 2025, 08:15 AM
Department of Health and Human Services Notification of HHS Documents Identified for Rescission
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) has rescinded four informal documents. This action will reduce the burdens on regulated parties and allow HHS to refocus on its core mission to Make America Healthy Again.
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Jun 12, 2025, 08:13 AM
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Updates
Recent updates from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Jun 12, 2025, 07:35 AM
State Board of Pharmacy Child Abuse Reporting Requirements (proposed rulemaking)
The Board of Pharmacy (Board) is amending existing regulations to incorporate the mandatory reporting requirements under the CPSL into Chapter 27 (relating to State Board of Pharmacy), including the mandatory training requirements required by Act 31 of 2014.