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The Dose

The Dose is PAMED’s member-exclusive weekly e-newsletter, delivered to your inbox every Thursday. It’s a simple way to get a healthy dose of the hot topics in Pennsylvania medicine.

Each week, you’ll find news and analysis on topics like:

  • New health care laws and regulations
  • State licensure requirements & CME opportunities
  • Reimbursement and payer news, including MACRA-MIPS
  • Pennsylvania court cases that could impact physicians
  • How PAMED is advocating in the legislature on behalf of physicians – on issues like prior authorization, telemedicine, and scope of practice
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Latest News Stories

  • Aug 7, 2025, 10:04 AM

    FTC Invites Public Comment on Gender-Affirming Care
    On July 28, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it is inviting public comment to “better understand how consumers may have been exposed to false or unsupported claims about ‘gender-affirming care’ (GAC), especially as it relates to minors, and to gauge the harms consumers may be experiencing.” The 60-day comment period runs through September 26, 2025.

  • Aug 7, 2025, 08:33 AM

    FDA Requires Major Changes to Opioid Pain Medication Labeling to Emphasize Risks
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requiring safety labeling changes to all opioid pain medications to better emphasize and explain the risks associated with their long-term use.

  • Aug 6, 2025, 10:08 AM

    Requested Malpractice Insurance Rate Increases Shared by JUA
    Recently, the Joint Underwriting Association (JUA), Pennsylvania’s medical liability insurer of last resort, generously shared with PAMED requested premium increased from select insurance providers. It is important to remember that these are requested increases, not approved increases. The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has yet to respond to any of these requested increases.

  • Aug 6, 2025, 09:37 AM

    Pennsylvania Court Upholds Bucks County Venue in Medical Malpractice Suit
    On July 30, 2025, the Pennsylvania Superior Court issued an encouraging venue-related ruling in Somerlot v. Jung. The court upheld a contractual forum selection clause that limited any lawsuit to the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas, thereby thwarting the Plaintiffs’ effort to have the case heard in uber-plaintiff-friendly Philadelphia.

  • Aug 6, 2025, 09:33 AM

    PAMED and AMA Argue for Enforcement of Certificate of Merit
    The AMA, joined by PAMED and the Delaware and New Jersey medical societies, filed an amici curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on August 4, 2025 in the case of Berk v. Choy. Whether a state law providing that a complaint must be dismissed unless it is accompanied by an expert affidavit may be applied in federal court is the question before the court. Our brief argues that the state affidavit requirement should be applied in federal court.
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