Member Communications

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

Latest News Stories

  • PA Department of Health Issues Alert on International Ebola Disease Outbreak

    The PA Department of Health issued an alert on the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo's confirmed outbreak of the Ebola disease after laboratory analysis confirmed the cause as Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD).
    May 26, 2026

  • CDC Issues Update on Testing for Potential Hantavirus Infection

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an update to inform clinicians and health departments about testing available for patients with suspected hantavirus infection to include Andes virus.
    May 19, 2026

  • Anticipated Seasonal Increase in Legionella Infections

    In Pennsylvania, Legionella infections increase each year during spring, summer, and fall months.
    May 15, 2026

  • May 2026 Board of Trustee Meeting Recap

    The PAMED Board of Trustees met for its hybrid May 7 meeting and reviewed several key updates, appointments, and ongoing strategic initiatives.
    May 14, 2026

  • MultiPlan Health Insurance Provider Litigation Update

    PAMED is a plaintiff in the In re MultiPlan Health Insurance Provider Litigation, a federal antitrust case alleging that MultiPlan and major health insurers colluded to suppress out-of-network reimbursement rates paid to physicians and other providers and is seeking an immediate end to their anti-competitive conduct.
    May 14, 2026

  • Multi-country Hantavirus Cluster Linked to Cruise Ship

    On May 2, 2026, the World Health Organization was notified of a cluster of severe acute respiratory illness among passengers and crew of a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The cluster included two deaths and one critically ill passenger whose laboratory tests confirmed hantavirus.
    May 12, 2026