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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
Latest News Stories
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Pennsylvania Special Elections Update
Pennsylvania held special elections on February 24, 2026, to fill vacancies in the state House of Representatives.Feb 26, 2026 -
Pennsylvania Physicians Advocate in Washington at AMA National Advocacy Conference
Pennsylvania physicians joined colleagues from across the country in Washington, DC, for the American Medical Association’s (AMA) National Advocacy Conference (NAC), where they met with members of Congress and congressional staff to discuss federal policies impacting patient care and physician practice.Feb 26, 2026 -
Pennsylvania Medical Society Opposes Rescinding of EPA Endangerment Finding
The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) strongly opposes the recent rescinding of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Endangerment Finding; an action that removes a critical federal safeguard designed to protect the public from pollution and threatens public health.Feb 25, 2026 -
Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Patient Records (Part 2) and HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices
In February 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Department) modified the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulations (Part 2) to implement Section 3221 of the CARES Act, which required the Department to align Part 2 regulations more closely with the HIPAA regulations.Feb 19, 2026 -
Supreme Court Punts on Impact of Venue Rule Change
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has issued an order concerning the Civil Procedural Rules Committee's required two-year anniversary review of the medical malpractice venue rule change.Feb 19, 2026 -
Nationwide Shortage of Penicillin G Benzathine (Bicillin L-A®) Update - Limiting Doses to Treating Pregnant Women
The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) was notified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that there is a continuing national shortage of Bicillin L-A, following the voluntary recall by King Pharmaceuticals Inc., a subsidiary of Pfizer, of Bicillin L-A (Penicillin G Benzathine Injectable Suspension) in July 2025.Feb 18, 2026
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