PAMED supports Teen Health Week March 18-24
The following is a statement from Theodore Christopher, MD, president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society. Dr. Christopher is also professor and chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the…
Posts by Philadelphia County Medical Society
MIPS Reporting Deadlines Fast Approaching
Deadlines are fast approaching if you plan to submit data for the 2017 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance period. Don’t wait until the last minute to submit your data.…
Civil War Medicine Talk, Wednesday, February 21st 2018
The Fumo Family Library is hosting ‘Civil War Medicine: What Went Right?’, a talk about medicine during the Civil War and the revolutionary changes that took place. Speaking will be…
Learn about Newest Medicare Payment Model Feb. 26th
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) recently announced the administration’s first new Medicare alternative payment model, Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced). This voluntary model includes…
The New Medicare Card
The following is a notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding their New Medicare Card campaign, originally released on January 26, 2018. The Centers for Medicare &…
Pennsylvania Department of Health Requests Voluntary Reporting of Suspected Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) Cases
Since August 2014, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received an increased number of reports of suspected acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). To date, no single pathogen has been…