Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an expanded version of the Opioid Prescribing Mapping Tool, ensuring that CMS and our partners have the most complete and…
The Penn Center for Public Health Initiatives and CHOP PolicyLab are holding a free seminar on February 21st concerning the impact of the ongoing border crisis on migrant children and…
USciences is offering two Medical Cannabis Certification Courses with CME credits in the first half of 2019: 1.) A live course held at the USciences campus in Philadelphia, on Saturday…
Date: Saturday, March 30, 2019 Place: Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Campus of Thomas Jefferson University, 233 S. 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 The 5th Annual Jefferson Liver Disease Symposium will…
The Philadelphia County Medical Society would like to congratulate PCMS President Max E. Mercado, MD, who has been selected as an award winner at the 1st Annual AL DÍA Top…
The following is a statement from Danae Powers, MD, president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society, originally released on 12/19/18. “The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) applauds the U.S. District court’s ruling…
Recently, Philadelphia City Council moved a proposed ordinance (Bill number 180888) out of committee that would require pharmaceutical representatives to register with the Health Department whenever they are engaged in selling,…
The Philadelphia County Medical Society sharing the following message from Novitas Solutions, Inc. as we believe it could be useful to our membership: Don’t miss your last chance to attend…
HERSHEY, Pa. – Michael A. DellaVecchia, MD, PhD, FACS, our PCMS past President, an ophthalmologist from Philadelphia, was elected by a statewide group of physicians Saturday, October 27 during the…
As of October 8, 2018, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) has identified 72 human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) infection from 22 counties, which is the highest year-to-date…
The following is a communication from the AMA in response to the advancement of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act bill, originally released on September 28, 2018. After months…
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect in the United States, diagnosed in one in 100 births; and because of improved disease diagnosis and treatment, individuals with…