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Medical liability suit seeks change to informed consent for surgery

State supreme court examines whether a patient’s informed consent to surgery can be predicated on information provided in part by a physician’s assistant, as opposed to just the physician.

Judicial Advocacy
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36 med students, young physicians recognized as future leaders

Three dozen med students, residents and early career physicians received recognition for their work. Awards cover reducing health care disparities, as well as non-clinical leadership in advocacy, community service and education.

Awards
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Naloxone prescription available to entire state: Treating opioid epidemic

Pennsylvania physicians take the lead in fighting opioid epidemic by making lifesaving overdose reversal drug, naloxone, available to all residents. State officials identify 3 next steps.

Behavioral Health
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Raising minimum age for purchasing tobacco has health implications

The move to raise the minimum age for purchasing tobacco to 21 has major health implications. It will reduce the smoking rate over time by about 12 percent and smoking-related deaths by 10 percent.

Behavioral Health
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21 more schools tapped to transform physician training

A panel of medical education leaders has selected 21 new members of the Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium to transform the way future physicians will be trained.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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21 medical schools join AMA in creating medical school of the future

The AMA announced 21 medical schools to join its Accelerating Change in Medical Education consortium to create the medical school of the future.

Press Releases
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Ruling could give insurers more leeway to terminate physicians

The outcome of a recent case could have implications for other physicians and their patients as a federal court decided it was permissible for a large health insurer to terminate two physicians from its network following a dispute over the necessity of medical services they provided.

Judicial Advocacy
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Court to weigh physicians' right to payments, recourse

Should physicians be left holding the bag when a private insurer retroactively denies a medical claim or recoups a payment? A federal appeals court is considering a case that could determine whether physicians have recourse to ensure that their practices remain financially stable so they can continue caring for their patients.

Judicial Advocacy
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Pennsylvania physician Andrew Gurman named new president-elect

The AMA announced the election of Andrew W. Gurman, M.D. as the new president-elect of the nation’s largest and most influential physician organization.

Press Releases