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Thursday, August 23, 2018
AMA Letter to Walmart CEO on Opioid Policy »
The below is excerpted from an August 16, 2018, letter from the AMA to Walmart CEO and President Doug McMillon...
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
MSDC Advocacy Urges Access to Healthy Food to Curb Obesity and Diet-Related Illness »
MSDC Leads Effort to Decrease Obesity and Increase Access to Healthful Foods, Especially Among the Poor At the Ann...
Friday, May 5, 2017
A Squeaker In The House Becomes Headache For The Senate »
A Squeaker In The House Becomes Headache For The Senate Source: Kaiser Health News, Julie Rovner, May 4, 2017...
Wednesday, February 1, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
Attention to Doctor Burnout Benefits Patients and Doctors Alike »
Attention to Doctor Burnout Benefits Patients and Doctors Alike Source: NBC4 Washington, Doreen Gentzler and Christ...
Friday, January 13, 2017
Congress Votes Along Party Lines to Repeal Affordable Care Act »
House Votes to Begin Obamacare Repeal Process Source: Washington Post, Mike DeBonis, January 13, 2017 Congr...
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Surgeon General Issues Report on E-cigarettes »
Launching Today: Surgeon General’s Report on E-cigarettes Letter from the Office of the Surgeon General Decembe...
Friday, September 9, 2016
Cancer Moonshot Could Boost National Capital Area's Research Community and Businesses »
Here's What the Cancer Moonshot Recommendations Could Mean for Greater Washington Source: Washington Business Jour...
Friday, September 2, 2016
$53 Million Dedicated to 44 States and DC to Help Address Opioid Epidemic »
HHS Awards $53 Million to Help Address Opioid Epidemic Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services issued...
Tuesday, August 9, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
AAMC President Says Hospital Star Ratings are “Deeply Flawed” »
Star Ratings “Deeply Flawed,” Offer Incomplete Picture of Hospital Performance AAMC Urges Patients Not to Be Misle...
Friday, June 17, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
Physicians Take on Timely Issues at AMA Annual Meeting »
Source: Adapted from MSDC eNewsline, June 17, 2016 At the 2016 AMA Annual Meeting, Delegates adopted a variety of...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015   (0 Comments - view/add)
ABIM Suspends Controversial MOC Requirements Through 2018 »
Source: Medscape Medical News, Robert Lowes, December 16, 2015 In a policy retreat longer than Napoleon's march fr...
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Physicians Stand Up Against Mergers of Powerful Insurers »
From the AMA Wire Two marriages are in the works among the nation’s largest health insurers—and physicians are speakin...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Family Doctors Who Do More, Save More »
    Is a good family doctor one who treats your knee pain and manages your recovery from heart surgery? Or...

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