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DC Health Updates Travel Quarantine List for Residents

August 11, 2020

The District removed Delaware from its quarantine list and added five more states.

CMS Issues 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

August 5, 2020

CMS released its proposed Medicare PFS for 2021 on Monday.

MSDC Launches the Healthy Physician Program

August 5, 2020

MSDC today launches its Healthy Physician Program with a new offering for MSDC members - free wellness sessions with diverse wellbeing professionals.

MSDC Leaders Testify Before Board of Medicine and Council

July 30, 2020

Three MSDC leaders testified on numerous important health topics yesterday, furthering the Society's mission to make DC the best place to practice medicine,

DC Council Passes Audio Telemedicine and Loan Repayment Provisions

July 29, 2020

DC physicians saw two big wins in yesterday's Budget Support Act debates

U.S. Vaccines Safe, Say 20 Years of Data

July 28, 2020

Vaccines are one of the safest medical treatments in the U.S., according to new research.

Council Passes New Hospital Bill, Biosimilars, Other MSDC Priorities

July 22, 2020

The healthcare community won yesterday as the Council passed legislation for a new hospital and MSDC endorsed biosimilar legislation.

AMA Report Shows 37 Percent Decline in Opioid Prescribing But an Evolving and Deadlier Overdose Epidemic

July 21, 2020

The AMA issued its 2020 Opioid Task Force report showing a 17.9% decrease in opioid prescribing in DC. It also notes: • the epidemic has grown more deadly • reductions in opioid supply and increases in PDMP use have not ended the epidemic • specific—and proven—policy recommendations to confront the evolving epidemic must be heeded.