Insurers participating in Medicare Advantage will be able to negotiate directly with drugmakers in an effort to lower the cost of prescription medications under a new policy announced by the Trump administration. The policy aims to allow Medicare Advantage plans…
The 2017 Arizona Opioid Emergency Response Report has been released, and while significant progress has been made, there is still work to do towards reducing opioid deaths in Arizona. This report highlights the emergency response actions taken over the past…
C. Kent Kwoh, MD, Pima County Medical Society Member and professor of medicine and medical imaging at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, has been named to the prestigious Division Directors Special Committee for the American College of…
The University of Arizona Department of Family and Community Medicine’s Mobile Health Program has established a new partnership with Amity Foundation to provide full-service primary care at no cost to students at Amity’s Circle Tree Ranch and Dragonfly Village, located…
On August 2, CMS finalized a rule to empower patients and advance the White House MyHealthEData initiative and the CMS Patients Over Paperwork initiative. According to CMS, this final rule and others issued earlier this week will help improve access…
More than 100 new medical students will receive and don their first white coats this week at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson White Coat Ceremony. The event, held to honor the college’s latest class of medical students, will…
The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center and Banner – University Medical Center Tucson welcomed Rupa Bala, MD, to the cardiovascular medicine team. A new member of PCMS, Dr. Bala, board certified in clinical cardiac electrophysiology and cardiovascular disease, joined the University of…
CMS has released next year’s physician fee schedule and quality payment program to include a comment period. This year marks the first time the rules have been combined. CMS will be accepting comments through September 10, 2018. Find the proposed…
Juanita L. Merchant, MD, PhD, a renowned physician-scientist who has made paradigm-shifting contributions to understanding the gastric response to chronic inflammation and colon cancer, joins the the Pima County Medical Society and the University of Arizona College of Medicine –…
The Pima County Health Department has released its July 2018 Communicable Disease Report. You may view the report by clicking the link below. PCHD Communicable Disease Report July 2018