Arizonans don’t have to worry about hurricanes, which have caused the release of hazardous materials. However, the Southwest does experience flash floods, high winds, haboobs and wildfires that can trigger leaks of toxic substances into communities, posing serious health risks.…
Marvin Weisbard, MD, Tucson psychiatrist and neurologist, died August 12, 2017. He had just celebrated turning 88. Born August 10, 1928, in New York, New York, Weisbard started practicing psychiatry in Tucson in 1969 after completing an internship and residency…
The Arizona Controlled Substance Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) requirements to check the PMP goes into effect on October 16; the requirements require prescribers to obtain a patient utilization report. It’s important that you understand the new law before it goes…
Of course, doctors love it when someone writes something positive, but it can be really discouraging when someone writes something negative. But there are ways to turn a negative review around or having the complaint removed. “While you can’t always…
The Valley Fever Center for Excellence (VFCE) at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson has been awarded a four-year, $4.8 million grant for research to speed development of a vaccine to combat Valley fever, the sometimes…
Ken Iserson, MD, Professor Emeritus of Emergency Medicine at the University of Arizona and PCMS member, is featured in an upcoming ABC 20/20 segment on improvised medical practices used to save lives. Iserson is in one of four segments on…
CMS has proposed canceling the cardiac and expanded joint replacement bundled payment models. The rule, which was sent to the Office of Management and Budget last week, would cancel the mandatory bundled payment programs for heart attacks and bypass surgeries…
After the Arizona Board of Pharmacy announced that the Arizona Controlled Substance Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) is now integrated with Health Current, the statewide health information exchange, the monitoring program will take effect October 16. Authorities say PMP is an important…
Gov. Doug Ducey has extended the reporting of opioid-related data by renewing his June 13 executive order requiring physicians to report through MEDSIS suspected opioid overdoses, suspected opioid deaths and neonatal abstinence syndrome. Recently the governor expanded the requirements to…
Banner University Medical Group welcomed five new physicians to the University of Arizona Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UA College of Medicine. All of the new staff members will be primary care physicians. Anthony Arnold, MD Dr.…