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Sent: 5/12/2015 10:24:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Daily Dose: Statewide Poll Shows Pennsylvanians Want to Keep Health Care Team Together

 

The latest news for Pennsylvania physicians PATIENT POLL: PHYSICIAN-LED, TEAM-BASED CARE Overwhelming Majority of Pennsylvanians Say Keep the Health Care Team Together  A poll of 700 Pennsylvanians overwhelmingly indicates the state's residents do not support current legislative efforts in Harrisburg to allow nurse practitioners to work without physician collaboration, suggesting such efforts are out of touch with most Pennsylvania residents. Learn More  TAKE ACTION Maintain Physician-Led, Team-Based Care in Pennsylvania The nurse practitioners are rallying at the state Capitol today. Don't let their voices be the only ones heard. Contact your state legislators today and urge them to oppose House Bill 765 and Senate Bill 717, legislation that would allow certified registered nurse practitioners (CRNPs) to practice without a collaborating physician. Let them know how important it is to maintain physician involvement and oversight of CRNP's existing authority to diagnose, treat, and prescribe. Take Action Take Action What PAMED Members Are Saying about Physician-Led, Team Based Care Why should physicians and nurse practitioners continue collaborating as part of a health care team?  In a series of videos, PAMED member physicians answer this question: Kristen Sandel, MD, is an emergency physician in Reading, Pa. John Gallagher, MD, is a physician in Sharon, Pa., who specializes in obstetrics and gynecology Watch the Daily Dose for more videos from members on why continued collaboration of physicians and nurse practitioners as part of a health care team is vital. Get Your Code On - Answer and Rationale to Week 3's Coding Contest   In last Tuesday's Daily Dose, we presented a coding scenario related to a patient with acute diastolic congestive heart failure who also had AIDS and challenged you to code it correctly using ICD-10 codes. 100 percent of those who took the challenge answered it correctly! Find out the rationale behind the answer.     Congratulations to Dr. Myles Zuckerman from Pittsburgh, Pa., who was randomly selected as this week's winner. Watch the Daily Dose next Tuesday, May 19, for the next coding scenario and your chance to win the next prize. You are receiving this email as a benefit of your membership to the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED). This newsletter is designed to bring you up to date news and information that could affect you, your patients, or your practice. If you prefer not to receive these emails from us in the future, follow the unsubscribe link. To ensure that you continue to receive email from the Pennsylvania Medical Society, please add st...@pamedsoc.mmsend.com  to your address book. For assistance, please contact us at st...@pamedsoc.org . ©2015 Pennsylvania Medical Society

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