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MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, the largest physician association in MD dedicated to physicians, patients, & public health of MD, was formed in 1799

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MedChi
5 years
Are prior authorization insurance requirements killing patients?
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4 years
Dr. Ilse Levin receives the first dose of her COVID-19 vaccination. She'll still wear a mask & practice social distancing since it's unknown if it prevents people from being carriers yet, but she will feel a lot safer at work. #COVID19 #VaccinesWork #StickItToCOVID #ThisIsOurShot
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5 years
Congrats to our new President-elect @shannolater . Dr. Pryor shared a story of her daughter’s courage and tenacity on the ice and inspired our members to vote for her as our new leader. #MedChiHOD
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3 years
Giving a shout out to Dr. Padmini Ranasinghe this #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay . We appreciate everything that you do not only for MedChi but for healthcare in general. #ThankYou
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In 2004, Dr. @wvedwards became the first black female president of @MedChiupdates . She is currently serving as a member of the Board of Trustees for the @AmerMedicalAssn . #BlackHistoryMonth
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4 years
Dr. @BuckleyFACS braved the germs to serve as #PhysicianoftheDay in Annapolis today. Thank you for being there! #MDGA2020
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5 years
#TBT A look at our female past presidents in honor of Women in Medicine Day! Dr. Willarda Edwards, Dr. Catherine Smoot-Haselnus, and Dr. Brooke Buckley. #WIMMonth @wvedwards @BuckleyFACS
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@Dr_ScottK - I wear a mask anytime I am around others outside the house just in case I am shedding the virus before symptoms start. It is everyone’s responsibility to protect others. #MaskUpMonday
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4 years
Happy #NationalDoctorsDay to all of our wonderful physicians. We are extremely grateful for you not just today, but every day, especially now during such trying times. Thank you for all you do, stay safe!
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5 years
Thank you @tcymet for being the #PhysicianoftheDay in the #FirstAidRoom today. What was your patients resting heart rate??
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6 months
Dr. Karen Dionesotes joined us in Annapolis today to serve as MedChi’s #PhysicianoftheDay . Thank you for coming out we are always happy to have you!
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4 months
Thank you Delegates Joseline Pena-Melnyk and Bonnie Cullison for their amazing work this session passing such important measures to increase access and affordability. Their work on the Access to Care Act and Legislation to reform Prior Authorization will help physicians,
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3 years
In response to the American Assoc of Physician Assistants’ announcement attempting to change the title “physician assistant” to “physician associate,” @AmerMedicalAssn issued a statement of opposition. MedChi strongly supports the AMA on this. #MedChiNews -
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5 years
Great to kickoff #MedChiHOD by hearing from @PatriceHarrisMD from @AmerMedicalAssn
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10 years
@GeneRansom ​ was with Sheilah Kast on @MarylandMorning to discuss the Affordable Care Act & how it is working in MD - http://t.co/bWSrRu0UW9
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3 years
Hospitals and health care workers need a break. You can help by wearing a mask, washing your hands, watching your distance, and waiting to attend large gatherings. Make plans to get your flu vaccine and COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot today. #Caring4Md
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5 years
Our new President, Michele Manahan, MD with our Past Presidents at tonight’s #MedChiGala
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4 years
Staff members at MedChi share pictures of their canine family members for #NationalDogDay .
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5 years
Please welcome our new Membership Sales Director, Amity Aldrich. Amity is a growth oriented leader w/ 20+ yrs of relationship management & business development experience. A Vermont native, she arrived to Baltimore 17 yrs ago. She enjoys spending time w/ family, biking & reading.
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4 years
Lighting up blue in support of our members and ALL healthcare workers. We cannot say THANK YOU enough! #SupportHealthcareHeroes #HealthcareHeroes #COVID
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4 years
#TBT It was 111 years ago yesterday when a group of civic, medical, and religious luminaries gathered to celebrate the opening of MedChi’s building. We still use the building every day. Interesting and important things are going on under its roof.
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3 years
Dr. Pallavi Gowda serves as #PhysicianoftheDay on the first day of the #MDGA2022 . Thank you for your time!
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5 years
Happy Women in Medicine Day! MedChi would like to give a special shout out to our female board members. Pictured here, Padmini Ranasinghe, Trustee at Large. #WIMMonth
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4 years
MedChi Calls for Action to Address the Public Health Crisis of Racism
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5 years
Congratulations to @DrRedonda Miller, President of @HopkinsMedicine , who was named one of @FierceHealth 's 2019 Women of Influence. Thank you for all you do to advance health care in our state -
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6 years
#TBT In honor of Women’s History Month, meet Dr. Claribel Cone who graduated f/ Women’s Medical College in 1890 & was a professor there for several years. She is more well known as an art collector. The art works she & her sister, Etta, collected are a highlight at the @artbma .
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3 years
Join @AmerGastroAssn (AGA) virtually on Thursday, 9/23, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., to participate in AGA-facilitated meetings with their federal lawmakers and congressional staff to advocate for their patients and profession. The deadline to register is 9/13 -
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6 years
Huge congratulations to MedChi member, Padmini Ranasinghe, M.D., for being elected to to the American Medical Association (AMA) Council on Science and Public Health.
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4 years
Today is the 111th anniversary of the opening of our building on Cathedral Street. For the first century, the Faculty had bounced from space to space, including at one point, McNamara's Saloon, also known as the Emerald Hotel. Read more here -
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5 years
Dr. @richardbrunomd gives opening remarks in today’s news conference.
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4 years
Congratulations to @wvedwards on your re-election and to Dr. Ilse Levin on your election to the @AmerMedicalAssn Board of Trustees!
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MedChi
2 years
Happy #NationalDoctorDay to our wonderful members and all doctors across Maryland and beyond. We have admired your dedication through all of the challenges of these past two years. Today we celebrate YOU!
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MedChi
4 years
Virtual visits are helping keep people healthy & out of hospitals. “But telemedicine is something we should have implemented a long time ago” says @GeneRansom .“It’s convenient for a lot of people. Maybe this is one good thing to come out of this pandemic.”
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4 years
Md. Medical Society Installs First All-Female Executive Committee: “We are so excited that this is the first time in our long history that our entire executive committee has all been women,” said @GeneRansom ​, MedChi’s CEO. Read more - via @marylandmatters
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MedChi
4 years
“A lot of these docs that are in private practice are in real financial trouble,” said @GeneRansom . “I’m really worried about the future of private medicine after this. I think that class of doctors are going to be really crushed by this.”
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6 years
Maryland State Senate President, Thomas “Mike” Miller, with MedChi’s Policy Specialist, Kevin Hayes, at a fundraiser for Delegate @electcorymccray .
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5 years
#TBT This image, dating sometime after 1909, clearly shows our location (the left side of the image) in relation to the rest of the city. The large building in the foreground is the former Bryn Mawr School, and is now where the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall currently stands.
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MedChi
2 years
Today marks the official launch of MedCast, a free podcast series created & produced by MedChi that turns the spotlight on prominent MD physicians & thought leaders in medicine. Structured as a series of 30-min interviews & hosted by @DrBonesMD , past President & longtime member.
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MedChi
4 years
On #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay we celebrate having an all-female executive board for the first time in MedChi's history. In addition, 50% of our board seats are held by females.
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4 years
The General Assembly is considering legislation allowing podiatrists to call themselves “podiatric physicians.” MedChi supports MD’s current law allowing the term “physician” only by licensed M.D.s or D.O.s. We believe this shouldn't be passed. #MedChiNews
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3 years
MedChi members @DrKMichelleH and Dr. Snyder with @GovLarryHogan at the J. Millard Tawes Crab and Clam Bake - Wednesday 10/13 in Crisfield, MD.
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6 years
It was a great day on #CapitolHill for the MedChi crew at #AMANAC . Thanks to @senatorcardin @chrisvanhollen and Rep. Jamie Raskin for meeting with our docs. And thanks to our members who spent the day advocating for their patients and their profession. #YourAdvocate
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3 years
As many prepare for a more traditional holiday season, health care workers are facing challenges. As you look forward to relaxing w/ loved ones, our hospital heroes are planning to care for strangers. Let’s remind them they're still heroes & we’re as grateful as ever. #Caring4Md
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6 months
Dr. @AnneLBanfield joined us in Annapolis today as MedChi's #PhysicianoftheDay . Thanks for coming out doc!
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2 years
Join us on September 29 as @Maryland_MACS hosts a Twitter chat on #RecoveryMonth for Maryland providers and agencies to share resources and information. #MDProviders4Recovery
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5 months
Congratulations and welcome to Maryland! Reach out to MedChi and let us be a resource to you during this journey! #MatchDay2024 #MatchDay
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I'Yanna S., MD, MS
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I’m training as an OBGYN in Baltimore !!! #Match2024 #OBGYNTwitter 💓
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3 years
#ArchivesBFF Marcia Noyes, MedChi’s long-time librarian, and her sister Kitty as children in the early 1880s. When Kitty moved to Baltimore to take a position with the Enoch Pratt Library, Marcia missed her so much, she moved to Baltimore, too.
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4 years
“As MedChi continues to advocate for MD physicians, we're pleased to partner w/ @CareFirst to expand access to virtual care platforms that will help additional physicians meet the needs of their patients during this challenging time” @GeneRansom MedChi CEO
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2 years
St. Mary’s County Medical Society is pleased to introduce their new president, @AnneLBanfield . See page 17 of #MarylandMedicine for more -
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MedChi
6 years
Thank you @Sen_Klausmeier & Del @EricBromwell for sponsoring the new law allowing consumers to receive important info about discount prices for rx drugs. Before, pharmacy benefit managers were able to prevent pharmacists f/ telling you about the price of your prescriptions.
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2 years
Happy to have Dr. @DrBonesMD serving as #PhysicianoftheDay in Annapolis today. #MDGA2022
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2 years
Please join us for a Zoom Meet & Greet with @BrookeELierman on Tuesday, July 12th from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. For more information, or to register, please click here -
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2 years
MedChi CEO, @GeneRansom , gets the meeting started with our panelists Senator @ClarenceLamMD , @LMdfacr , and Dr. James Elliott.
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7 months
The Maryland Chapter of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ( @acog ) visited Annapolis on Friday, January 26, 2024.
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According to @CDCgov , if everyone wears a mask over the next 4-8 weeks, we could drastically reduce cases of #COVID19 . The time to #MaskUp is now! Tell everyone -
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MedChi
5 years
Thank you to Dr. Francisco Ward (pictured here with Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr.) for serving as the #PhysicianoftheDay in the #FirstAidRoom . Today is also his birthday, so make sure to leave him some well wishes. Happy Birthday Dr. Ward!
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4 years
Andy Krauss, Director of Communications at @SugarFreeKidsMD , is showing his Maryland pride while helping to protect fellow Marylanders. #MaskUpMonday
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6 months
The @MedChiupdates team had a great time at @AmerMedicalAssn NAC meeting and Hill visits, including meeting with ⁦ @SenatorCardin to discuss issues facing physicians, patients, and public health.
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4 years
Dr. @shannolater received her BA in neuroscience f/ @WilliamsCollege & received her medical degree f/ @TulaneMedicine . She completed her residency at @HopkinsMedicine & completed her fellowship at @NIH . She's also served on MedChi's Board of Trustees & on @MontMedicine leadership
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MedChi
6 years
MedChi is proud to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. We encourage our members to continue their good work in service of others. #mlkday
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1 year
Although we are the Medical Society of the State of Maryland, we have managed to acquire a small collection of musical instruments, including two early 1900s violins and two late 1800s pianos. #ArchivesMusic
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MedChi
5 years
Our reception area update us finally complete. Make sure to check it out the next time you are here!! #welcome #newandimproved
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1 year
Dr. Padmini Ranasinghe served as MedChi's #PhysicianoftheDay in Annapolis today. Thank you for coming out on this beautiful day.
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3 years
#TBT Grateful for all that @wvedwards has done for MedChi and medicine! #PastPresident #WomenPhysiciansDay #BlackHistoryMonth
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2 years
The 2022 Black History Month's theme is Black Health and Wellness and MedChi is celebrating and highlighting the contributions and breakthroughs of Black physicians. #BlackHistoryMonth #womeninmedicine
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7 months
New #MedCast episode dropping on Monday! Stay tuned for more details on how to listen in to the interview with Padmini Ranasinghe, MBBS, MD, MPH, Megan Srivinas, MD, MPH, and host @DrBonesMD .
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4 years
The @AmerMedicalAssn held a truncated virtual meeting this weekend. Three MedChi members won elections to positions at the AMA. @wvedwards , MD, was re-elected to the AMA Board of Trustees, & Ilse Levin, DO, won an AMA Board seat. Read more in #MedChiNews -
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4 years
Way to go doc! Proud to call you a member!
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4 years
A real concern is the health of medical providers, said @GeneRansom , CEO of MedChi, the state association of doctors. "If they get sick they can’t treat patients". See what else Gene had to say -
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On Wednesday, Governor Wes Moore delivered his 2024 State of the State Address where he praised MedChi member, Dr. Elizabeth Clayborne ( @DrElizPC ) for her dedication to medicine. You can read his full speech here -
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On Monday evening, MedChi celebrated our 225th year. The night ended with receiving proclamations on both the House and Senate floors in acknowledgment of this milestone.
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Congrats to @GeneRansom on his inauguration as @AAMSE President 2017-18! #AAMSE17
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3 years
Resident ghost, Marcia, and everyone at MedChi are wishing everyone a safe, happy, and healthy 4th of July.
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7 years
Renee Bovelle MD and residents make a house call to Delegate Dan Morhaim MD during the Maryland Society Physicians and Surgeons vision screening day.
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MedChi
5 years
Thanks once again to Dr. @tcymet for serving as the #PhysicianoftheDay in Annapolis today. Looks like he has quite the crowd there! #MDGA2020
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MedChi
5 years
Thank you to Dr. Aaron George for serving as Physician of the Day in Annapolis yesterday.
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MedChi
6 years
As advances in diabetes treatment evolve at a rapid-fire pace, Diabetes is Primary, by the @AmDiabetesAssn , targets clinicians on the front line of primary care. #DiabetesAlertDay
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MedChi
2 years
MedChi is proud to support @wvedwards in her campaign for President-Elect of the @AmerMedicalAssn . Dr. Edwards has been an irreplaceable asset to MedChi, and we know she would be the same for the AMA.
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1 year
Today, Dr. Dianna Abney ( @Babydok123 ) served as MedChi's #PhysicianoftheDay in Annapolis. Thank you so much for your time and support!
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4 years
MedChi has spent a large part of the last 100 days working on behalf of members & frontline workers that are working to lead us through the pandemic w/ a major focus on attempting to protect physicians’ economic interests. Read more in #MedChiNews -
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3 years
Pleased to have @DrBonesMD serving as #PhysicianoftheDay in Annapolis today. Thanks for your time doc!
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6 years
Check out MedChi's own, @GeneRansom !
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MPT News
6 years
Catch @GeneRansom @MedChiupdates tonight on #ymb 7pm talking about #doctors #GenderPayGap & how the issue can be resolved, #medicine
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6 years
Check out the Member Profiles on @BuckleyFACS and Dr. @Harryajrawat in Volume 19, Issue 6 of #MarylandMedicine on page 12 -
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MedChi
4 months
This session a bill sponsored by Delegate Terri Hill, M.D. put reasonable restrictions on non-compete clauses in healthcare contracts. This bill will allow patients to stay with their doctor when they switch practices. Thank you Delegate Hill for your knowledge of Maryland
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MedChi
3 years
Celebrating our female board members this #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay . We are lucky to have you all!
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After 225 years, MedChi has finally opened a Museum of Maryland Medical History! We specifically chose the date of Monday, June 3 to celebrate exactly 225 years to the date of the first meeting of the 101 Founders of the Medical & Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland. It
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4 years
Former MedChi President and one of the Medical Directors for the Convention Center Field Hospital, Dr. @tcymet , gets the first dose of his COVID-19 vaccination. #COVID19 #VaccinesWork
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5 months
Today, Dr. Stephen Rockower ( @DrBonesMD ) joined us in Annapolis to serve as MedChi's #PhysicianoftheDay . We hope you enjoy your time!
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5 years
Congratulations to @MarylandProton Physician Dr. Elizabeth Nichols, who was named as one of 25 Women to Watch in 2019 by The Baltimore Sun - #WIMMonth #WomeninMedicine
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MedChi
3 years
In honor of #NationalNursesWeek , check out this #TBT of the University of Maryland School of Nursing, founded in 1889 by Louisa Parsons, a graduate of the Nightingale School in London.
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MedChi
4 years
“By not paying for audio-only services, you’re paying for much more expensive visits to emergency rooms later,” said @GeneRansom ​, adding some CareFirst-insured patients might not seek out care in the first place if they know insurance will not cover it -
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4 years
MedChi supports @BrianFrosh announcement of filing a 3rd multistate lawsuit against Sandoz, Inc., which includes 26 other generic manufacturers and 10 Individuals, in generic drug price-fixing conspiracy. Read more here -
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MedChi
5 years
Thank you to @GaryPushkin , pictured here with Frederick Douglass, for serving as #PhysicianoftheDay in Annapolis today!!
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4 years
Medicare as well as the @MDHealthDept are strongly recommending the use of Telehealth whenever possible and when medically appropriate. MedChi has created a Medicare Telehealth Coding/Billing Guideline for easy access -
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5 years
Dr. Harbhajan Ajrawat and @GeneRansom at the #AMAmtg @AmerMedicalAssn
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2 years
#TBT Throwing back to 1909 when our building was built, brick by brick. Fast forward to 2022 when we have just finished having our building re-pointed. It really shows off the intricate brickwork.
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8 years
Now Hiring: Executive Director, Sugar Free Kids Maryland | MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society: US | #jobs
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4 months
Senator Pam Beidle was a major winner of the 2024 session, passing major health reforms and overseeing the complex Finance Committee as its Chair. @MedChiupdates thanks her for all her hard work for physicians, patients, and the public health of Maryland.
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