Mardi Gras Tradeshow will be held on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Timonium, MD.
Press Room
In this section you will find a list of current, as well as archived, press releases having to do with either the organization of MedChi or with one of their members or board members. Be sure to check back often for up to date stories.
2012
February 1: MedChi Reacts to Tanning Bed Report
January 27: MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, to Focus on Child Safety Seat Reform
January 24: MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, Statement on Alcohol Tax Funding Dedication
2011
December 12: MedChi to Work to Ban Indoor Tanning Devices for Minors
November 29: Medical Society Announces 2012 Legislative Agenda
November 3: Maryland Leads Nation in Enrollment for Federal Care Technology REC Program
November 3: MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, Swears in New President
Ocotber 20: Health Insurance Open Enrollment: Five Tips For Choosing The Best Option For You and Your Family
October 11: MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, Will Work to Raise Tobacco Tax
October 6: Dr. Rose Mary Bonsack Receives MedChi Award
October 3: MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, Elects New Board Members at Annual Meeting
September 30: The Maryland Department of Health Mental Hygiene Awards $20,000 to Center For a Healthy Maryland, Affiliate of MedChi - Center For a Healthy Maryland, Inc. Receives Skin Cancer Education Grant
September 9: The Maryland Insurance Administration Finds Five Maryland Pharmacy Benefits Managers in Violation - MedChi Applauds MIA Efforts to Hold Insurers Accountable; Raises Concerns Over Failure to Address Common Cost-Containment Practices
August 29: Improve Medicaid Bureaucracy Before Cutting Services - MedChi Says Spending in the Program Must Be Curbed, But Not in Ways That Hurt Patients (Op-Ed in The Baltimore Sun from Gene M. Ransom, CEO of MedChi)
August 12: MedChi Survey Finds That Maryland Physicians Believe Electronic Prescribing Has Potential to Improve Patient Care, Reduce Crippling Administrative Costs - Doctors Caution That, Without Proper Regulation, Electronic Prescribing Could Create Opportunity For Insurers to Further Delay or Deny Treatment
July 11: New Health Outreach Program Bridges Gap in Baltimore Healthcare
July 1: Dr. Turner Elected to AMA's Council on Medical Education
June 27: Recent Arrests of Healthcare Professionals in Bahrain Causes Unrest (Corresponding letter written by Gene M. Ransom)
June 24: Health Insurance Rate Review Process and Public Disclosure (Corresponding letter written by Gene M. Ransom)
May 23: To Protect Doctors, Patients, Rein in Medical Panel - Op Ed in The Baltimore Sun from Gene M. Ransom, CEO of MedChi
May 5: Free Drug Card Offers Residents Over $7.2 Million - Maryland RX Card Offers Residents a Prescription for High Healthcare Costs
May 2: MedChi Adopts New Patient Protection Principles in Response to Maryland Physician Concern Over Intrusive Health Insurance Practices - Priniciples Will Protect Patient Access to Care and Guide Future MedChi Action Related to Maryland Patients, Providers.
March 23: MedChi & AMA Report Finds Physicians Support 84,180 Jobs and $21.6 Billion in Economic Activity in Maryland - Study Provides Snapshot of the Economic Impact on Office-Based Physicians Studied at State Level
March 2: Maryland Legislation Introduced to Prohibit Indoor Tanning for Minors March 9 Senate Hearing to Consider Greater Protection of Youth - Senate Bill 604 & House Bill 1111
February 11: AMA Foundation Honors Baltimore Physician As An Outstanding Leader in Medicine
February 10: AMA Honors Maryland State Delegate Dan Morhaim With Top Government Service Award
February 1: MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, To Work With Metromedia Energy to Lower Physician Energy Costs
January 19: Maryland Physicians Move Health Information Technology Forward
Archives
2010
- MedChi Letter to the AMA on HIT and eRx
- Fix Medicare Physician Payments to Protect Seniors' Health - Op Ed in The Baltimore Sun from Rawle Andrews Jr., AARP Maryland and Gene M. Ransom, CEO of MedChi
- Fix Medicare Physician Payments to Protect Seniors' Health - Op Ed in The Star Democrat from Rawle Andrews Jr., AARP Maryland and David Hexter, M.D., President of MedChi
- Nurse Practitioners Cannot Replace Expertise, Skills of PRimary Care Physicians - Op Ed from David Hexter, M.D., Eric Levey, M.D., R. Dobbin Chow, M.D. and Eugene Newmier, DO
- Free Prescription Card Program Saves Marylanders Millions
- Hagerstown Safe Drug Disposal Event: American Medicine Challenge - November 13th
- MedChi Passes First-in-the-Nation Electronic Prescribing to Help Protect Patient Privacy and Access to Treatment - Maryland State Medcial Society Announces Support for Legislation that Protects Physician-Patient Relationship From Health Insurer Abuse of Health Information Technology
- MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, Elects New Board Members at Annual Meeting
- MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, Swears in New President
- Maryland Court of Appeals Upholds Constitutionality of the Cap On Non-Economic Damages
- AMA President-Elect and Maryland Attorney General to Speak at MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society's, 2010 Annual Meeting
- New Safety Regulations for Cosmetic Medical Procedures Go Into Effect
- Insurers Limit Access, Jeopardize Patient Health - Op Ed in the Cumberland Times-News from Matthew Allaway, Past President of Allegany County Medical Society
- Harnessing Health Technology - Op Ed from David Horrocks and Murray Kalish
- CRISP Announces Re-Launch of It's Website - The Chesapeake Regional Information System For Our Patients.
- Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules to Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- Getting Insurers Out From Between Patients and Doctors - Op Ed in The Baltimore Sun from Gene M. Ransom, III.
- MedChi and CRISP To Assist Providers Reach Meaningful Use
- Medicare "Fix" is Just a Gimmick - Op ed in The Examiner from Brian Avin, M.D.
- Allegany County Medical Society Installs New President
- MedChi Survey of Maryland Doctors Reveals Health Insurer Practices Jeopardizing Patient Access to Effective Care
- Charles County Medical Society Installs New President
- Letter to the Editor from Talbot County Medical Society President - Op Ed in The Star Democrat from Adam J. Weinstein, M.D.
- MedChi Supports National Petition Effort
- CRISP/MEDCHI Get Grant to Create Maryland Extension Center
- The Ticking Time Bomb That Could Scuttle Health Care Reform - Op Ed from Gene M. Ransom, III.
- Maryland Board of Physicians Contract With The Center For A Healthy Maryland: The Center Creates New Program to Expand Services for Impaired Physicians
- Letter to the Editor from the Maryland Hospital Association - Thanking Maryland Hospitals
- MedChi Launches New Online Job Service
- AMA Foundation Honors a Select Group of Physicians and Medical Students
- Maryland Health Organizations Applaud Court Decision
- MedChi Applauds Appointment of Beth Sammis as Insurance Commissioner: Society Terms Sammis Highly Qualified and Energetic
2009
- Physician Volunteers Needed for Maryland Professional Volunteer Corps
- MedChi Strongly Supports Passage of HR 3961
- MedChi Applauds Court of Appeals Decision on Expert Witness
- MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, to Support Free Prescription Card Program
- MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, Elects New Board Members at Annual Meeting
- MedChi Passes Resolution for a Health Insurer Code of Conduct
- New Maryland State Medical Society President Plans on Working With Doctors to Learn the Business of Medicine
- MHA, MedChi File Medical Liability Amicus Brief to Preserve Liability Caps
- AMA President to Speak at MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society's, 2009 Annual Meeting
- MedChi Allowed to File Amicus Brief in the Semsker Case
- Maryland Physician Elected to American Medical Association Council
- Physician Marches to Sea to Protest Deplorable Working Conditions for Maryland Physicians
- Records Deadline a Concern for MedChi
- MedChi Asks For Elimination or a Delay in The Penalties Established by HITECH Act for Non-Adoption of EHR and E-prescribing
- Talbot County Medical Society Selects New President
- MedChi Supports Physician's Appeal of Judge's Controversial Malpractice Ruling:
- The Maryland Skin Cancer Prevention Program Celebrates "Melanoma Monday" at the Maryland Science Center:
- MedChi Selects Nerw Trustee at Large
- Fox 45 News Cover Story From Tuesday, January 27th Faturing Dr. Sroka
- MedChi Selects Gene M. Ransom, III as it's New Executive Director:
2008
- State Physicians Upset by Fee Cuts Unilaterally Levied by CareFirst
- New Maryland State Medical Society President Vows to Unite Factions in Order to Save Maryland Healthcare
- Maryland Hit by Physician Shortage
2007
- Bush's Veto of SCHIP Bill a Grave Mistake
- New Maryland State Medical Society President Pledges to Work to Improve Maryland Health care Delivery System
- MedChi Applauds Maryland Insurance Administration for Fining CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield for Improperly Denying Claims
- Media Statement on Maryland Insurance Administration Action on MedMutual Premium Discount Announcement by MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society
- MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society Applauds Governor Martin O'Malley and his 2007 Legislative Initiatives to Increase Access to Affordable, Quality Health Care for the Residents of Maryland
- SB 107 - Task Force on Health Care Access & Reimbursement
- HB 138 - Task Force on Health Care Access & Reimbursement
2006