Practicing Physicians of America Blog
Marion Mass, M.D. PPA co-founder Patients… it’s always been about you!!! The physicians that are putting themselves in the line of #covid19 🦠fire, are here for you and working alongside bedside nurses, respiratory therapists and every hospital personnel in scrubs. High time we were all a #stewardofmedicine! 👩🏾⚕️👨⚕️🧬 Were you there when the battle cry,…
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Marion Mass, M.D. asks lawmakers to “roll up their sleeves” and work with physicians on behalf of patients Non medical switching happens when a patient is changed to a different medication because the PBM-imposed formularies, the drugs that are covered by insurers have changed. On Feb 18, 2020, PPA’s Marion Mass, MD stood beside patient…
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Practicing Physicians of Americas cofounder Dr. Marion Mass teamed up with multiple grassroots physicians from around the country to discuss how to protect patients from surprise billing while retaining access to quality medical care. These physicians all paid their own way to come to DC . Action items, and opportunities for you are coming soon!!! Let’s do this,…
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Marion Mass, M.D. Cost transparency is the necessary first step in reducing the unsustainable growing cost of medical care. America is spending half of her tax dollars on health care . Hard working Americans wage growth is being gobbled up by out of pocket costs. Regardless of your personal views on President Trump, his Administration’s…
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PPA is encouraging that physicians and others comment to Health and Human Services regarding the Trump Administrations’ most recent Price transparency rule found here. This proposed rule complements a previous rule requiring hospitals to post their actual prices online and requiring insurers to disclose (in easy-to-understand format) the prices they now negotiate in secret with hospitals and other providers. The effect would be to enable patients to have some…
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