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By Sherry L. Blumenthal, M.D. At the end of June 2012, a press release announced the planned merger of Abington Health (Abington Memorial Hospital, Lansdale ...

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that about 150 physicians affiliated with Abington Memorial Hospital met there Wednesday and decried its plan to stop performing abortions as part ...

Marilyn J. Heine, MD, president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED), practicing oncologist and emergency medicine: More than two years ago when Congress passed the ...

By Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) Alzheimer’s disease takes a tremendous personal and economic toll on both the individual and the family.  As someone whose family ...

By Franklin J. Rooks Jr., PT, MBA, Esq. Introduction Undoubtedly, physicians have heard the grumblings of their patients.  Health insurance premiums continue to rise, and ...

By Richard Romero and Ryan Harvey For several years, the health care industry has been in the latest round of acquisition of physician entities.  A ...

By U.S. Congressman Phil Gingrey, MD Imagine a world where a simple cut, or common cold, can routinely lead to hospitalization and even death. Sixty years ago, ...

By Walter Brasch A new Pennsylvania law endangers public health by forbidding health care professionals from sharing information they learn about certain chemicals and procedures ...

By David W Hilgers, Esq. and Sidney S. Welch, Esq. The passage of the Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act (“PPACA”)[1] has already had a ...

By Alan Lyndon In today’s L.A. Times, Dr. Daniel J. Stone, an internist in Beverly Hills, CA, gives his take on the Patient Protection and ...