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MSDC Leaders Testify Before Board of Medicine and Council

July 30, 2020

Three MSDC leaders testified on numerous important health topics yesterday, furthering the Society's mission to make DC the best place to practice medicine,

DC Council Passes Audio Telemedicine and Loan Repayment Provisions

July 29, 2020

DC physicians saw two big wins in yesterday's Budget Support Act debates

U.S. Vaccines Safe, Say 20 Years of Data

July 28, 2020

Vaccines are one of the safest medical treatments in the U.S., according to new research.

Council Passes New Hospital Bill, Biosimilars, Other MSDC Priorities

July 22, 2020

The healthcare community won yesterday as the Council passed legislation for a new hospital and MSDC endorsed biosimilar legislation.

AMA Report Shows 37 Percent Decline in Opioid Prescribing But an Evolving and Deadlier Overdose Epidemic

July 21, 2020

The AMA issued its 2020 Opioid Task Force report showing a 17.9% decrease in opioid prescribing in DC. It also notes: • the epidemic has grown more deadly • reductions in opioid supply and increases in PDMP use have not ended the epidemic • specific—and proven—policy recommendations to confront the evolving epidemic must be heeded.