News | MSDC

February 4, 2020

MSDC wrote a letter to the Council of DC leadership urging a hearing on the Healthy Beverage Choice Amendment Act, to hear a full range of public health issues around taxing beverages.

Council Advances Protections for Sunscreen, Physicians Practicing Reproductive Medicine

February 4, 2020

MSDC welcomed positive developments at the Wilson Building, as the Council passed legislation permitting sunscreen application in schools plus advanced a bill to protect reproductive health practitioners.

dombrowski-opioid roundtable - Jan 28 2019

DC Opioid Deaths Increased in 2019

February 1, 2020

DC likely will see a dramatic increase in opioid-related deaths in 2019, according to the CDC.

MSDC + 50 States + Specialty Orgs = Protect Patients Under Medicaid

February 1, 2020

MSDC joined all 50 state medical societies and 12 specialty societies in opposing a CMS rule that would alter Medicaid funding.

EVALI (E-cigarette or Vaping product use-Associated Lung Injury)

February 1, 2020

The latest information on E-cigarette or Vaping product use-Associated Lung Injury.

Committee on Health Passes Bill Regulating Physician Reporting

January 29, 2020

Changes to B23-269, The Health Care Reporting Amendment Act of 2019, have made strict new reporting requirements less onerous to District physicians.

Updates on Coronavirus Testing in the District

January 29, 2020

Physicians and health care teams must keep up-to-date on the coronavirus (2019-nCoV). This is an update of information for District practitioners.

2019 Annual Report

January 1, 2020

The 2019 Annual Report is a snapshot of the work done by the Medical Society on behalf of member physicians and their patients in 2019. In 2019, MSDC physician leaders scored legislative victories and boosted the physician community and presence across DC and before the DC Council for the purpose of making DC the best place to practice medicine.