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About Practicing Physicians of America

WEBPPA’s board is led, pro-bono, by actively practicing physicians. We are a group of servant leaders. Our work is dedicated in honor and memory of those physicians or physician …

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Practicing Physicians of America – Promoting the Interests of …

WEBPracticing Physicians of America (PPA) is a 501 (c) (6) non-profit organization that supports the common business interests of its physician members and works to limit interference …

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Top Ten Reasons to (Still) Be a Physician

WEBWith all the negative press, the pay cuts, health care reform, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the consolidation of health systems and corporatization of medicine that …

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PPA Joins Patients in Harrisburg to Advocate for Access to Meds

WEBOn Feb 18, 2020, PPA’s Marion Mass, MD stood beside patient advocates and gave testimony to The Consumer Affairs Committee of the Pa State House …

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ABMS Maintenance of Certification – Its Origins, Realities, Ongoing

WEBIf you’re a board-certified internist, you’re probably quite familiar with the controversy surrounding the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) that began …

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PBM: Unmask the Villains of Healthcare’s High Costs

WEBMarion Mass, M.D. and Christina Dewey, M.D. Would you like to lower healthcare costs, restore quality and improve choice? Yes? Then you MUST learn about …

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Saving America from the Four Horsemen of Health Care

WEBRepresenting: Practicing Physicians of America & Association of Independent Doctors Summary: America’s over-priced and unnecessarily complicated …

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Magnifying the Physicians Voice – Practicing Physicians of America

WEBToday, an article from the leadership of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) …

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Meet the GPOs: Scrubs vs. Suits – the Battle Inside the Nations

WEBby Marion Mass, M.D., PPA co-founder In Part 2 of this three-part blog entry, I continue putting a spotlight on some “suits” (executives) in America’s corporate …

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Scrubs vs. Suits — the Battle Inside the Nations’ Hospitals (Part 1)

WEBMarion Mass, M.D., PPA co-founder. The headline to a news article dated March 25 on a recent Gallup poll was “Coronavirus Response: Hospitals Rated Best, …

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Maintenance of Certification – Practicing Physicians of America

WEBThe Background and History of Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Before 1990, US physician board certification was once a voluntary assessment test administered by one …

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Year in Review: 2018 – Practicing Physicians of America

WEBNational Representation. PPA board members contributed to and participated in efforts to speak for and represent our profession including meeting with White House policy team …

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Seal of Approval – Practicing Physicians of America

WEBReclaim Your Right to Practice Medicine. Whether you’re part of a medical system or a private-practice physician, you’re committed to your patients. By displaying the PPA seal …

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Why Every Hospital System Should Recognize Recertification …

WEBABMS Vision Commission Report on MOC (2019) •“ABMS must encourage hospitals, health systems, payers and other health care organizations to not deny credentialing or …

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Repairing a Broken Supply Chain: Scrubs vs. Suits – the Battle …

WEBsubtitle: Bomb the Safe Harbor for Legalized Kickbacks. Marion Mass, M.D., PPA co-founder. In our first instalment of “Scrubs vs. Suits – the Battle Inside the …

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Pediatricians Roar Back At MOC – Practicing Physicians of America

WEBIn light of the stress and work endured by all physicians over the past two years, it’s time the boards truly listened and responded to the real needs of physicians …

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Speak by Jan. 17 on Pres. Trump’s Executive Order Regarding NP …

WEBAdministrator Verma: This e-mail is in response to the call for comment on the effect of Section 5 in the President’s Executive Order (EO), “Protecting and …

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Reducing Cost and Waste

WEBPage 5 of 45 Preface The cost of medical care—and access to medical care itself—now sit atop the list of worries for American households. In years past, the debate over …

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A Bad Prescription for American Patients

WEBPracticing Physicians of America, and the the Free2Care coalition are staunchly against the passage of the highly partisan Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Like …

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