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Supporting Caregivers of Patients with Dementia
By: Amy Kowkinsky – Director, Dementia360 Program It’s challenging for doctors to give family caregivers the support and guidance they need during infrequent and brief office visits, especially if the person living with dementia is there. Though your actual patient may be the person with dementia, it’s likely that it’s the family caregiver who is […]
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Non-Competes: What’s Happening to Your Employment Contract?
The ACMS, in collaboration with the Philadelphia County Medical Society, has put forth this blog post as informational-only. The ACMS team is keeping a pulse on the ongoing FTC proposed rule change regarding non-compete clauses and we will continue to update members accordingly. Restrictive covenants have been a hot button issue that the physicians of […]
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Mental Health + Wellness by Jordan Corcoran
As the topic of mental health becomes more popular by the day, phrases like “prioritize your mental health” and “check in with yourself” are being used constantly, but what does it mean and how do we apply it to our very hectic schedules? As the Founder of the mental health organization, Listen, Lucy, an advocate, […]
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Viewpoints: House of Delegates from a First Time Attendee
By: Nadia A. Sundlass, MD It was a beautiful fall day for the drive from Pittsburgh to Hershey for the first hybrid House of Delegates meeting since the beginning of the pandemic. The fall foliage was in peak colors as I drove through the countryside. I was hoping to get to Hershey in time for […]
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ACMS Kicks Off the “Navigating Your Career in Medicine” Series
In our first session of “Navigating Your Career in Medicine”, early career physicians and ACMS board members heard from society president, Dr. Peter Ellis. Dr. Ellis is a renowned Pittsburgh physician who spent over 30 years working as an Oncologist and Chief Medical Officer for UPMC. From the clinical side, Dr. Ellis shared his best […]
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Student Loan Forgiveness & How it Might Impact Physicians
Under an executive order signed by President Joe Biden, any individual student-loan borrowers who earn less than $125,000 annually and married couples with earnings under $250,000 are eligible for $10,000 in federal student-loan debt forgiveness. Borrowers who qualified for the Pell Grant program, aimed at helping students from lower-income backgrounds, would be eligible for another […]
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Welcome to ACMS Insights
An open letter to all ACMS Members: As the healthcare profession continues to change, it only stands to reason that the Allegheny County Medical Society finds itself at a crucial turning point. We are up against generational and environmental shifts and the reality is – professional associations are different now than they were 50 years […]
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