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Arizona Faces Challenges to Vaccine Policy in 2020
Written by: Debbie McCune Davis, TAPI Executive Director, and Jennifer Tinney, TAPI Program Director As 2019 comes to an end, it is clear that the conversation about vaccines and vaccine policy is far from over. [...]
Surprise Billing from an Emergency Physician Perspective
Written by: Nicholas Vasquez, MD, MHSM, FACEP Surprise billing (or out-of-network billing) has been in the news a lot lately. It's clear the issue of surprise billing is complicated, and any solution will impact many [...]
A Look in to the 2020 Arizona Legislative Session
Written by: Jon Amores, ArMA Director of Government Relations The 2020 legislative session is shaping up to be an active one for the Arizona Medical Association (ArMA). It will be an election year, and as [...]

2409, 2018

Request To Speak – Have Your Voice Heard

By AZPulse|2021-02-17T20:55:33+00:00September 24th, 2018|Policy|Comments Off on Request To Speak – Have Your Voice Heard

During committee hearings at the Arizona State Capitol, any individual has the opportunity to register with the Request to Speak system (RTS) and give a [...]

2409, 2018

Doctor of the Day Program – Arizona Medical Association

By AZPulse|2021-02-17T20:55:33+00:00September 24th, 2018|Policy|2 Comments

Written By: Damien Johnson, ArMA Communications Manager For over four decades, the Arizona Medical Association (ArMA) has sponsored the “Doctor of the Day” program at [...]

2409, 2018

Medical Residents Can Tackle Student Debt With SoFi

By AZPulse|2021-02-17T20:55:33+00:00September 24th, 2018|Policy|Comments Off on Medical Residents Can Tackle Student Debt With SoFi

Anyone who pursues the medical field knows that the path to becoming a doctor is laden with student debt. In fact, 76% of 2016 medical school [...]

2409, 2018

New Walmart Policy Further Limits Opioid Prescriptions

By AZPulse|2021-02-17T20:55:34+00:00September 24th, 2018|Policy|Comments Off on New Walmart Policy Further Limits Opioid Prescriptions

By: Libby McDannell, ArMA Executive Vice President Earlier this year, Walmart issued a new policy for its pharmacies that limits the fill of initial acute [...]

2209, 2018

Political Action Committee – The Importance of Influencing Policy and Advocacy

By AZPulse|2021-02-17T20:55:34+00:00September 22nd, 2018|Policy|Comments Off on Political Action Committee – The Importance of Influencing Policy and Advocacy

We hear about Political Action Committees (PACs) and their significance. You may have even contributed to the Arizona Medical Political Action Committee (ArMPAC). But what [...]

507, 2018

Positive Improvement – Prior Authorization

By AZPulse|2021-02-17T20:55:38+00:00July 5th, 2018|Policy|Comments Off on Positive Improvement – Prior Authorization

Written By: Pele Fischer, JD, Vice President of Policy & Political Affairs and Ingrid Garvey, Associate Vice President of Policy & Political Affairs A recent [...]

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