Past Events
Bucks County Medical Society’s Voice Was Heard at the 2024 PAMED House of Delegates
The Bucks CMS delegation to the PAMED Annual Meeting and House of Delegates was busy this past weekend in Hershey. In addition to joining with friends and colleagues, welcoming visiting state medical association presidents, and supporting PAMPAC and the PAMED Foundation, delegates developed policy to help guide PAMED advocacy and actions.
The Bucks CMS delegation successfully advanced amendments that emphasize the importance of physician-led team-based care, delineate patient and physician practice safeguards if insurers use algorithms and AI in utilization management, underscore PAMED’s focus on public health, and advocate for meaningful implementation of recently enacted step therapy reforms.
Bucks CMS was represented by: (on site) J. Matthew Bohning, MD; John Gallagher, MD; Marion Mass, MD (Chair of PAMPAC); John Pagan, MD, MBA; and Marilyn Heine, MD (Delegation Secretary); (remote) Daniel Latta, MD; Kathy Tran Gast, MD; Richard Leshner, DO; and Judith Gallagher Braun, MD. Other Bucks CMS members at the House were Hannah Do, MD (Women Physician Section); Bindu Kansupada, MD (International Medical Graduates Section); and Barry Snyder, MD (Specialty Society).
Many thanks to all the legislators, members of their staff, physicians, and PAMED staff who helped make the Bucks County Medical Society Legislative Reception a success! We appreciated the opportunity to discuss our advocacy issues and develop relationships with state legislators and their staff.
2023 PAMED HOUSE OF DELEGATES
PAMED HOD 2023 highlights included the opportunity to be with dedicated colleagues and friends, develop policy for PAMED, recognize Edith Mitchell, MD, who received the PAMED Distinguished Service Award, thank F. Wilson Jackson, III, MD, for his service as President, extend best wishes to incoming President, Kristen Sandel, MD, and congratulate Bucks CMS member Arvind Cavale, MD, on his election as Vice President.
The Bucks CMS delegation was led by Marilyn Heine, MD, and included J. Matthew Bohning, MD, John Gallagher, MD, Daniel Latta, MD, Marion Mass, MD, Robert Mirsky, MD, John Pagan, MD (ex-officio); and Judith Gallagher-Braun, MD, and Richard Leshner, DO, who participated remotely. Bucks CMS President Hannah Do, MD, served as a member of the Women Physicians Section delegation. Bucks CMS members Bindu Kansupada, MD, served as a member of the International Medical Graduate Section; and Barry Snyder, MD, represented his specialty society.
The Bucks CMS delegation was led by Marilyn Heine, MD, and included J. Matthew Bohning, MD, John Gallagher, MD, Daniel Latta, MD, Marion Mass, MD, Robert Mirsky, MD, John Pagan, MD (ex-officio); and Judith Gallagher-Braun, MD, and Richard Leshner, DO, who participated remotely. Bucks CMS President Hannah Do, MD, served as a member of the Women Physicians Section delegation. Bucks CMS members Bindu Kansupada, MD, served as a member of the International Medical Graduate Section; and Barry Snyder, MD, represented his specialty society.
