NPA in the News – 2013

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  • “Doctors brace for Obamacare patients,” Marketplace, NPA Immediate Past-President Cheryl Bettigole interviewed (12/31/2013)
  • “Cochlear Implants,” New England Journal of Medicine (12/26/2013)
  • “Sawhney: Texas is limiting our access to more affordable health care Medicaid expansion would boost economy and increase coverage” Houston Chronicle (12/18/2013)
  • “Let’s be honest; expand Medicaid” San Antonio Express News (12/9/2013)
  • “Should Doctors Be Barred From Accepting Perks?” Kiplinger (11/2013)
  • “The Influence of Ownership on Human Behavior: ‘Feeding the Beast’” The Medical Professionalism Blog (11/20/2013)
  • “The Public Health Cost of Gun Violence,” The Crime Report (11/4/2013)
  • “Minnesota woman campaigns nationally against “pill for every ill,” Minneapolis Star Tribune (11/1/2013)
  • “Focus on the roots of antibiotic resistance, not the hype,” Washington Post (10/25/2013)
  • “Setting Boundaries: ‘Unbranded Doctor’ Campaign Helps Clarify Potential Conflicts” LeadDoc (10/24/2013)
  • “Getting from a doctor-centered system to patient-centered care” Talking to Your Doctor (10/21/2013)
  • “The high price of overuse,” Modern Healthcare, NPA Immediate Past-President Cheryl Bettigole quoted (10/19/2013)
  • “The Thousand-Dollar Pap Smear,” New England Journal of Medicine, perspective by NPA Immediate Past-President Cheryl Bettigole (10/17/2013)
  • “Additional, Unnecessary Tests Driving Cost of Pap Smear Up,” DoctorsLounge,  NPA Immediate Past-President Cheryl Bettigole quoted (10/16/2013)
  • “Doylestown Co-op to hold open house,” PhillyBurbs.com (10/11/2013)
  • “Gun Safety and Public Health Policy Recommendations for a More Secure America,” Corporations & Health Watch (10/3/2013)
  • “What About the Children?,” The Gun Violence Prevention Report (10/1/2013)
  • “Dr. Robert Luedecke on the topic of gun control and safety,” 1070 WINA News Radio (9/26/2013)
  • “Clearing the Obamacare hurdles,” MSNBC All In with Chris Hayes (9/25/2013)
  • “Gun Safety & Public Health: Policy Recommendations for a More Secure America,” National Criminal Justice Reference Service (9/2013)
  • “Corbett administration fails kids,” Philadelphia Inquirer (8/8/2013)
  • “Prevent unwanted pregnancies to reduce abortions,” San Antonio Express-News (7/22/2013)
  • “Educan sobre el ‘Obamacare’ en Illinois,” LaRaza (7/21/2013)
  • “Unnecessary tests contribute to healthcare burden,” Minimally Disruptive Medicine, (7/15/2013)
  • “Newtown demands the country take action on guns,” Washington Post (6/13/2013)
  • “Health care explained,” York Daily Record/York Sunday News (6/10/2013)
  • “Bethany Picker: Government must respond to epidemic of gun violence,” Lewiston Sun Journal (6/9/2013)
  • “Rejecting Medicaid increase is same as rejecting tax cut,” San Antonio Express-News (6/6/13)
  • “CarePoint Health Medical Group Physicians: Networking for Better Outcomes and Efficient Practices,” MD News (5/30/2013)
  • “Medical association backs Medicaid expansion,” San Antonio Express-News (5/18/13)
    “Practicing medicine pharma-free in a drug rep-filled world,” UW Medicine Magazine,  former Past-President David Evans interviewed (5/22/2013)
  • “How Does the Nation Reduce Gun Violence?” interview with Dr. Cheryl Bettigole, NPA President and Ladd Everitt, Communications Director, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, WMNF Radio, (5/8/2013)
  • “The Independent Payment Advisory Board and Medicare Spending: New Research Suggests a Change in Our Medical Culture,” Health Beat (5/7/2013)
  • “All in with Chris Hayes,” panel discussion on the ACA with Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, MSNBC (5/3/13)
  • Ricky Choi, MD, MPH: “Stemming Gun Violence: A Window of Opportunity” Huffington Post (4/15/13)
  • “Doctors Say 45 Common Tests ‘Overused,’” MedPage Today (4/10/2013)
  • “Clinicians Can Affect Change on Gun Violence,” Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (4/5/2013)
  • Julie Rosenbaum, MD:  “Enlist Doctors in Gun Violence Cure” Hartford Courant (3/22/13)
  • “Consider the source – How academic detailing improves patient care,” Medical College of Wisconsin Alumni Magazine (Spring 2013)
  • “Roche promises greater access to clinical trial data,” PMLiVE (2/27/2013)
  • “Jeff Gelles: Corbett, Christie’s Approach to Medicaid plan is wrong” Philly.com (2/24/2013)
  • “The GOP’s split on Obamacare,” MSNBC Up with Chris Hayes (2/23/2013)
  • “The ACA — A Physician’s Perspective,” Experience, (Vol 22 No.3 2013)
  • “Know which pharmaceutical companies are paying your doctor,” Seattle Times (2/16/2013)
  • “Hundreds rally at Capitol for stricter gun control,” CT Post (2/14/2013)
  • “Reducing Firepower,” San Antonio News Express (2/14/2013)
  • “Managed Cost, mismanaged care,” San Juan Islander (2/13/2013)
  • “Expansion of Pa.’s Medicaid program would be life-saver,” Daily Times, LTE by NPA member David Grande (2/13/2013)
  • “5 Things Your Doctor Should Tell You But Won’t,” Mother Jones (2/11/2013)
  • “Take money for Medicaid,” Philly.com, op-ed by NPA Immediate Past-President Valerie Arkoosh (2/11/2013)
  • “Governor misses mark by not approving Medicaid expansion,” The Express (2/7/2013)
  • “What the Sunshine Act Means for Health Care Transparency,” The Atlantic (2/5/2013)
  • “US Government would pick up Bulk of Cost of State Medicaid Expansion,” JSOnline (2/5/2013)
  • “Dems call on Gov to Expand Badgercare with Federal Money,” WI Public Radio News (2/5/2013)
  • “Reaction to Corbett’s Budget is Swift and Strong,” WESA 90.5 (2/5/2013)
  • “Health Care’s Trick Coin,” New York Times (2/1/2013)
  • “Republican, Democrat, or physician?” San Antonio Medicine (Jan 2013)
  • “Medical school gift restriction policies and physician prescribing of newly marketed psychotropic medications: difference-in-differences analysis,” BMJ, NPA member Joseph Ross co-author (1/31/2013)
  • “Lobbyists air concerns about doctor gift-disclosure rule at White House,” RegWatch, The Hill’s Regulation Blog (1/29/2013)
  • “Doctor Calls For ‘Systemic Change’ to Decrease Gun Violence,” Physicians News (1/28/2013)
  • California should lead in implementing care act, UT San Diego (1/28/13)
  • “Sen. Jeff Merkley Urges Physicians, Nurses to Raise their Voices,” The Lund Report (1/22/2013)
  • “Clamor for Sunshine Act Rules Continues,” MedPage Today (1/16/2013)
  • “AARP, AFL-CIO urge OMB to issue Sunshine Act rules,” The Hill Healthwatch Blog (1/15/2013)
  • “It’s Time for Doctors to Talk about Guns,” CT Mirror (1/9/2013)
  • “The National Physicians Alliance and the American Medical Student Association request full implementation of the sunshine act,” Lexology (1/9/2013)
  • “Groups Urge HHS To Issue Rule on Doctor Payment Disclosure,” iHealthBeat (1/8/2013)
  • “Providers still waiting on Sunshine Act implementation,” FierceHealthCare (1/8/2013)
  • “Groups Urge HHS To Issue Rules On Medical Company-Doc Relationships,” Kaiser Health News (1/7/2013)
  • “Where’s the Physician Sunshine Rule Already?” Politico (1/4/2013)
  • “Groups to HHS: Issue Sunshine Act Rules,” MedPage Today (1/4/2013)
  • “Child development – no further evidence is needed to prompt action,” Buffalo News (1/2/2013)

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