APA is standing up for your patients – 8/8/2019
This has been an intense week for APA as a whole and I wanted to let you know what the APA has been doing to advocate for our patients against the…
Managing Liability Exposures when Practicing Geriatric Psychiatry
https://www.americanprofessional.com/ BY: ALLISON M. FUNICELLI, MPA, CCLA, ARM, Senior Risk Management Consultant, Risk Management Group, AWAC Services Company, a member company of Allied World. According to the United States Census…
APA Members Participate in Local Advocacy
During the month of August, members of Congress will return to their home districts to reconnect with their constituents. This year, APA’s Congressional Advocacy Network (CAN) members will schedule meetings…
Maine Medical Association’s 166th Annual Session September 6-8, 2019
Registration is Now Available! The Maine Medical Association commences this year’s Annual Session on Friday, September 6th with an opening reception and silent auction at 5:30 p.m. with our exhibitors. …
APA Calls on Administration to Provide Humane Care for Asylum Seekers at U.S. Border
Photo by Roi Dimor on Unsplash WASHINGTON, D.C. July 9, 2019 — The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is deeply concerned with the recent reports regarding the conditions children and their families who are…
AMA President to Speak at July 15th Opioid Response Summitt
AMA President Patrice Harris, M.D., a practicing psychiatrist from Atlanta and current chair of the AMA Opioid Task Force has been added as a speaker at the Governor’s Opioid Response…
Mental Health Parity
Fair Insurance Coverage: IT’S THE LAW Click Image to Enlarge Federal law is clear that insurers can no longer discriminate against patients with mental illness, including substance use disorders. But…
APA Member Patrice Harris, M.D., Takes Office as President of AMA
CHICAGO — Patrice Harris, M.D., M.A., a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), was sworn in ;ast month as President of the American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest…
Meet your new Executive Council Members
PRESIDENT-ELECT Matthew Davis, MD, Clinical Director, Riverview Psychiatric Center RESIDENT-FELLOW MEMBERSara Powers, MDMaine Medical Center Matthew Davis is the Clinical Director at Riverview Psychiatric Center, one of Maine’s two state…