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URGENT ALERT: If you have a physician license that you obtained through the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact AND you have Michigan as your SPL, your license will not be renewable if Michigan lawmakers do not act by 3/28. More information here: #alert" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">idfpr.illinois.gov/dpr.html#alert

Thanks to your grassroots efforts and the team here at ISMS, the Transparency in Downcoding Act has passed out of committee! Hear one health care professional’s testimony on how downcoding abuse is affecting patient care.

Downcoding abuse took center stage at a recent state legislative hearing thanks to your grassroots support. Click here to hear directly from medical practices impacted by this harmful protocol: isms.org/newsroom-categ…

Tuesday the IL Senate Insurance Committee discussed the importance of SB3114 Transparency in Health Insurnace Downcoding. Testifying in support was Ellen Lipe Fiss- Springfield Clinic and Dr. Joshua Levin- Pediatrust. TY @SenatorKoehler wandtv.com/news/statehous… via @wandtvnews

Congratulatuons @SenatorMorrison of Illinois on receiving the AMA Government Service Award! ISMS leaders were excited to present the award to Senator Morrison this week in DC. ama-assn.org/press-center/a… (via @AmerMedicalAssn)

Please support SB 3114 and HB 4735 to regulate the practice of automatic downcoding in Illinois!

.@IDPH said Thursday it will adopt the American Academy of Pediatrics’s child and adolescent immunization schedule. healthnewsillinois.com/2026/02/06/ill…

Test and treat #pharmacy services rules includes three key points that ISMS insisted on buff.ly/bTG9LoA

ISMS backed bill improves reimbursement rates for #mentalhealth services buff.ly/7tRDwSd

Illinois lawmaker questions IDHS over years-long data breach advantagenews.com/news/local/ill…

By bringing vaping products back to the shelves, Walgreens takes a public health step backwards pursuing profits at the expense of children’s health. buff.ly/uUrDT9Q

Illinois childhood #immunization recommendations issued by ISMS member Sameer Vohra, M.D., J.D., M.A., @IDPH Director buff.ly/4Bp8pte

Sangamon County Medical Society dinner meeting with ISMS member Sameer Vohra, M.D., J.D., M.A. Director, Illinois Department of Public Health scmsdocs.org

Illinois law codifies @GovPritzker executive orders to strengthen access to #vaccines by giving @IDPH more authority buff.ly/3bdXj9B

Thanks @AmerMedicalAssn for supporting buff.ly/Qtox1EL

Join an informative dinner meeting to discuss the challenges of the changes in public health and its impact hosted by Sangamon County Medical Society scmsdocs.org

Listen up, as ISMS President Richard Anderson M.D. provides physicians with Illinois licensing requirements and guidelines for continuing medical education in Illinois isms.org/cme #CME

ISMS President-Elect reacts to important public health bill signing: “If people have concerns about vaccines or any other medical treatments or procedures – they should talk to their physician. We understand there is a lot of information out there right now and it may be confusing” buff.ly/wVjdiYO #AllInIllinois