"News You Can Use" <> April 7, 2015 CONTENTS Senate Delays Vote on SGR Until mid-April • CMS to Delay 21% Cuts Until Mid-month Mingle, Socialize, and Network With Your Fellow Physicians on Friday, April 24 Supreme Court Limits Avenues Providers Can Use to Sue States Over Medicaid Funding CMA Submits Letter to CMS Requesting Assessment of Medi-Cal Rates So What Have We Done for Our Members Lately? Work-Life Balance Workshop on Saturday, May 2 June ... April 7, 2015 Medi-Cal, Medicare, SGR Medi-Cal, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
Special "News You Can Use" <> March 27, 2015 First the Good News: The House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to move HR 2. I have included the major terms of HR 2 at bottom. CMA's long-term work at the grassroots and in Washington resulted in landslide-level support for HR 2: Only 2 of California's 53 representatives did not support HR 2. I cannot over-emphasize the fact that member dues paid for this long-term work, and that's why we were able to get landslide-level support for HR 2. Now the Bad News: The Senate “kicked the can down the road” for two ... March 27, 2015 SGR SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
"News You Can Use" <> March 16, 2015 CONTENTS CMA Wants Physicians’ Input on SB 128 — The End of Life Option Act Executive Director Note on SGR Your Member Services Quiz Recently Reported Cases of Ocular Syphilis on the West Coast Have You Been Reporting PQRS Data to Medicare? CMS to Conduct ICD-10 Claims Testing for Physicians in March and June Open Payments Database Available for Physician Review in April MACs Continuing ... March 16, 2015 PAS / PAD PAD, PAS 0 0 Comment Read More »
"News You Can Use" <> March 4, 2015 Sign up to Receive SDCMS's E-newsletter, "News You Can Use" — Email NYCU@SDCMS.org CONTENTS Executive Director Note on the April 1 SGR Cut Mingle, Socialize, and Network With Your Fellow Physicians on Friday, April 24, 5:30pm–8:00pm Safe Prescribing Symposium on March 11 June 6 Workshop on Financial & Legal Life Skills Is Your Office Working on ICD-10 Compliance? Your Member Services Quiz Pertussis Epidemic Continues in San Diego County ... March 4, 2015 SGR SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
"News You Can Use" <> February 6, 2015 CONTENTS Help San Diego Take 25,000 Blood Pressure Readings as Part of Friday, February 13 Love Your Heart Day Is Your Office Working on ICD-10 Compliance? The SGR Tango Is Coming, the SGR Tango Is Coming … Your Member Services Quiz Measles Resources for Physicians, Including Office Posters CDC Encourages Antiviral Treatment for Influenza Can You Help Spread the Message of Health by Making a Brief Presentation in ... February 9, 2015 ICD-10, Public Health, SGR Measles 0 0 Comment Read More »
"News You Can Use" <> January 22, 2015 CONTENTS Join Your Fellow South Bay Physicians Tomorrow, Jan. 23, for a Networking Event and Social Attend SDCMS’s January 29 “Medicare Updates and Changes for 2015” Seminar / Webinar Attend SDCMS’s FREE “Preparing to Practice” Workshop on January 31 Jim Hay, MD, Will Be the Man of the Hour at the SDCMS Foundation Celebration 10 Event on Saturday, February 7 Your Member Services Quiz Measles Update: More Potential Public Exposure in ... January 22, 2015 Public Health Measles 0 0 Comment Read More »