"News You Can Use" <> August 1, 2016 August 2, 2016 Prop. 56 Bioethics, Physician Fee Schedule, VASDHS 0 PHYSICIANS: SDCMS’s Bioethics Commission met last Wednesday evening to discuss patients’ right to treatment of pain and the physician / institutional response in the opioid epidemic era. Our Bioethics Commission has been meeting quarterly since 2007 to discuss bioethics issues, share ideas, and explore standards of practice. If you’d like to get involved in this or one of our two other commissions (GERM and EMOC), please send us an email at SDCMS@SDCMS.org. Both GERM and EMOC will be meeting in August and Bioethics will meet again on October 26. ON ANOTHER NOTE: Click here to watch the third video update (2.5 minutes) from SDCMS president Dr. Mihir Parikh. As always, let us know how we can help, and thank you for your membership! Paul Hegyi, CEO, SDCMS WHAT TO KNOW … DOJ Filed Lawsuits to Block Two Health Insurance Mega-mergers Dr. Robert Smith, SDCMS Member, Named VASDHS Director MACRA Could Be Delayed to Give Small Practice Physicians More Time CMS Released Its Proposed 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule WHAT TO DO … Put Together a Team for Our Oct. 1 Solana Beach Sunset 5K Run / Walk Contact Champions for Health to Receive Maximum EHR Incentive Funds Save the Date: November 3 SDCMS Physician Social Save the Date: December 1 SDCMS Medicare Seminar / Webinar WHAT TO READ & WATCH … Our Third Video Update From SDCMS President, Dr. Mihir Parikh CAHAN Update on IMD Among MSM in Southern California CMA’s New MACRA Checklist: “What Should I Do Now to Prepare?” CMA’s On-demand MACRA Webinar AFL Informing Licensees of FY 2016–17 License Renewal Fees Dr. Ted Mazer on KUSI: Obamacare Premiums Rising Champions for Health FY 2015 Annual Report “Seven Tips to Help Stop Ransomware” by The Doctors Company “Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.” — C.S. Lewis (1898–1963) Comments are closed.