"News You Can Use" <> December 2, 2015 December 2, 2015 Physician Workforce Physician Workforce Survey, Salary Survey 0 CONTENTS SDCMS Executive Director, Tom Gehring, Retiring Please, Please, Please, Quadruple Please, Take Five Minutes for SDCMS’s 2015 Physician Workforce & Compensation Survey The Office Manager Salary Survey Closes This Friday, December 4 Your Member Services Quiz Read the County of San Diego’s Dec. 2 Influenza Watch Bipolar Disorder Clinical Trial Volunteers Needed for UCSD Study Supreme Court to Hear ACA Challenge by Religious Nonprofits CMS Changes Enrollment Requirements for Part D Prescribers DMHC Fines Blue Shield and Anthem for Provider Directory Inaccuracies Have You Checked Your Medical Board Profile Recently? CMA Publishes Summary of New Healthcare Laws for 2016 Providers Who Refer, Order, or Prescribe for Medi-Cal Beneficiaries Must Enroll With DHCS CMA Now Accepting Testimony for the First Batch of Year-round Resolutions Read the November Issue of CMA’s CPR Achieving Meaningful Use Woes? Help Spread the Message of Health by Making a Brief Presentation in Your Community SDCMS-CMA Seminars, Webinars, and Events Regional Conferences / Events ABOVE THE FOLD Executive Director Note: In the most recent San Diego Physician, I announced my retirement from the Medical Society. Click here to read my farewell message to all of you. My last day at the Medical Society will be December 31, 2015. The president of SDCMS, William T-C Tseng, MD, MPH, and I take great pleasure in announcing my successor, Paul Hegyi, senior vice president at the California Medical Association. Paul will introduce himself in an upcoming issue of “News You Can Use” as well as in San Diego Physician magazine. Please, Please, Please, Quadruple Please, Take Five Minutes for SDCMS’s 2015 Physician Workforce & Compensation Survey: We need your input — irrespective of mode of practice — to make it accurate. All answers are de-identified, anonymized, and cannot be traced back to individual submitters. CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY NOW The Office Manager Salary Survey Closes This Friday, December 4: Please encourage your office leader to participate. Members are entitled to receive the results, but only nonmembers who take the survey are able to get the results! Click Here to Take the Survey Now — NOTE: When responding to survey questions asking for salary numbers, enter only numbers into these fields, i.e., no letters or symbols. TOP YOUR MEMBER SERVICES QUIZ Question: I'm having a hard time registering for CURES online. I think I may already be registered as it’s giving me an error stating that my name is already in the database, but I don’t remember registering. What can I do? Click Here for the Answer TOP MEDICAL Click Here to Read the County of San Diego’s Dec. 2 Influenza Watch Bipolar Disorder Clinical Trial Volunteers Needed for UCSD Study: Click Here TOP FEDERAL Supreme Court to Hear ACA Challenge by Religious Nonprofits: Click Here for Details CMS Changes Enrollment Requirements for Part D Prescribers: Beginning June 1, 2016, all physicians and other providers who prescribe Medicare Part D drugs must be enrolled in Medicare or have a valid record of opting out. Failure to do so will result in a denial of the pharmacy claim or the beneficiary’s request for reimbursement. Click Here for Details TOP STATE DMHC Fines Blue Shield and Anthem for Provider Directory Inaccuracies: Click Here for Details Have You Checked Your Medical Board Profile Recently? Click here for details. As well, MBC is asking physicians who need to renew their medical licenses in the next few months to do so early to avoid delays associated with scheduled upgrades to the BreEZe online licensing system. CMA Publishes Summary of New Healthcare Laws for 2016: In particular, there was a strong focus on Medi-Cal, scope of practice for allied health professionals, public health, and residential care facilities for the elderly. Click here to access “Significant New California Laws of Interest to Physicians for 2016.” Providers Who Refer, Order, or Prescribe for Medi-Cal Beneficiaries Must Enroll With DHCS: Click Here for Detail TOP BENEFITS / PRACTICE MANAGEMENT CMA Now Accepting Testimony for the First Batch of Year-round Resolutions: Click Here for Details Read the Nov. Issue of CMA’s CPR: Anthem Blue Cross Providers Can Now Update Demographics Electronically: Click Here Noridian Conducting Numerous Prepayment Reviews: Click Here United Healthcare to Offer Webinars to Physicians Participating in Core Network: Click Here Anthem Blue Cross Delays Implementing Utilization Review for Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy: Click Here Ask the Expert: If an exchange patient is in the 90-day grace period and fails to pay the premium, is the plan required to pay for services provided? Click Here Governor Signs Bill to Extend CURES Registration Deadline for Prescribers and Dispensers: Click Here Blue Shield Fee Schedule Changes Took Effect November 1: Click Here Are You Signed up for Medi-Cal’s Subscription Service? Click Here The Coding Corner: Decision for Treatment Calls for Separate E/M Reporting: Click Here Achieving Meaningful Use Woes? The SDCMS Foundation can provide FREE technical assistance for primary care physicians AND specialists working to attest for Medi-Cal incentive funds. Working to attest for Medicare incentive prior to year-end? Help is at hand as well. Providers can attest according to the old rules if their reporting period is prior to December 15, 2015. Get help with these difficult hurdles! For further information, email Victor.Bloomberg@SDCMS.org or call the SDCMS Foundation at (858) 300-2779. TOP LOCAL Help Spread the Message of Health by Making a Brief Presentation in Your Community: Educate children, adults, seniors, and employees on how to improve their lives and take charge of their health through the Live Well San Diego Speakers Bureau. Email Barbara.Mandel@SDCMS.org to say YES, you will volunteer just one or two times a year, quarterly, or however your schedule allows. TOP SDCMS SEMINARS, WEBINARS, AND EVENTS: Click Here SDCMS Members: Click here to browse and watch previously recorded SDCMS seminars and webinars. SDCMS Members: Click here to visit CMA’s on-demand webinars page to download recordings of previous webinars. TOP REGIONAL CONFERENCES / EVENTS: Click Here DEC 5: Update in Rheumatology: Highlights From the ACR and EULAR Meetings — UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, La Jolla DEC 5: Evaluations of Healthcare Professionals: From Screening to Full Assessment and Fitness for Duty Reports — in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles County / USC Medical Center DEC 7: San Diego Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Case Conference & Clinical Updates (Sleep Medicine Content) — Free Two Hours CME Conference, 6–8pm, VA San Diego, Room 3004 • Email Dr. Shazia Jamil at sjamil@ucsd.edu for Details and Agenda DEC 16–18: Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Hemophilia — UC San Diego Hemophilia & Thrombosis Treatment Center JAN 11: San Diego Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Case Conference & Clinical Updates (Pulmonary Medicine Content) — Free Two Hours CME conference, 6–8 pm at VA San Diego Rm 3004 • Email Dr Shazia Jamil at sjamil@ucsd.edu for Details and Agenda JAN 15–16: Advances in Medical and Surgical Management of Thyroid Cancer — Phoenix Marriott Tempe at the Buttes JAN 23–24: Melanoma 2016: 26th Annual Cutaneous Malignancy Update — Hyatt Regency Mission Bay, San Diego JAN 27–30: 35th Annual Advanced Nephrology: Nephrology for the Consultant — Omni San Diego JAN 28–30: Advanced Nephrology: Nephrology for the Consultant — Omni San Diego JAN 29–31: 13th Annual Natural Supplements: An Evidence-based Update — Paradise Point Resort & Spa, San Diego JAN 29–30: PRISM Meeting: Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine — Hilton San Diego MAR 3–5: UC San Diego Essentials and Advances in Apheresis Therapies — Marriott Mission Valley, San Diego APR 7–10: Butters-Kaplan West Coast Neuropsychology Conference — Hyatt Regency La Jolla, San Diego JUL 9–17: Superficial Anatomy and Cutaneous Surgery — San Diego Marriott Del Mar TOP “Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.” — William Shakespeare Comments are closed.