"News You Can Use" <> July 7, 2015 CONTENTS Governor Signs CMA-sponsored Vaccination Bill One-year Grace Period Announced for Using an Incorrect ICD-10 Code CMA Shortstops Major Problem Posed by June 30 CURES 2.0 Launch Your Member Services Quiz Supreme Court Upholds ACA Subsidies California Court Rules Against Constitutional Attack on MICRA CMS Proposes Rule Aligning 2015–17 Stage 1 & 2 Meaningful Use Objectives and Measures With Proposed Stage 3 Requirements CMS’ Open ... July 8, 2015 CURES, ICD-10 CURES, ICD-10, SB 277, Vaccinations 0 0 Comment Read More »
"News You Can Use" <> June 3, 2015 CONTENTS CMA Removes Opposition to Physician Aid in Dying Bill Is Your Office Working on ICD-10 Compliance? June 6 Members-only 3.5-hour Workshop on Legal & Financial Literacy Your Member Services Quiz ER Visits Continue to Climb Under Affordable Care Act Vaccine Bill Receives Overwhelming Support From Senate, While Calif. Democratic Party Adopts Policy on Issue Governor’s Revised Budget Contains No Significant Increases for Medi-Cal Broad ... June 3, 2015 ICD-10, PAS / PAD ICD-10, Physician Aid in Dying 0 0 Comment Read More »
"News You Can Use" <> May 13, 2015 CONTENTS Is Your Office Working on ICD-10 Compliance? Members & Office Staff: Do You Know How to Effectively Discipline Your Staff? June 6 Members-only Workshop on Financial & Legal Life Skills Mingle, Socialize, and Network With Your Fellow Docs on Friday, July 10 Your Member Services Quiz Summary and Timeline of HR 2, the “Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015” or “MACRA” Physicians Have Until May ... May 13, 2015 ICD-10 ICD-10 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 »
Special "News You Can Use" on SGR, GPCI, and ICD-10 Click Here to Read the April 5 U-T San Diego Article Titled: "State Medicare Reimbursements to Rise" Executive Director Comments: After almost a decade of struggle, the GPCI inequity for San Diego County is finally resolved — and this is not, repeat not, an April Fool’s joke. Yesterday evening, the president signed HR 4302 / S 2000, the details of which can be read by clicking here, which does three big things plus a lot of other little stuff that we'll talk about in future NYCUs: kicks the can down ... April 2, 2014 GPCI, ICD-10, SGR GPCI, ICD-10, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
Special "News You Can Use" <> Love Your Heart! Special SDCMS “News You Can Use” <> Love Your Heart! — Thursday, February 6, 2014 Physicians: Please Participate in Love Your Heart This February 14! All you need to do is track the blood pressures you provide your patients during the course of your Feb. 14 workday. Reducing heart attacks and strokes in our community is a goal we can all rally around. As part of the County of San Diego HHSA’s Love Your Heart initiative, the SDCMS Foundation is working with private practice physicians to increase blood pressure screenings and educate ... February 6, 2014 CMA Benefits, Covered California, ICD-10, Public Health ACA, Covered California, CURES, ICD-10, Love Your Heart 0 0 Comment Read More »