"News You Can Use" <> July 22, 2015 July 22, 2015 SDCMS Leadershipi 0 CONTENTS Do You Have a Love / Hate Relationship With Microsoft Outlook? The Leader’s Toolkit Workshop on Sept. 19–20 Physicians & Office Managers: What’s the Temperature of Your Medical Practice Right Now? Your Member Services Quiz CMS to Begin Provider Reimbursement for End-of-Life Care 0.5% Increase to Medicare Reimbursement Rates Effective July 1 CMS Publishes 2014 Open Payment (Sunshine Act) Data Scope of Practice Legislative Victory! Tobacco Legislation Introduced CMS Announces Changes to Make Medicare ICD-10 Transition Less Disruptive for Physicians Second ICD-10 Boot Camp Added in San Diego on August 27–28 Is Your Office Working on ICD-10 Compliance? Help the SDCMS Foundation Meet a Challenge Grant by August 10 Work-Life Balance Workshop on Saturday, October 17 Can You Help Spread the Message of Health by Making a Brief Presentation in Your Community? ABOVE THE FOLD Do You Have a Love / Hate Relationship With Microsoft Outlook? Maybe more hate than love? Questions? Email me at Gehring@SDCMS.org if you have questions! Sign up for a "Taming Microsoft Outlook" workshop on Saturday morning, August 22, from 8:00am to noon. Click Here for Details and to Register The Leader’s Toolkit Workshop on Sept. 19–20: One of the benefits of SDCMS membership is leadership training for young or prospective physician leaders. We have developed an incredibly well-received day-and-a-half seminar for members called “The Leader’s Toolkit.” If you are an SDCMS member and interested in learning an awful lot about leadership and management in a very short period of time, then email me at Gehring@SDCMS.org to reserve a spot at the next seminar — scheduled for Saturday, September 19 and the morning of Sunday, September 20. We limit seminar size to 16 participants, so first come first served. Physicians & Office Managers: What’s the Temperature of Your Medical Practice Right Now? In an effort to monitor and address the issues affecting you, San Diego County physicians and office managers, tell us what SINGLE issue you are MOST concerned about this very moment (e.g., Medi-Cal payments, patient vaccinations, paying my staff, EHRs, paperwork, etc.). Click here to let SDCMS know and to enter a chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. We will share the results in our next issue of “News You Can Use.” TOP YOUR MEMBER SERVICES QUIZ Question: We’ve recently had a patient refuse to provide us with photo identification as they stated this was an invasion of privacy. Is it illegal to request photo identification from patients at the time of service? Click Here for the Answer TOP FEDERAL CMS to Begin Provider Reimbursement for End-of-Life Care: Click Here for Details 0.5% Increase to Medicare Reimbursement Rates Effective July 1: Click Here for Details CMS Publishes 2014 Open Payment (Sunshine Act) Data: Click Here for Details TOP STATE Scope of Practice Legislative Victory! On July 14, without enough votes, Senator Hernandez pulled both his scope expansion bills (SB 323, expanding nurse practitioners to independent practice, and SB 622, giving optometrists the ability to do ophthalmologic surgery). Thanks principally to CMA advocacy, they are both defeated! Tobacco Legislation Introduced: On July 16 a package of bills relating to tobacco control was introduced in the Legislature’s special session. Click here to read CMA’s press release on the bills — issued in conjunction with the Save Lives California coalition. TOP ICD-10 CMS Announces Changes to Make Medicare ICD-10 Transition Less Disruptive for Physicians: CMS will provide a one-year grace period during which it will allow for flexibility in the claims payment, auditing, and quality reporting processes as the medical community gains experience using the new ICD-10 code set. The October 1, 2015, ICD-10 implementation date has not changed! Medicare claims processing systems will not have the capability to accept ICD-9 codes for dates of services after September 30, 2015, nor will they be able to accept claims for both ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes. Click Here for Details Second ICD-10 Boot Camp Added in San Diego on August 27–28: SDCMS is partnering with the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) to present a two-day workshop on August 27 and 28 at SDCMS’s offices — our June bootcamp sold out! Cost is $399 for SDCMS members and staff (a $200 discount!). October 1 is closer than you think!!! Click here for details and to register. Executive Director Comment: ICD-10, if you don’t prepare for it, could have a major disruption on your cash flow in October. Please, please take the time to prepare now. Here is how your Medical Society is helping members avoid “October OMG” moments … Is Your Office Working on ICD-10 Compliance? Click here for a number of SDCMS members-only resources (email Membership@SDCMS.org for login assistance). Click here information about SDCMS’s August 27–28 ICD-10-CM Code Set Boot Camp (8:00am–5:00pm each day) — $399 for SDCMS members and staff (a $200 discount!). Click here for a number of CMA members-only resources, including its ICD-10 Transition Guide for Physicians. October 1 is closer than you think!!! TOP LOCAL Help the SDCMS Foundation Meet a Challenge Grant by August 10: Thanks to a matching grant from The Parker Foundation, as well as support from the SDCMS Foundation’s board of directors, every $1 donated between July 13 and August 10 will translate into $4! Funds will support efforts to link low-income, uninsured San Diegans with volunteer specialists and surgeons who wish to care for this vulnerable population. Click here for details and to donate today! Work-Life Balance Workshop on Saturday, October 17: Take an honest look at your life, reacquaint yourself with what you find most meaningful, and then make the changes that will bring your life into greater balance! Join your colleagues and Helane Fronek, MD, certified physician development coach, on Saturday, October 17, from 9:00am to noon to begin to see your life, and your choices in it, in a new light! Workshop limited to 12 physicians. Email Dr. Fronek at hsfronek@aol.com for details or to reserve your spot today! Can You Help Spread the Message of Health by Making a Brief Presentation in Your Community? The SDCMS Foundation is partnering with the County of San Diego to educate children, adults, seniors, and employees on how to improve their lives and take charge of their health by launching a Live Well Physicians’ Speakers Bureau. Contact Barbara.Mandel@SDCMS.org to say YES, you will volunteer just one or two times a year, quarterly, or however your schedule allows. TOP “They sicken at the calm that know the storm.” — Dorothy Parker, American Poet, Short Story Writer, Critic, and Satirist (1893–1967) Comments are closed.