"News You Can Use" <> March 31, 2016 April 4, 2016 Public Health Zika Virus 0 CONTENT Tennis Players and Golfers Needed! Physicians: Please Join SDCMS and Your Colleagues at Our Next Physician Social on April 26 at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center Updated Zika Resources Two Mumps Cases Reported at USD CDC Guideline and Checklist for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain CMS Announces Second Cycle of Medicare Revalidation March 14 Union-Tribune Article, “Medicare Pay to Increase for SD Docs” SDCMS-CMA Meaningful Use Member Benefits California Physicians Oppose Health Plan Mega-mergers, Citing Reduced Access to Affordable High-quality Healthcare California’s End of Life Option Act to Take Effect June 9 CMA Files Amicus Brief in Support of Hospital Medical Staff Self-governance Watch This CMA On-demand Webinar on the CURES Registration Process IMQ Seeking Physician Surveyors for Corrections and Detentions Health Care Program California's Uninsured: Coverage Expands, but Millions Left Behind (CHCF Report) Physicians Needed to Mentor UCSD Undergraduates Help Spread the Message of Health by Making a Brief Presentation in Your Community CMA Guide / May 4 Webinar to Help Physicians Prepare for Payor Contract Renegotiations ABOVE THE FOLD Tennis Players and Golfers Needed! Only 44 spaces left for the SDCMS Foundation’s first ever round robin tennis tournament for all experience levels, on Monday, April 18, at Lomas Santa Fe Country Club. The tennis tournament includes an exhibition game, and is the newest addition to their 4th annual Aces for Health golf tournament, along with the Health Heroes awards reception. Click Here for Details and to Sign Up Physicians: Please Join SDCMS and Your Colleagues at Our Next Physician Social on April 26 at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center: Come enjoy the exhibits while you mingle, socialize, and network with your colleagues, and be sure to bring your spouse / significant other and children. Note that the Center will be closed to the public during this event. RSVPs are required, so register soon — click here to register now! TOP MEDICAL Updated Zika Resources: March 25 CAHAN Alert: Zika Virus Advisory #4 – Interim Guidelines Updated, First Sexual Transmission Confirmed in San Diego County: Click Here March 25 CDC MMWR — Update: Interim Guidance for Prevention of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus: Click Here March 25 CDC MMWR — Update: Interim Guidance for Health Care Providers Caring for Women of Reproductive Age with Possible Zika Virus Exposure: Click Here Two Mumps Cases Reported at USD: A number of colleges and universities across the United States are currently experiencing mumps outbreaks. Click Here CDC Guideline and Checklist for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain TOP FEDERAL CMS Announces Second Cycle of Medicare Revalidation: Noridian will send revalidation notices two or three months prior to each provider’s revalidation due date. Click Here March 14 Union-Tribune Article, “Medicare Pay to Increase for SD Docs”: Click Here SDCMS-CMA Meaningful Use Member Benefits: CMA FAQ on Meaningful Use Hardship Exception (Free to Members): Click Here The SDCMS Foundation can assist primary care and specialty care physicians with new reporting to assure you receive maximum incentive funds. Those physicians registered for Medi-Cal (30% of practice) are eligible to receive FREE technical assistance, and very low-cost technical assistance available for Medicare providers. SDCMS members qualify for a 40% discount. For further information, email Barbara.Mandel@SDCMS.org or call (858) 300-2779. TOP STATE California Physicians Oppose Health Plan Mega-mergers, Citing Reduced Access to Affordable High-quality Healthcare: Click Here California’s End of Life Option Act to Take Effect June 9: Click Here CMA Files Amicus Brief in Support of Hospital Medical Staff Self-governance: Click Here Watch This CMA On-demand Webinar on the CURES Registration Process: July 1 is the deadline for mandatory CURES registration. Click Here IMQ Seeking Physician Surveyors for Corrections and Detentions Health Care Program: Click Here California's Uninsured: Coverage Expands, but Millions Left Behind (CHCF Report): Click Here TOP LOCAL Physicians Needed to Mentor UCSD Undergraduates: Click Here for Details 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 Andrew.Gonzalez@SDCMS.org at the SDCMS Foundation to say YES, you will volunteer just one or two times a year, quarterly, or however your schedule allows. TOP MEMBER BENEFITS / PRACTICE MANAGEMENT CMA Guide / May 4 Webinar to Help Physicians Prepare for Payor Contract Renegotiations: Click Here TOP “We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.” — Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) Comments are closed.