PLEASE JOIN THE MEDICAL STAFFS
OF SHARP HEALTHCARE
FOR AN EDUCATIONAL LUNCHEON





(RSVP REQUIRED - 740-4145 or by e-mail to lesley.bradley@sharp.com)

Presenter
DANIEL L. GROSS
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT of HOSPITAL OPERATIONS
SHARP HEALTHCARE

FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2010
PARADISE POINT (Garden Ballroom)
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Topics to Include:

Overview of Sharp HealthCare Strategic Plan
Update on Health Care Reform
Review of Physician Leader Education Program
Sharp HealthCare Quality Performance Report

Physicians, Patients Launch Medicare Petition Drive A 21 percent cut in Medicare physician reimbursement took effect April 1, and now physicians and their patients and families are fighting back. Get involved. Each year for the past decade, physicians have faced steep payment cuts that make it harder and harder for them to care for their Medicare patients. Congress knows about the problem. It knows the faulty formula Medicare uses to pay doctors does not work, but it has not fixed the problem.

CMA has joined forces with state medical and specialty associations across the country to demand that Congress eliminate the faulty Medicare physician payment formula. The goal is to get 1 million signatures to take to Congress and the President expressing outrage at Congress's inaction on this issue.

We believe Congress must fix Medicare now. Although the House of Representatives last fall passed a bill to repeal the broken Medicare sustainable growth rate formula, the issue remains unresolved. We need a rational Medicare physician payment system that automatically keeps up with the cost of running a practice and is backed by a fair, stable funding formula.

CMA members are encouraged to add their voice to this call for action. Click the link below to add your name to this petition. Forward it to friends and colleagues to sign as well.

Please sign this petition: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/meltdown.

C MA has also prepared a flyer that you can place in your waiting room to encourage patients to get involved. The patient flyer is available at http://www.cmanet.org/healthreform/petition.pdf.

It was such a great success last year that the Happiness Committee is doing it again!

Wednesday, June 16, 6 pm

Mark your calendar now!

Do you have a secret talent? Do you sing or play an instrument?

Please contact Dr. Thomas Kilcheski if you'd like to perform at the Concert! His e- mail is spkilbat@cox.net.

Friday, May 14
5:30 pm - Hors d'ouevres
6 pm - Dancing Lessons!!!!
$10 per person

RSVP to Lesley Bradley at lesley.bradley@sharp.com or 740-4145.

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