Promotion of Daniel F. Mitten

The Maricopa County Medical Society (MCMS) is pleased to announce the promotion of Daniel F. Mitten to the position of Executive Director/CEO of MCMS and its business services.

An Arizona native, Dan began his career with MCMS 22 years ago, in the mail room of MCMS' sister organization, Arizona Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC). Since then, he has worked his way up through the ranks, holding positions such assistant director of information services for the Greater Arizona Central
Credentialing Program, a subsidiary of MCMS, and overseeing AFMC's claims department where he completed a successful overhaul of the claims system.

The Arizona Medical Association (ArMA) has tried for the last five years to convey to our legislators how devastating a reduction in Medicare payments will be to the sustainability of the program. Virtually every state medical association has taken the same action. While there is uniform agreement in D.C. that the sustainable growth rate (SGR) is broken, there is still no fix, and realistically, one is not on the horizon. It is time to take action to a new level and get patients involved.
 
The Texas Medical Association (TMA) has launched a campaign called Stop the Medicare Meltdown. Their goal was to collect 1,000,000 signatures for a petition letting Congress know that a continuing series of temporary holds are no longer acceptable. The TMA's direct, hard-hitting campaign was shared with every state and our participation was welcomed. In two days this has gone viral; almost every state has joined, along with a growing number of specialty societies. Expectations now have been raised to collecting multiple millions of signatures. This will let Congress know the time for talking is over. ArMA is joining the campaign and everything you will need to get involved is contained in this STAT. Using the electronic petition, sponsored by the TMA, will provide an accurate accounting of all signors in a verifiable format which will be presented to Congress.

Every physician and patient signature counts in this campaign. ArMA leadership urges you to assist with the petition drive and to encourage your patients to do so as well.

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New Institute of Medicine recommendations designed to reduce work hours and encourage sufficient sleep are failing to protect residents, a new study shows.

Reporting here at the American Academy of Neurology 62nd Annual Meeting, investigators suggest residents are no more well rested or prepared now that restrictions are in place compared with before. And many residents are complaining their work is less satisfying now.

Why would fewer working hours and more time to sleep leave residents feeling unfulfilled in their job? Study author Andrew Southerland, MD, from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, told Medscape Neurology that his team found residents are now at higher risk of burnout.

 

 

Saturday, May 15 at 9:00 a.m.

The Institute for Healthcare Business Education is offering a five hour course entitled, "Rx for Business" at the Phoenix Doubletree Guest Suites in Phoenix on Saturday, May 15 at 9:00 a.m.

The course, presented by Ann Couch, CPA and Sara Eversden, CPA is designed to educate new and existing physicians about the business essentials of operating their own business small businesses.

Click here to register or for more information call 602-955-5952.