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Save the Date for Public Health Principles of Diabetes Prevention in High Risk Persons Webinar
This Webinar has been developed for primary care providers and other clinical staff who treat patients at risk for diabetes. January 27, 2011, 12 - 1:30 pm.
Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.
For more information, click here.
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MCMS Featured Business
| Greater Arizona Central Credentialing Program (GACCP) - part of the Maricopa County Medical Society family of businesses - has been servicing the needs of healthcare providers for over 23 years.
GACCP offers a complete spectrum of competitively priced services such as primary source verification or clinical record audit services; or complete packages structured on three tiers - Standard, Professional and Premium - for their credentialing/re-credentialing paperwork process.
For more information, call 602-256-0705 or visit www.azcvo.com
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| MICA Declares Dividend | | |
MICA'S Board of Trustees, at the December Board meeting, declared a dividend of Sixty Million Dollars ($60,000,000) in the aggregate to be paid to participating policyholders who were current MICA members as of December 31, 2010. It will be apportioned based on earned premium for the thirty-six month period ending December 31, 2010.
For physicians insuring with MICA for three full years this dividend represents approximately 42% of their annual 2010 premium. It brings the total dividends paid to participating MICA members in the past five years to One Hundred Eighty Million Dollars ($180,000,000).
In addition, subject to review by the Arizona Department of Insurance, MICA will decrease base rates for Arizona physicians an average of 10% effective April 1, 2011. With this decrease Arizona physicians with MICA will have on average received a 25% reduction in premium rates since April 1, 2007.
Due to reclassification of a few specialties based on their loss experience a number of Arizona physicians will receive substantially larger reductions while a very few will experience a slight increase.
https://www.mica-insurance.com/
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| Don't Forget... | | To pay your MCMS 2011 Membership Dues.
For a quick and convenient option, consider paying your dues online or send a check by mail. If you have already submitted your dues renewals, thank you for your continued support.
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New Look and Feel for a New Year
| | Maricopa County Medical Society and the Society Business Services Announce New Branding Standards
As MCMS realizes its vision to become the leader in promoting excellence in the quality of care; stregthen its relationship within the community; and to represent and serve its members by acting as a strong, collective physician voice, the MCMS brand remains one of our most important assets. A consistent brand is a powerful brand. It helps customers confidently navigate through options. It builds preference in the minds of our business partners. And importantly, it sends a strong symbol that we are united and focused in our efforts.
Over the coming months, you will notice some positive changes in the branding and tools which we employ to help further define and enhance our unique value proposition to physicians in Maricopa County, while driving new business opportunities for MedaBytes, Round-up, Bureau of Medical Economics and Greater Arizona Central Credentialing Program.
The new logos, fonts, colors, tag lines and messaging will be gradually implemented in existing materials,
Web sites, and will be incorporated within all new materials.
We hope you enjoy our new look as much as we do, so we'd love to hear your thoughts. E-mail your cheers and jeers to mcms@mcmsonline.com or call 602-252-2015.
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From MCMS' President - Dr. Nathan Laufer
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Private Practice - Evolution or Extinction?
I would like to thank the membership of the Maricopa County Medical Society for the privilege of serving as your president for the coming year. I am indebted to Dr. Susan Whitely for her excellent leadership and guidance during the preceding term. I would also like to thank the Society staff, especially Dan Mitten, for transitioning me into this role. I will try and live up to everyone's expectations.
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FDA: Gardasil Approved to Prevent Anal Cancer
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in December approved the vaccine Gardasil for the prevention of anal cancer and associated precancerous lesions due to human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6, 11, 16, and 18 in people ages 9 through 26 years.
Gardasil is already approved for the same age population for the prevention of cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancer and the associated precancerous lesions caused by HPV types 6, 11, 16, and 18 in females. It is also approved for the prevention of genital warts caused by types 6 and 11 in both males and females.
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Congress Passes Bill Exempting Physicians from "Red Flag" Rules
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The House passed Senate legislation exempting physicians from identity theft regulations called "Red Flag Rules" that organized medicine has criticized as an unnecessary administrative burden.
The legislation, which awaits the signature of President Barack Obama, averts enforcement of the regulations in medical practices that would have taken effect January 1.
The Red Flag Rules implement portions of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act enacted in 2003. Under these rules, financial institutions and credit-extending businesses such as retailers and car dealerships must draft formal plans on how they will look out for warning signs, or red flags, of identity theft and then deal with any cases they discover.
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Dozens of Bills Filed Prior to Start of AZ Legislative Session
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Measure would let faculty pack heat at colleges; Another would require AHCCCS to use two contractors for each service it provides.
Legislators will have more than just the $1.4 billion budget shortfall to consider next year. The 50th session of the Legislature doesn't start until Jan. 10, but as of Thursday, 13 bills had already been introduced into the Arizona House of Representatives and 11 have been introduced in the state Senate.
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