The official e-newsletter of the Maricopa County Medical Society  

Volume 5 · March 2011
In This Issue
Membership Information
From the CEO
In Brief
Legislative Update
InforMarketPlace - MCMS Classifieds

Conference

The Arizona Geriatrics Society is pleased to announce its 4th Annual Spring Geriatric Mental Health & Aging Conference "BRINGING IT TO THE TABLE:  Roundtable Discussions on Mental Health & Aging" 


Friday, April 8, 2011  

Crowne Plaza
Phoenix (I17 & Peoria)

 

This conference will explore the Mind-Body connection to produce a myriad of strategies that maintain functional status so essential to the health and well-being of older adults.

 

Continuing education credit will be awarded for physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers, case managers, and LTC/AL administrators/managers.

 

For more information or to register for the conference, visit www.arizonageriatrics.org

Connect with Us!

Follow us on Twitter  Find us on Facebook

Community Events 

Discount tickets for the inaugural RR Donnelly LPGA Founders Cup March 16-20 at Wildfire Golf Club at JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix are available.  

 

Any Day Grounds ticket is $15 for access any one day of competition Friday-Sunday, with $7.50 benefiting Scottsdale Healthcare Foundation. Regular ticket price is $20.

 

Weekly Grounds ticket is $40 for access to the tournament grounds Wednesday-Sunday, with $20 donated to Scottsdale Healthcare Foundation. Regular ticket price is $50.

 

Half of the cost of each discounted ticket will be donated by the LPGA to the Scottsdale Healthcare Foundation.

 

Purchase Tickets 

 

Scottsdale Healthcare Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Scottsdale Healthcare, supporting the locally-based nonprofit Scottsdale Healthcare hospitals through donations used for medical technology, patient care and facility improvements.

 

The RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup will donate its entire $1 million purse to charity, with $500,000 going to LPGA-USGA Girls Golf and $500,000 going to the top 10 finishers' designated charities.

Lectures  

You are invited to University of Arizona's GetSmart Breakfast Series is hosting "How Much Excitement Can You Handle? How Brain Excitability Contributes to Migraines" featuring Dr. Trent Anderson.  The lecture is free, breakfast is additional.  

 

Day/Time  

Thursday, March 17
7:30 am 

 

Location 

The Good Egg
50 East Camelback Rd, Phoenix

Parking Available   

 

RSVP to Brigitte Jordan-Mincks at bjordan1@email.arizona.edu or 602-827-2018.

Membership Information 

Only ONE DAY Left to Pay Your Dues!

If you have not paid your 2011 MCMS Dues, do so today!

 

After March 15, any member that has not remitted their dues for 2011 will be terminated from the Medical Society!

 

Renew today online at www.mcmsonline.com or mail in your

remittance to us at:

 

MCMS Membership Dues

326 E. Coronado Road, Suite 101

Phoenix, AZ 85004

From the CEO

Dan Mitten
MCMS CEO
The House of Medicine

In my opinion, everyone is too opinionated. Everyone has a thought, idea or plan that makes their philosophy better than anyone else's. It is a part of being human and part of the human ego - by functioning both in the perception of and adaptation to reality. Leaders are given opportunities to design, plan and implement ideas and philosophies of which someone is always opposed. Inevitably they become the ones in the crosshairs.This is nothing new; this is the cycle of leaders, followers and competitors.

Read more... 

In Brief

Appeals Court Ruling Puts An End to "Red Flag" Controversy

A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit centering around a rule that would require physicians to adhere to insurance fraud monitoring programs in their practices or face a steep fine.

The ruling effectively puts an end to several years of controversy over the Federal Trade Commission's so-called "red flag rule," which deemed doctors as "creditors" because they bill for their services and collect money later. Read more...

 

 

Blue Cross Blue Shield Settlement Expires May 31

The Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) settlement agreement states that if a bill contains a CPT® code for the performance of an evaluation and management service appended with a CPT modifier 25 and a non-evaluation and management code, both codes will be recognized and separately eligible for payment, unless previously disclosed on the BCBS website. Read more...


New Web site Can Help Patients Navigate Healthcare Law

A new online resource chock-full of easy-to-understand information about the Affordable Care Act - www.HealthCareandYou.org - was launched in early March. Designed to help all Americans make the right healthcare decisions for themselves and their families. Read more...


Health Care Quality Still Improving Slowly, But Disparities and Gaps in Access to Care Persist

Improvements in healthcare quality continue to progress at a slow rate - about 2.3 percent a year; however, disparities based on race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status and other factors persist at unacceptably high levels, according to the 2010 National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report released by AHRQ. Read more...

Legislative Update 

The following blog post is by Will Humble, Director, Arizona Department of Health Services

Topic: Physicians who are "jumping the gun" and attempting to issue medical marijuana certifications before the rules are finalized.

"As I was looking through a weekly publication in the Phoenix area I noticed that there are several physicians that are already advertising their services for medical marijuana evaluations and certifications for a fee. Some of the ads and websites seem to imply that the certifications that physicians are writing right now will be valid for getting an Qualified Patient identification card from the Arizona Department of Health Services once the law takes effect on April 14. This is not the case." Read more...

InfoMarketPlace

PRACTICE FOR SALE 

Fully equipped 34 1/2 year old solo Scottsdale, Arizona Dermatology practice for sale. Four working rooms, including surgery, electric Ritter table, PUVA Box, Hand-Foot PUVA unit, and Levulan Blue U apparatus. Very profitable practice working only 3 1/2 days per week, with NO cosmetics and NO surgery. Plenty of room for growth for any dermatologist. Physician owner is willing to work part-time through June (lease ends July 31) to facilitate patient transition to qualified, BE/BC dermatologist. Terms flexible and negotiable. Fax serious inquires ONLY to: 480-596-9969.

 

EMPLOYMENT

PHYSICIANS: LICENSED MD FOR CONSULTATIVE WORK 

Retired w/license? Want to cut back to two days? Alternative care office looking for Arizona-licensed MD for consultative work in Scottsdale, AZ. Part time, excellent compensation.  

Contact James Gould at knewidea@gmail.com or 760-703-3767

 

  

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

Original Brymill Equipment in "Almost New" Condition

1. Liquid Nitrogen Storage Container - 20 Liter (CRY-AC-3)

2. Withdrawl Tube

3. Mini-Cryo Gun

Great pricing for all three items together! 

Contact: docgcm@aol.com for further info

Save $10

Have you considered advertising in InforMed?  

 

If not, it's time you did.  We'll even take $10 off your first month's advertising!

 

To request an MCMS publications ad kit e-mail to: informed@mcmsonline.com or call 602-252-2015.

 

Offer Expires: December 31, 2011. Offer is good for InforMed only. Code: AK2011informed 

 

602.252.2015 

InforMed Society is published by the Maricopa County Medical Society.
Copyright © 2011
Questions or Comments, please email us at: InforMed@mcmsonline.com