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FOR SALE!
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1) Original Brymill Equipment in "Almost New" Condition
· Liquid Nitrogen Storage
Container - 20 Liter
· Withdrawal Tube
2) HemoCue - Hb 201+ in brand new condition
Great pricing on all items!
Contact docgcm@aol.com for further info.
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IBHE to Host Rx for Business Seminar
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The Institute for Healthcare Business Education (IHBE) will be offering a seminar titled,Rx for Business, which educates healthcare providers on the basics of establishing a healthcare practice.
Some of the topics covered at the seminar will be:
- Why your choice of business entity matters
- The difference in practice start-up financing options
- Office staffing and operations
- Fringe benefit opportunities for business owners
Date: April 30, 2011
Time: 9am - 2 pm
Fee: $350.00
Location: Doubletree Guest Suites, 320 N. 44th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85008
For more details and to register for this seminar, please complete and mail the registration form found at www.medicountants.com.
IBHE was founded by Ann Couch, CPA and Sara Eversden, CPA in 2009 to provide quality business instruction to physicians and other healthcare providers. Read more about Ms. Couch and Ms. Eversden
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Annual Suicide Prevention Coalition Conference
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The 6th Annual Suicide Prevention Coalition Conference has been set!
October 6 & 7, 2011
Black Canyon Conference Center
9440 N. 25th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85021
For sponsorship information contact Stacey Lindsay.
Call for Speakers
AZSPC invites any experts in the field of Suicide Prevention to apply to speak at the 6th Annual AZSPC Conference.
To appy click here.
Deadline is: May 20, 2011
Questions? Contact Stacey Lindsay.
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Immunization Conference
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The 18th Annual Arizona Immunization Conference will be held Wednesday, April 27 and Thursday, April 28, 2011 at the Black Canyon Conference Center in Phoenix.
Local and nationally recognized speakers will present the latest immunization information including topics such as: the Vaccines for Children Program; the Arizona State Immunization Information System; Arizona School and Childcare Requirements; addressing parent vaccine safety concerns; promoting and increasing immunization coverage levels and more. Register online. View agenda. Contact Kaleen Kahl, 602-364-3635 for questions. |
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Check out Your Event Calendar!
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Do you want to get involved and give back to your community? Obtain CME credits? Interested in furthering your education? Need classes on practice management solutions to help run the business side of your practice?
The MCMS Member Event Calendar provides information on these topics and more. Once you are there, click on the event title to learn the who, what, where, when and why.
The member calendar is YOURS! We'd love to hear your thoughts, ideas for content and receive information on events that would interest and benefit you and your peers. To submit information to be considered for posting, please e-mail to General Society.
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HealthGrades Names Top Cities for ED Care
Phoenix Ranks #2, Tucson #7
| | By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media
Heart attack victims and other people in need of emergency care have a better chance of surviving in Cincinnati hospitals, where risk-adjusted mortality rates for patients admitted through the emergency department are the lowest in the nation, according to a study from HealthGrades.
HealthGrades Emergency Medicine in American Hospitals found large differences in mortality rates for patients admitted through the ED, both by hospital and by market area, based on an analysis of more than seven million Medicare patient records from 2007 to 2009. Read more... |
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Open Letter to Arizona Physicians on Medical Marijuana
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By: Laura Nelson, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Arizona Department of Health Services and Will Humble, Director, Arizona Department of Health Services
Thank you for your interest in the effective implementation of the AZ Medical Marijuana Act. We realize that many Arizona physicians may not yet feel comfortable with or fully informed about medicinal marijuana. It is likely that some of your patients will have questions for you about medical marijuana or even request a certification from you. Given your established relationships with your patients, you are in the best position to determine if medical marijuana is likely to be beneficial for them.
Read more...
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AHCCCS Update: Restoration of Transplants
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Governor Brewer's Medicaid Reform Plan restores the following transplants previously covered for AHCCCS adult members age 21 and over:
- Pancreas-after-kidney transplants
- Liver transplants for patients with Hepatitis C
- Allogeneic unrelated hematopoietic cell transplants
- Heart transplants for non-ischemic cardiomyopathies
- Lung transplants
- Heart-Lung
In accordance with SB 1619 AHCCCS will post an exempt proposed rule with a 30 day comment period, effective retroactively to April 1, 2011. The rule will supersede previous information (i.e. memos, fact sheets, policies) issued by AHCCCS related to the FY 2011 budget elimination of these transplants which became effective October 1, 2010.
For additional information and updates visit the AHCCCS website at http://www.azahcccs.gov/
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13 Hot ACO Buzzwords Every Physician Should Know
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media
By now, of course, all hopeful Accountable Care Organization providers have studied all 429 pages of the long-awaited proposed ACO regulations released Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We don't mean to insult your intelligence or capability.
But just in case you missed a few spots, here's a quick-term glossary, culled from the nearly 116,000-word document, as well as the accompanying 8,700-word proposed statement on the ACO anti-trust enforcement policy from the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. Read more...
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FREE Asthma Screening on May 7, 2011
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The Nationwide Screening Program is the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunization's (ACAAI) public service campaign to find adults and children who are at risk for undiagnosed and uncontrolled asthma. The program is supported by Teva Respiratory, LLC and has screened more than 124,000 people and referred more than half for professional diagnosis.
This year - their 15th - The 2011 Nationwide Asthma Screening Program includes a special initiative to reach people who have difficulty breathing during or immediately after exercise and may have a condition called Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction (EIB).
Don't let Asthma take a patient's breath away! Invite them to attend a FREE Asthma Screening on May 7, 2011, 10 am - 2 pm at the Mesa Public Library, Second Floor Saguaro Room, 64 East First Street, Mesa, AZ 85201
For more information on the 2011 Nationwide Asthma Screening Program, Asthma and Asthma-Related Diseases, visit www.allergyandasthmarelief.org or the ACAAI Web site.
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Become a Role Model to Future Physicians of Arizona
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Have you ever considered becoming a mentor and role model to a first-year medical student? Here's your chance!
The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix places a high priority on early and continuous clinical training. For two years, a medical student works with a mentor in their clinical setting, gradually assuming an increasing level of patient care responsibilities. Read more...
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Number of the Week: U.S. Spends 141% More on Health Care
By: Mark Whitehouse, The Wall Street Journal
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141%: How much more the U.S. spends on healthcare, per person, than the average OECD nation.
At a time when politicians in Washington are battling over - among other things - the future of the U.S. healthcare system, it's instructive to see just how well that system operates. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, we're doing a terrible job. Read more...
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CMS Releases Hospital Error, Injury Data
| | The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began reporting hospital-specific rates of eight hospital-acquired conditions (HACs), so patients can compare how often the nation's 4,700 hospitals make preventable medical errors.
The eight conditions are foreign object retained after surgery, air embolism, blood incompatibility, stage III and IV pressure ulcers, falls and trauma, vascular catheter-associated infection, catheter-associated urinary tract infection, and manifestations of poor glycemic control. Read more... |
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Partnership for Patients to Improve Care and Lower Costs for Americans
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, joined by leaders of major hospitals, employers, health plans, physicians, nurses, and patient advocates, announced on April 12 the Partnership for Patients, a new national partnership that will help save 60,000 lives by stopping millions of preventable injuries and complications in patient care over the next three years.
The Partnership for Patients also has the potential to save up to $35 billion in healthcare costs, including up to $10 billion for Medicare. Over the next ten years, the Partnership for Patients could reduce costs to Medicare by about $50 billion and result in billions more in Medicaid savings. Already, more than 500 hospitals, as well as physicians and nurses groups, consumer groups, and employers have pledged their commitment to the new initiative. Read more...
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Senators Introduce Bill to Open Up Access to Medicare Database
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On April 7, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act (S 756), which would overturn a 1979 court injunction that bars the government from revealing the amount individual physicians are paid by Medicare, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The bill also would require HHS to make the data, which would not include patient identities, available at no cost (Schoofs/Tamman, Wall Street Journal, 4/8). Read more...
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