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Show Your MCMS Pride!
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Think back to your high school days. Remember how you wore your school colors or letterman jacket proudly? Flash forward a few years later. You've joined MCMS for the collegiality, solidarity, and mentorship opportunities, to name just a few reasons. So now is the time to show your MCMS pride! MCMS is asking members to prominently display our logo along with the words "Proud Member of The Maricopa County Medical Society on your Web site, promotional materials, business cards - wherever and whenever it is appropriate. Interested members should contact Candice Scheibel, Director of Marketing & Communications by calling 602-252-2015 or e-mail to cscheibel@mcmsonline.com
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Help Us Drive Patients in Your Office
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Did you know MCMS has a FREE patient referral line and online physician search tool?
MCMS receives hundreds of inquiries each month from individuals seeking a physician. In order to provide the most accurate and up-to-date information, we need to keep our files current. If you have agreed to receive referrals, please take a moment to review your profile within the Physician Search function on the MCMS Web site.
Pay particular attention to your address, phone, e-mail and especially your Web site/URL so patients can find you! And, if you do not have a photo with your profile, we encourage you to submit one. Potential patients love to see a face with the profile, it is more personal.
Should you need to update your information, we have created a Member Change Form. You may also e-mail your changes and photo or call 602-252-2015.
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DOCTOR SEEKING EMPLOYMENT
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DO seeking PT employment in FP. Scottsdale area 20+ years experience, excellent training.
Please call 480-421-8010
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Do Not Resuscitate Orders; Let's Prolong Life, but Not Prolong Death
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By: Nathan Laufer, MD
 | Dr. Nathan Laufer
MCMS President |
I frequently come across hospitalized patients who were labeled as a "no code" or "do not resuscitate" (DNR). Some of these designations are a surprise since I, as the attending physician, may have just completed a procedure on the patient, and assumed they were a full code. Nurses or residents are now having these discussions without fully knowing the patients. Code status has now become part of the hospital admission checklist. When probed, patients may have the understanding that if they agree to a full code, they will be kept on artificial life support for the rest of their days and therefore refuse to be coded. However, when asked about a simple shock for ventricular tachycardia that may allow them to leave hospital, more will readily agree. Patients may not realize that when they undergo surgical procedures they are kept alive by artificial means.
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| CMS Eases E-Prescribing Rule | | |
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it would be more flexible in allowing doctors to phase in electronic prescribing technology.
Under current rules, physicians who use a qualified e-prescribing system are eligible for an additional 1% in Medicare Part B payments in 2011 and 2012, and a 0.5% increase in 2013.
Providers who fail to complete at least 10 paperless prescriptions using a qualified e-prescribing system between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2011 will receive a 1% cut in Medicare reimbursements in 2012, a 1.5% cut in 2013, and a 2% cut in 2014. Read More...
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MICA Announces the Retirement of Donna Young, Vice President, Risk Management Services;
Karen Connell Appointed as Successor
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Mutual Insurance Company of Arizona (MICA), Arizona's market leader in medical professional liability insurance, today announced the retirement of Donna Young, CPHRM, FASHRM, Vice President of Risk Management Services, after twenty years of service. MICA also announced that Karen Connell, RN, BSN, MA, has been named as the new Vice President of Risk Management Services. Read More...
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Medical Liability Reform Bill Continues to Advance
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An essential component of health system reform is repairing the nation's costly litigation system. A federal bill, H.R. 5, the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost Timely Health Care (HEALTH) Act, would help accomplish that. The HEALTH Act, which includes time-tested liability reforms, recently took a big step toward a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives but it continues to face challenges. Read More...
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| Health IT Most Popular Career for College Grads, According to New Study | |
Health IT ranks first among the top 10 most popular career paths for college graduates, according to a study by the University of California, San Diego, Information Week reports.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, professionals working with electronic health information or electronic health records held about 172,500 jobs in 2008.
Using the bureau's data, the UC-San Diego study predicts that jobs in the field will grow by about 35,100 - or about 20% - from 2008 to 2018. Read More...
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56% of First-Year Physicians Get Signing Bonuses
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Physicians are becoming savvy at negotiating employment contracts. Signing bonuses, paid relocation packages, and even loan forgiveness packages are not unheard of.
Median first-year guaranteed compensation was nearly $20,000 higher for specialty-care physicians in multispecialty practices than in single-specialty practices, according to the Medical Group Management Association's Physician Placement Starting Salary Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data. Read More...
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| U of A College of Medicine - Phoenix, Maricopa Integrated Health System Sign Deal | | The Maricopa Integrated Health System has closed a deal with the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix to become the school's primary training, teaching and research hospital.
Officials hope the partnership will attract physicians, especially primary-care doctors, to the Valley and help halt the growing shortage of doctors in the region and the state. The relationship between the medical school and the hospital will be beneficial because medical residents tend to stay and practice where they complete their residencies. Read More...
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OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE
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Turn-key, fully furnished medical space available in the new, highly sought after, Rome Towers in Gilbert. Space has @3000 square feet with expansive views of the San Tan Mountains. We offer a large reception area, nursing station, 5 exam rooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 private offices. The space has been professionally decorated with A+ fixtures, a serene neutral color palate, upgraded tile and lighting, and much more.
The building has an attached parking garage for ease of patient access and there are 4 dedicated parking spaces for your staff. Located at Pecos and Val Vista roads, this location is prime for anyone wanting to be near Mercy Gilbert Medical Center
and/or the beautiful outdoors of the San Tan Mall.
Please respond via email to nlim@adventgi.com
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Fear of Lawsuits Drives Costs in ED, Says ACEP
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More than half of emergency physicians in a recent poll say they practice defensive medicine to protect themselves from lawsuits.
The survey from the American College of Emergency Physicians found that 44% of nearly 1,800 emergency physicians say the fear of lawsuits is the biggest challenge to cutting costs in the emergency department. And 53% say that fear of litigation drives many of the tests they order. Read More...
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