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Cristi A. Soiya, LPC, LISAC NCC
- Behavioral Health Consultant
- Mental Health & Substance Abuse
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Office Phone: 480 773-6502
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| OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT | Medical office space available in the Chandler, Mesa, and Phoenix areas one to three days a week.
Please call Sharon: 480-421-5122
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| MEDICAL OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY IN THE DEER VALLEY AREA | Sublease and share beautifully furnished medical office near John C. Lincoln-Deer Valley with large waiting room, plenty of parking right outside the door.
2-3 exam rooms available, each furnished with exam table, wall mounted oto/ophthal, chair, PC/monitor.
Please respond via e-mail to dianneruiz44@gmail.com
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FREE Webinar: PQRS 2013 - CMS Update
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A 50-minute Webinar for Primary Care Physicians, PAs, Nurse Practitioners, Office Managers, and Billers will occur on Tuesday, January 15, noon.
The Webinar-titled PQRS 2013, CMS Update-will feature a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) attorney, Christine Estella, JD, who will discuss upcoming changes to the CMS Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and how 2013 provider participation will impact later Medicare reimbursement.
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Please Remit Annual Dues
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RENEW your MCMS Membership TODAY!!
Pay over the phone by calling 602-252-2015.
Mail your statement and check to: Maricopa County Medical Society, 326 E. Coronado Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85004.
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New Address, E-mail, etc? Update Your Info
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MCMS members, has your address changed? Have you graduated medical school; new board certification, etc...?
You now have a quick and easy way to let us know by using our new Update Member Profile form online.
It is important to keep your profile up-to-date so that we may provide the most accurate information for patient referrals, as well as business communications.
Not sure what information we have for you? Try our Physician Search tool.
Please note: The physician search tool includes only those members accepting referrals. For MCMS members not accepting referrals, please refer to your profile in the Member Directory.
Or, if you prefer, you may always contact us and we would be glad to assist you.
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We've Made it Easier to Refer a New Member with our Streamlined Membership Application!
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The Maricopa County Medical Society has made it easier and faster to join with our new streamlined electronic application!
Condensed down from three pages to only one with six easy steps, the new application captures the pertinent information needed for membership.
After receiving the application a MCMS Membership Representative will contact the recruit's office to finalize the process with just a few, quick follow-up questions.
MCMS' Electronic Application
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Volunteers Needed for ASU's Global Medical Brigade
| ASU Global Medical Brigades is a group of pre-health undergraduate students with a passion for health and international development. Every medical brigade consists of dedicated student volunteers, medical professionals, pharmacists, and auxiliary staff, providing primary healthcare to rural Honduran communities. The group functions as a mobile medical unit, setting up small clinics to diagnose and treat patients at zero cost to them.
Currently, they are recruiting healthcare professionals to join their brigades in the Summer of 2013. The trip dates are May12-19, 2013 and May 26-June 1, 2013.
Medical professionals receive the enormous opportunity to serve the most underprivileged communities, but also to empower the next generation of aspiring physicians, striving to make healthcare globally accessible. If you would like to inspire and empower others on their next 2013 brigade, please contact the GMB club president, Jennifer Campbell.
For more information and to learn more about the ASU Global Medical Brigades, click here...
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Maricopa County Medical Society Names Sara Presler CEO/Executive Director
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Sara Presler, JD
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Presler will lead physician organization into 121st year and begin an exciting new era. Proven leader has a distinguished business career and longstanding commitment to community health.
Sara Presler, JD has been named CEO/Executive Director of the Maricopa County Medical Society (MCMS) and Medical Society Business Services. The appointment, which was made by MCMS' Board of Directors, began December 17, 2012.
Presler brings more than 10 years of experience in law, community relations, and organizational management to the Maricopa County Medical Society. Before her appointment to MCMS, Presler served two terms as Flagstaff Mayor, General Counsel for Southwest Windpower, and in private law practice focusing on ethics and business law. She began her career as an attorney for children and behavioral health patients.
In each of her positions, she has focused on establishing and maintaining sustainable operations by applying strong expertise to long-term, mission-centric strategic planning. Presler will collaboratively work with the Board to achieve data-driven outcomes based growth, and the development of innovative products and services for Members and the community. The focus of Presler's career has been the innovation and enrichment of programs to improve community health.
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As Docs Grow Older, Hospitals Begin Requiring Proof They're Still Fit
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A distinguished vascular specialist in his 80s performs surgery, then goes on vacation, forgetting he has patients in the hospital; one subsequently dies because no doctor was overseeing his care. An internist who suffered a stroke gets lost going from one exam room to another in his own office. A beloved general surgeon with Alzheimer's disease continues to assist in operations because hospital officials don't have the heart to tell him to retire.
These real-life examples, provided by an expert who evaluates impaired physicians, exemplify an emotionally charged issue that is attracting the attention of patient safety experts and hospital administrators: how to ensure that older doctors are competent to treat patients.
About 42 percent of the nation's 1 million physicians are older than 55 and 21 percent are older than 65, according to the American Medical Association, up from 35 percent and 18 percent, respectively, in 2006. Their ranks are expected to increase as many work past the traditional retirement age of 65, for reasons both personal and financial.
Many older doctors remain sharp, their skills up-to-date and their judgment honed by years of experience. Peter Carmel, the AMA's immediate past president, a 75-year-old pediatric neurosurgeon in New Jersey, recently wrote about "going full tilt."
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Fiscal Fix Needed for Physician Training
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The deans of medical schools who gathered recently at the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington D.C. talked with some urgency about physician needs in their areas. "One said, 'We can't hire enough orthopedic surgeons.' Another who lives across the country said, 'We can't hire enough gastroenterologists,''' said Christiane Mitchell, director of federal affairs for the AAMC. "There's no single specialty shortage or single region that has the biggest shortage," she says. "If you look at the physician supply in Boston, there are plenty of physicians. If you go to western Massachusetts, where I used to live, there are no physicians," in a manner of speaking, she adds. "You have to go to Albany, NY or to Vermont for healthcare or back to Boston. It's hard to say what the big need is; it varies from region to region." The potential impact of looming physician shortages on the patient population may seem like old news, but there's a new "physician training fiscal cliff" looming due to the country's budget woes. Maybe we should call it "the frozen fiscal cliff." Indeed, some physician training programs haven't had additional funds since 1997, Mitchell says, and AAMC is desperately pushing for a change. If not, physician shortages may worsen in years ahead because trained physicians won't have residency options without the adequate funding, she explains. And as President Obama and Congress try to sort out deficit reduction plans, there is still the possibility that they may decide on further physician training cutbacks, according to Mitchell. Read the full article... |
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Physician Groups Eye Mergers but Blindsided by Legal Fights
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Declining payments and increasing financial pressures have led more physicians to become employees of large medical groups and hospitals. At the same time, the Affordable Care Act is prompting smaller practices to consolidate as a way to more easily participate in new health system delivery models such as accountable care organizations.
But as physicians attempt to escape administrative burdens and financial stress, they are encountering another hurdle - legal disputes brought about by mergers.
Courts are considering cases or have ruled on lawsuits challenging medical group mergers, consolidations and acquisitions. The suits highlight the legal and antitrust risks doctors face when they are part of a merger.
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Social Media Used Daily by One in Four Physicians
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A new survey shows that about one in four physicians uses social media daily or multiple times a day to scan or explore medical information, and 14 percent use social media each day to contribute new information, according to an oncologist at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.
The survey of 485 oncologists and primary care physicians, also found that on a weekly basis or more, 61 percent of physicians scan for information and 46 percent contribute new information. More than half said they use online physician-only communities but only 7 percent said they use Twitter. The work was published recently in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
Oncologists are more likely to use social media to keep up with innovation, while primary care physicians are more likely to use social media to get in touch with peers and learn from them, the survey found.
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CMS Won't Delay on Insurance Exchange Rules
| | A senior CMS official rejected a call by Republican senators to extend the comment period for rules governing coming health insurance exchanges.
Gary Cohen, director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight at the CMS, told reporters Thursday that he would not consider extending the comments period for various exchange rules and delaying their finalization.
"There's not a lot of time between now and October, and people are saying that we need to get these rules; the industry in particular is saying 'We need to get these rules finalized in order to know how to develop plans and get them into states,'" Cohen said.
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53% of Consumers "Oblivious" to Healthcare Costs
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| Most consumers have no idea how much they pay for healthcare beyond premiums and co-pays.
Until they do it will be difficult to temper the rate of cost growth in healthcare, says Paul H. Keckley, PhD, executive director of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.
"Our surveys show that about 53% of consumers are oblivious to costs and tend to go along with whatever is suggested. Only one in 10 is inclined to be price sensitive," Keckley says.
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How to Train Physicians on Patient Experience
| | Not every doctor is a people person. For every physician with a pristine bedside manner, there is one that just doesn't quite connect with his or her patients. And while both doctors may have the same clinical expertise, we know which one is providing a better patient experience.
In the past, and for some organizations, in present day, hospital administrators have allowed these detached, grumpy, jargony, and spacey physicians to get by with their ways.
That's just how they are, the thinking goes. But now, with the patient satisfaction survey element of the pay-for-performance system built into healthcare reform, those physicians can no longer be left to their own quirky devices.
All doctors-young or old, personable or off-putting-can be taught to more effectively communicate with patients and improve their hospital experience.
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