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Volume 9 |March 4, 2014 

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In This Issue
President' Page
Renew MCMS Membership
Round-up Article Submissions
Earn CME Credits
Coming Soon...March 2014 Round-up
Pre-Med Conference
LEASE SHARED MEDICAL SPACE- TEMPE-MESA, AZ
Tempe-Mesa Area Medical Office Suites for lease in beautiful garden office complex. 1200 or 1800 sq. ft. includes covered doctor parking. Excellent location with easy access to 101 to 60 freeways & close to Desert Samaritan & Tempe St. Luke's Hospitals.

Best rates in area. Call 602.625.6298.
PHOENIX & GLENDALE OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE  

Available Immediately

 

Great medical office for lease in the Bethany Home and 16th Street area. Easy access on and off the 51 freeway.

 

Phoenix office has 8 furnished exam rooms and procedure room, a spacious lobby, covered parking and ample patient parking.

 

Glendale office has multiple furnished exams rooms in a great complex, located at the 101 & 51st Ave.

 

Lease one or both if you want to diversify. Great rates and perks!

 

For more information please respond via e-mail to

cynthia@mccolon.com 

Cuts for Kids Celebrates 15th Anniversary at Midwestern University

Midwestern University
On Monday, March 10, 2014, Midwestern University's Glendale Campus will become the Valley of the Sun's largest hair salon for the 15th-annual Cuts for Kids program.

Professional hairstylists will cut hair free of charge (10 inches or more preferred for hair donors). Hair will be donated to Locks of Love to make wigs for kids with medical hair loss. Monetary proceeds will be donated to the local March of Dimes chapter.

Cuts for Kids is a student-run charity event sponsored by the Midwestern University Pediatrics Club.

For more information on the event and sponsorship benefits, contact Julie High Horse Munstedt at 623.572.3213 or by e-mail at jhighh@midwestern.edu.
MEDICAL SPACE AVAILABLE - WEST VALLEY 


La Loma Medical Plaza at 14044 W Camelback Rd in Litchfield Park has up to 5,284 SF available now. A medical-retail Phase II is planned with up to 33,000 SF. Physician ownership can be available in Phase II. Offered by Ensemble Real Estate Solutions.

Contact Tracy Altemus, CCIM, 602-443-4030 or Autumn Storm, 602-385-2854.
President's Page:
Who pays for healthcare? We all do.
Miriam Anand, MD MCMS President

The question of who should pay for healthcare is one that has been asked for decades and a true consensus has been hard to find. Frankly, it is one to which an absolute right answer may never be found.  

 

Our current system relies on numerous payers, the government (i.e., we the taxpayers), employers, patients, private insurers (through premiums paid by patients and employers), and even healthcare providers/facilities, when they write off charges voluntarily or because they could not be collected. While the term "single payer" is often used to refer to countries that only have government sponsored healthcare, it is somewhat of a misnomer. After all, the government programs must be funded through taxes and tax rates are often high in countries that have them, so in reality, everyone is paying indirectly. It seems that no matter how you try to package it, most of the population ends up footing the bill. Read the full article.  


Renew Your MCMS Membership, Today!   

For your convenience, we can accept your renewal payment three ways: 

  1. Online (www.mcmsonline.com/renewal) 
  2. Phone: Call 602.252.2015
  3. Mail: Send your statement and check to:
    Maricopa County Medical Society
    326 E. Coronado Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85004
Call for MCMS Members with Associate-Retired Status - Submit an article for the April 2014 issue of
Round-up Practice Management Issue

Have you recently retired and had to close a practice? Was it easy? Difficult? Were you prepared financially, emotionally? What did you do about your practice - were you group affiliated or a solo practitioner? Did that impact your retirement? What did you learn through the process that you wish you knew before you started?

Most importantly, how did you handle notifying your patients and transitioning their care?

Now that you are retired and have time on your hands, pen an article for the April 2014 issue of Round-up! Pass on the knowledge you gained building, running, and then closing your practice. The deadline is March 15th.

To learn more contact the Society at 602-252-2015 or email Jay Conyers, PhD, Executive Director, jconyers@mcmsonline.com, or Candice Scheibel, Director of Communications, or cscheibel@mcmsonline.com.

Earn CME Credits by Attending the Integrated Care Training Academy

Update on the ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment in Primary Care and Motivational Interviewing Part II - Focusing, Evoking, and Planning - Earn 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits

 

Coordination of Care - Earn .5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits

 

April 3, 2014 | 5:30 - 9 pm

Foundation for Senior Living
1201 E. Thomas Road |Phoenix, AZ 85013

602-285-0505 x 321

Register by March 28, 2014


April 10, 2014 | 5:30 - 9 pm

Operations Division West, Tucson Police Department
1310 W. Miracle Mile | Tucson, AZ 85705

520-837-7200

Register by April 4, 2014

 

Read the event flyer (PDF)
Coming Soon to Your Mailbox - March Round-up!
Public Health: Community health is more than the absence of disease in individuals; it is the aggregate social, biologic and environmental well being of the community at large. That goal should be the charge of all practitioners, pg. 17.

Practice Management: Round-up is pleased to bring you a new feature series where we spotlight a practice that is revolutionizing care for the benefit of its patients.

March's feature is Affiliated Dermatology:
A practice with a technology focus and family at heart, pg. 22.

Health Education: Patients stay healthier when they stay informed, which makes communication key to the medical profession. In service to the physician community, on pg. 9 is a tear out sheet about compliance - what is it and why it is necessary. Make copies and distribute to your patients to help them stay and live healthy.

Op Ed: For the love of Scrubs!!! Dr. Michael Mills, MPH, 2012 MCMS President, shares his thoughts on those comfortable "clothes"  individuals across the spectrum of jobs in hospital and office settings are now wearing in place of traditional dress clothes or job-specific uniforms, pg. 14.

Know a Student Interested in Pursuing Medicine as a Career? Encourage them to attend the Pre-Med Conference


Hosted by Midwestern University and A.T. Still University SOMA,the Pre-SOMA Conference provides aspiring pre-medical students with excellent opportunities to engage with the Deans and basic science/clinical faculty at A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-SOMA in Mesa, AZ) and the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University (AZCOM in Glendale, AZ), as well as admissions officers
from many of the nation's colleges of osteopathic medicine.

Friday, March 7, 2014 | 5-7 pm
at A.T. Still University SOMA | Mesa, AZ

Saturday, March 8, 2014 | 8 am - 4:30 pm
at Midwestern University Campus | Glendale, AZ

To register go to www.midwestern.edu/azpremed

For more information, please contact Otto Shill, President of the Student Osteopathic Medical Association at: azcom@studentdo.com

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