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FOR SALE
| Family Practice Physician retiring. Beautiful office building, Ray Rd. in Chandler. Ideal for 1-2 docs or satellite.
Practice also available for purchase, if interested.
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Arizona's Infectious Diseases Manual
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The Arizona Department of Health Services has released a manual for physicians about Arizona's infectious diseases. This includes information on Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever), Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Plague, Tularemia, Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, State Reporting Requirements and Expedited Partner Therapy. Find the manual here >>
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OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE 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 & 60 freeways & close to Desert Samaritan & Tempe St. Luke's Hospitals.
Best rates in area.
Call 602.625.6298.
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Health Law Spurs Focus on Faster Drug Development
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Imagine if scientists could recreate you - or at least part of you - on a chip.
That might help doctors identify drugs that would help heal patients faster, bypassing the sometimes painful trial-and-error process and hefty healthcare costs that accompany arriving at the right treatment.
Right now, at the University of California, Berkeley, researchers in bioengineer Kevin Healy's lab are working to make that happen. Funded under a provision of the health law, they're trying to grow human organ tissue, like heart and liver, on tiny chips. Read more >>
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Are You On the Move? Share Your News!
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 Are you moving on up to the East, West, North or South-side? Or moved in a different direction worth noting? Have you recently taken on a new role at your practice, clinic or hospital? Recognized for excellence in delivering care? Accepted a new training or certification? Recently retired?
If so, we want to know! Please share with us your recent professional achievements, and we will share them with the rest of our members and readers and "connect our docs."
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Sales Price Reduction at Pierpont Commons
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Excellent owner-user opportunity near Banner Gateway/MD Anderson hospital. Built out Medical Building is 19,455 SF with excellent inventory of exams rooms, PT, imaging and former Treatment Center. Tremendous opportunity for multi-specialty medical practice. Contact Tracy Altemus, CCIM, 602-443-4030 or Marina Hammersmith, CCIM, 602-954-8414 at Ensemble Real Estate Solutions.
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Practice Spotlight - Round-up Feature Series
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The Maricopa County Medical Society's Round-upis pleased to bring you a new feature series, "Practice Spotlight".
Each month we will spotlight a physician or a practice that has made changes to their care delivery model for the benefit of the patient. Articles will focus on new methods of treatment, technological advances, and patient education, to name just a few.
If you would like to submit yourself or your practice for consideration, or would like to recommend another physician or practice group for our spotlight, please contact Jay Conyers at 602.251.2361 or
jconyers@mcmsonline.com
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New Obama Plan Calls for Implanted Computer Chips to Help U.S. Troops Heal
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Written by Dan Lamothe, published in The Washington Post
When President Obama on Tuesday highlighted 19 executive actions he says he is taking to improve the mental health of U.S. troops and veterans, one of them centered on a particularly novel effort: The development of new computer chips designed to modulate the nervous system to help with everything from arthritis to post-traumatic stress.
The project is headed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a Pentagon agency that develops a variety of high-tech equipment for the U.S. military. Read more >>
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| Coming Soon: The New and Improved MCMS Website | | |
Coming to web browsers near you September 15, 2014
Stay tuned - more details to come.
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| Selecting Arizona's Priorities: Live Broadcast on Selecting the Arizona State Health Improvement Plan's Priorities | | | September 17, 2014, 9 am - 10 am
Be a part of shaping the health of all Arizonans. Join the Arizona Department of Health Services for a live broadcast on selecting priorities for the Arizona State Health Improvement Plan.
Learn about the proposed health issues to be addressed and how to provide feedback on next steps.
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| Looking for Some Reading Material? | | | Come and Get 'Em!
The Maricopa County Medical Society (MCMS) has an excess of the following books by some of your peers:
- Healthseekers in Arizona by Robert E. Kravetz, MD and Alex Jay Kimmelman
- The Road to Retirement by Robert G. Beers, MD
- Mostly Medical Vignettes and Mostly Medical/Legal Vignettes by Rudi Kirschner, MD
If you are interested in owning a copy of any of these books, please come and visit us at our office (326 E. Coronado Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85004) or contact Emily at 602.417.2307 or at
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| CME and CEU Opportunities in Cardiology | | | Friday, Oct. 10 and Saturday, Oct. 11
Physicians and nurses are invited to attend the symposium, Cardiovascular Disease Management: A Case-Based Approach, October 10-11 at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix.
Register before Sept. 9 and save $100!
The symposium is hosted by Course Director and MCMS member Richard Heuser, MD, cardiologist with Phoenix Heart Center, a member of Physician Group of Arizona.
This two-day continuing education symposium will center on the nuts and bolts of everyday care for patients with cardiovascular diseases, and present new ideas for tailoring the most appropriate treatment plan for each individual. Focus will be placed on gauging and monitoring therapy, including recognizing symptoms, evaluating risk factors, guiding treatment through imaging, general and functional testing and appropriate therapy.
For physician attendees, Promedica International designates this live activity for a maximum of 12 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Promedica International is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #8495. CME and CEU certificates will be sent in a secure document via email upon completion of the online evaluation form post symposium. |
| Medicare Testing Payment Options that Could End Observation Care Penalties | |
Medicare officials have allowed patients at dozens of hospitals participating in pilot projects across the country to be exempted from the controversial requirement that limits nursing home coverage to seniors admitted to a hospital for at least three days.
The idea behind these experiments is to find out whether new payment arrangements with the hospitals and other healthcare providers that drop the three-day rule can reduce costs or keep them the same while improving the quality of care. They are conducted under a provision of the Affordable Care Act that created the Center for medicare and medicaid Innovations to develop ways of improving Medicare. Read more >> |
| NIST EHR Randomizer Tool: Provider User Guide Available | |
Are you a provider in Stage 2 of meaningful use who needs help meeting measure #3 of the Transitions of Care core objective? If so, CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) encourage you to use a new provider user guide that outlines instructions on how to use the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Electronic Health Record (EHR) Randomizer, including:
- Required information
- Steps to register
- Guidance on how to perform the test
The guide walks providers through every step of the Randomizer - from registration to completion of the test. Learn more >> |
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| Open Payments System Reopens, Extends Physician Registration and Review Period | |
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the Open Payments system is once again available for physicians and teaching hospitals to register, review and, as needed, dispute financial payment information received from healthcare manufacturers. The system was taken offline on August 3 to resolve a technical issue. To account for system down time, CMS is extending the time for physicians and teaching hospitals to review their records to September 8, 2014. the public website will be available on September 30, 2014. Read more >> |
| 3rd Annual "Current Trends in Liver Disease" and Gastroenterology Board Review | | | Friday, September 26, 2014
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Endorsed by the MCMS as an Honor Roll Activity
Topics discussed by local experts and guest faculty will include information on the current and developing therapies for Hepatitis B and C, NASH, and hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cancer treatment options, and and update on current listing criteria for liver transplantation. Physicians preparing for gastroenterology or hepatology board certification will find the sessions helpful for Hepatology content review. Read more >>
For more information to to register, call 1.877.602.4111. |
| Influenza Vaccine Recommendations for 2014-2015 Season | | |
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released information regarding the 2014-2015 influenza vaccines:
- The 2014-2015 influenza vaccine will contain the same strains as the 2013-2014 vaccine, but everyone six months and over still needs annual influenza vaccination.
- The use of live-attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) in healthy children 2-8 years old is preferred if it does not delay vaccination.
- The article contains updated algorithms for the number of vaccine doses needed for children 6 months-8 years old, and influenza vaccination in egg-allergic patients.
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| Opioids: The Epidemic That YOU Can Cure - Free Seminar | | |
The Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners in Medicine and Surgery, Arizona Medical Board and Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants invite you to attend this CME on prescribing opioids. Developed by the University of Nebraska Medical Center - Center for Education, this course covers risk evaluation, examination, chronic pain management, statistics of abuse, and mitigation strategies.
You are invited to attend one of the following Saturday sessions - all sessions 9 am - 1 pm:
- Kingman: September 27, 2014 - Kingman Regional Medical Center (East Campus)
- Phoenix: October 11, 2014 - A.T. Still University, Mesa, AZ
- Tucson: October 25, 2014 - Tucson Osteopathic Medial Foundation
Advance registration is requested. Register by email or call 602.771.2521
4.0 hours of Category 1-A CME Credits are anticipated for this program.
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| Review New FAQs for the EHR Incentive Programs | |
To keep you updated with information on the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs, CMS has recently added three new FAQs to the CMS FAQ System. Find them here >>
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| Value of Screening Pelvic Exam for Women Debated | | |
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued new clinical guidelines recommending against screening pelvic examination in asymptomatic, nonpregnant, adult women. The college describes the recommendation as strong, with moderate-quality evidence.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) also has reservations about the ACP clinical guidelines. In a press release, ACOG states that it stands by its current guidelines for well-women visits, which includes pelvic examinations. The college believes the choice to perform pelvic examinations is one that should be made on the basis of a woman's individual needs, requests, and preferences.
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| Updated Recommendations on the Use of Meningococcal Vaccines | |
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated its meningococcal vaccine recommendations to include guidance on use of meningococcal vaccines in infants. Read more >> |
| Blues Go Public With Data Exchange | |
Two large health insurers are hoping a new "public utility" patient data sharing service will improve one of the most pernicious problems in American healthcare.
Blue Shield of California and WellPoint, the parent of Anthem Blue Cross, are investing a combined $80 million to start the California Integrated Data Exchange, as a "next generation" health information exchange service for providers, payers and patients.
Dubbed Cal INDEX, the service will offer California physicians, nurses and hospitals "a unified statewide source of integrated patient information." It will be one of the largest exchanges in the country, starting off with the health records of a quarter of the state population, the companies say. Read more >> |
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| Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) for the Primary Care Physician | | Saturday, November 8, 2014
8 am - noon
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
1111 E. McDowell Rd, Phoenix
The 7th annual FREE conference is open to physicians, nurses and healthcare providers.
Endorsed by the Maricopa County Medical Society as an Honor Roll Activity. St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
Seating is limited so register early! |
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