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The Maricopa County Medical Society is sending patient referrals your way. We receive many phone calls from people looking for doctors and we are so glad we have you, our physician members, to refer.

We want to send even more referrals to our members, and want to get the word out that we provide a free physician referral service. Check us out in The Arizona Republic's 2014-15 Winter Visitors Welcome Guide, where "snowbirds" are invited to call us when they need to find a Phoenix-area doctor that will meet their needs.

Written by Fred Mogul, published in Kaiser Health News.

It was September 2012 and it was life-long smoker Paula Faber's third cancer in a decade, but she did not hesitate.

"She was going to fight it every inch of the way," says her husband Ron. 

By August 2013 after much fighting, Paula died at age 72. Ron now regrets the intervening 11 months of chemotherapy, radiation, painkillers and side effects that reduced his wife to 67 pounds of frayed nerves. Instead, the pain could have been managed so she could focus on quality of life. Read more  >>

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is committed to assisting consumers and protecting taxpayers by helping ot ensure those who are enrolled in Marketplace coverage meet the eligibility requirements. As CMS prepares for the next Marketplace open enrollment period beginning on November 15, it is resolving data matching issues that occurred during the first year so that its records are accurate before the renewal process begins, and so that consumers have the information they need about their coverage. Throughout this process CMS has worked to maintain coverage for those who have sought it in the Marketplace, while meeting its obligation to the taxpayer to spend its dollars wisely. Read more  >>

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?

Building is leased to primary care, specialists and ancillary tenants. No load factor. Located at Broadway and Sossaman in Mesa. Located near three major East Valley hospitals with easy access from US-60 and Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway. 

Contact Marina Hammersmith, CCIM, 602.954.8414 at Ensemble Real Estate Solutions.

The Maricopa County Medical Society's Round-up is 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

A recent study has found that in states with higher Medicaid payments for office visits, Medicaid beneficiaries were more likely to be screened for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings may help policy makers address barriers to access to care and improve the use of recommended cancer-screening services. 

 Michael Halpern, MD, PhD, MPH, an associate professor and chair of the public health policy and management section at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, and his former colleagues at RTI International, analyzed 2007 Medicaid data from 46 states and Washington, DC Read more  >>