Aug. 12, 2013

CMS members: Please read this important message from CMS

Dear Dr. ,

We want to make you aware of and ask you to take action on the following items. Please review the following information carefully.

  1. Physician Locator: Please update your online profile and contact information so Colorado consumers have the latest information on you and your practice available through the CMS "Physician Locator" on the CMS website (see directions below). CMS members can also add a link directly to their practice website from their "Physician Locator" page.
  2. Help shape CMS policy: In preparation for the 2013 Annual Meeting all CMS members are asked to review and comment on the pressing policy and strategy decisions that will be acted upon by the House of Delegates in September. This is your chance to help shape CMS direction on issues such as:
    • Medicaid reform
    • Anti-competitive conduct
    • Non-compete/liquidated damage clauses in physician employment contracts
    • Prescription drug abuse
    • Physician performance reporting criteria
    • Implementation period for ICD-10
    • Numerous resolutions on firearm safety
    • Direct primary care medical home
    • Maintenance of licensure
    • and others

  3. Many of these important policy issues will affect your practice and the care of your patients. After setting up your username and password (see details below), go online to review and comment on all action items and resolutions that have been uploaded to a members-only page at www.cms.org/annual-meeting.

    When reviewing your colleagues' comments, please note that individual physicians' comments will appear in black, component society executive comments (representing component caucuses) will appear in red, and Reference Committee comments will appear in blue. If you have any questions about submitting comments, please e-mail [email protected] or call Tim Yanetta at (720) 858-6306.

    All comments must be submitted by Monday, Sept. 16. The reference committee will meet on that date and consider your comments, then finalize our report. This report will be posted online between Sept. 17 and Sept. 19.

  4. How to login: You have been assigned a temporary username and password so you can access the members-only section of the CMS website. Go to www.cms.org and log in with the credentials below by clicking "sign in" in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
  5. Your username:
    Your initial password:

    It is highly recommended that you change your password (and optionally, username) right away. You can do so after you are logged in by clicking your name in the upper right -hand corner of the website and going to the "Username/Password" tab.

Annual Meeting registration

As a reminder, registration for the 2013 CMS Annual Meeting is available. Click here for registration and hotel reservation information.

- CMS Speaker Robert Yakely, MD and Vice-Speaker Brigitta Robinson, MD