Medical Society of New Jersey e-Newsletter
 
April 24, 2015

   
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Member Benefits

MSNJ Magazine Subscription Service 

Subscription Services, Inc., does their very best to get you the lowest rates.  As a member, you are eligible for the very lowest prices on magazine subscriptions as well as personalized hands-on customer service. Click "Shop for Magazines" to place new subscriptions, renewals, as well as gift order subscriptions. You can also inquire about titles you may be interested in.  If you ever have a question regarding your order or your account, please call 1-800-603-5602, or use the contact page to communicate with a customer service representative. And if you ever find a lower authorized price, they will match it!  

Check out all of MSNJ's member benefits!
CME/Events /Training

Check out the MSNJ Calendar for upcoming meetings!

Ready Set Code! ICD-10 Webinar Workshops

The compliance date for implementation of ICD-10 is October 1, 2015. Will you be ready? MSNJ and the New Jersey Hospital Association will host a series of specialty specific webinar workshops on ICD-10. These hands-on coding workshops will help you master ICD-10-CM and the documentation requirements associated with coding for your specialty-specific practice. Participants will gain an understanding of the code format and structure of ICD-10 and the ability to successfully assign diagnosis codes using ICD-10. Choose one workshop that best describes your practice. Each 2-hour Specialty Workshop will be repeated on two different dates/times for your convenience. All workshops are approved for 2 AAPC CEUs. More information and registration.  


SAVE THE DATE:
MSNJ's Women In Medicine Conference
Friday, June 5 from 7:30am-1pm
Crowne Plaza Princeton
More information coming soon.

New! Free on-line course on End of Life Care

Meets NJ BME education requirement for two Category 1 Credits in End of Life Care needed for 2015 license renewal. 

Members access here. 

 

We also have an alternative online option with a modest fee:

Education in Palliative and End-of-life Care to satisfy the 2 credit end-of-life training requirement via long distance learning - and at a 15% discount to members. MSNJ members, please click here to obtain the promo code.


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Corporate Partners

Legal Services:

Shiriak & Timins - Bronze Level Partner    

   

Insurance:  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. - Platinum Level Partner  

    

 

Member Resource Guide 

Check out the current MSNJ Member Resource Guide! Inside, you will find a complete listing of partners by service/product category, along with contact information. Also, be sure to check out the individual Corporate Partner pages on our website as some offer additional discounts to members!

It is important to note that MSNJ does not endorse any vendor, service, or product. However, we encourage members to please consider our Corporate Partners first as the financial support received from these organizations is vital to our association. It is our hope that their investment in MSNJ will help keep your membership dues and programming affordable.

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Register Now for Next Week's 

2nd Annual Physicians' Advocacy Conference

and MSNJ House of Delegates Meeting

Friday, May 1, 2015 * 7:30 am - 6:00 pm

Crowne Plaza Princeton

870 Scudders Mill Road, Princeton, NJ

 

Please join us for this Dynamic, Statewide, Multi-Specialty Physician Advocacy Conference

 

Keynote Speaker: Honorable Robert E. Andrews, Esq.

Former Member, US House of Representatives, serving as Chair of the Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce

 

Five Exciting CME Workshops

Workshop #1: Legislative Advocacy 101 with Legislators and Lobbyists

  • Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini (R-District 11), Deputy Conference Leader; Member, Assembly Health & Senior Services
  • Assemblyman Herbert Conaway, MD, Esq. (D-District 7), Majority Whip; Chair, Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee
  • Assemblywoman Nancy Pinkin, MPA (D-District 18), Member, Assembly Health & Senior Services Committee
  • Paul N. Bontempo, President and Co-Founder, MBI-GluckShaw
  • AJ Sabath, Partner and Co-Founder, Advocacy and Management Group

Workshop #2: Regulatory Advocacy 101 with Current and Former Regulators

  • Jeff Chiesa, Esq. Partner, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC; Former US Senator and NJ Attorney General
  • Alex J. Keoskey, Esq., Partner, Decotiis, Fitzpatrick & Cole, LLP; Former Deputy Attorney General (Professional Boards Prosecution Section)
  • Ronald Chillemi, Esq., Acting New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
  • Sindy M. Paul, MD, MPH, FACPM, Medical Director, New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners

Workshop #3: Defining Goals of Care: Patient Communication Imperatives from Diagnosis through End of Life (*Fulfill your biennial end of life CME requirement)

  • Stephen Goldfine, MD, DABFP, CAQGM, DABHP, Chief Medical Officer, Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice

Workshop #4: Everything You Need to Know About ERISA-Regulated Health Plans

  • Tom Force, Esq., Founder, President and Chairman of the Board, The Patriot Group

Workshop #5: The Future of Maintenance of Certification - Perspectives from the ABMS and AMA

  • R. Barrett Noone, MD, FACS, Executive Director American Board of Plastic Surgery, Member of the Board of Directors, American Board of Medical Specialties
  • Alejandro Aparicio, MD, FACP, Director, Division of Continuing Physician Professional Development, American Medical Association
  • Niranjan V. Rao, MD, MSNJ Fellow, Member, AMA Council on Medical Education

Close the day with an exclusive COCKTAIL RECEPTION with special guests:

  • Honorable Jon Bramnick, Esq. (R-District 21), Assembly Minority Leader
  • Honorable Craig Coughlin, Esq., (D-District 19) Deputy Parliamentarian; Chair, Assembly Financial Institutions & Insurance Committee
View the full brochure!

Register online at www.msnj.org/annualmeeting or call 609.896.1766
Practice Management

Open Payments Review and Dispute Period

As of April 6, physicians and teaching hospitals have 45 days to review payments attributed to them. Drug and medical device makers are required to report certain payments made to physicians and teaching hospitals on an annual basis. Participation in the program is voluntary, but encouraged so that physicians and teaching hospitals can review and, if necessary, dispute payments before the information is made public on June 30, 2015. To review the data, you must register in both the CMS Enterprise Portal and the Open Payments system. If you registered last year, you do not need to register again in both systems.

Aetna Electronic Payments: Action Needed to Avoid Virtual Credit Card Payments

Aetna recently notified its providers of available choices for electronic payments (electronic funds transfer or virtual credit card).  If you received this letter, it is important that you act now in order to receive the payment method you prefer; by taking no action, your payments will default to a virtual credit card and will leave you open to costly credit card processing fees. Read more.

Training: Here Are Your 2 Key Focus Areas as You Transition to ICD-10

by: SuperCoder.com

It's never too early - or late - to start preparing.

With ICD-10 implementation under a year away, now is the perfect time to ensure your practice is preparing for the two-fold challenge: educating your staff and upgrading your computer systems. Read on for advice from anesthesia experts that will help you hone in on the basics you should be addressing now.  

Read the AMA's article and checklist on prepping for ICD-10.

 
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About the Medical Society of New Jersey:

Founded in 1766, the Medical Society of New Jersey (MSNJ) is the oldest professional society in the United States. MSNJ promotes the betterment of the public health and the science and the art of medicine, to enlighten public opinion in regard to the problems of medicine, and to safeguard the rights of the practitioners of medicine.  The organization and its members are dedicated to a healthy New Jersey, working to ensure the sanctity of the physician-patient relationship. In representing all medical disciplines, MSNJ advocates for the rights of patients and physicians alike, for the delivery of the highest quality medical care.  For more information visit our website or send us an e-mail.

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