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Medical Society of New Jersey e-Newsletter
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Insurance Review for MSNJ Members
As a free service to our members, we provide a comprehensive insurance review helping to keep your broker honest. More information. |
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MSNJ Webinar: Hospital & Group Relationships: Before, During and After
September 20, 2016 at 7:00pm
More information and registration. |
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MSNJ Webinar: The New Medicare Overpayment Regulations
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ACTHIV's Special Training for Effective Providers in HIV (STEP-HIV)
These free one hour CME-certified webinars are designed to enhance the success of physicians (specialists and primary care).
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NJDOH/PHILEP Zika Preparedness Conference Call
Monday, August 15, 2016 at 12:00pm
Dial In: 877-873-8018
Access Code: 4863872# |
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PCSS-O Webinar: Chronic Pain: A Multidisciplinary Approach
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The Surgery Center Coalition's "Day of Compliance for ASCs"
Thursday, September 22, 2016 from 8:00am to 4:00pm
The Palace in Somerset, NJ
More information.
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5th Annual Psychiatric Society of Delaware CME Symposium Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 8:00am Medical Society of Delaware Conference Center More information and registration.
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MSNJ & Rutgers: 250 Year Anniversary
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Credit: Robert Vietrogoski
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Read Rutgers University Libraries newsletter about MSNJ's 250th anniversary celebration and gala.
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Back to School
Dr. Costabile addressed 178 first year students at a luncheon at Rutgers Medical School in Newark on the importance of advocacy. Over 100 students joined MSNJ. We thank our students for their membership!
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News
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Are You Ready for Medicare's New Payment Models?
We expect that CMS will finalize the rule to implement MACRA in November. If finalized as drafted the reporting period will begin on January 1, 2017. If you fail to follow the rule in 2017 (the reporting year) you will be penalized in 2019. That means that practices must start taking steps to be ready now. Read AMA's checklist and start planning now. MSNJ filed comments requesting that the reporting period not commence on January 1. But even if CMS delays the first reporting period, practices must comply with the rule during 2017 or be penalized in 2019. Read more.
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Have You Reviewed your Published Medicare Payment Data?
CMS has posted pharmaceutical and durable medical equipment manufacturers' payments to physicians and hospitals under the Sunshine Law. The data is available to all. The press digests the data and makes it available to the public in a user friendly manner. Read the NJ Spotlight article with interactive map of physicians in New Jersey. Have you reviewed your data? Are you prepared to answer questions?
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Physicians Advocacy Institute Weighs in on Mega-Mergers
Physicians Advocacy Institute (PAI), of which MSNJ is a founding member, has weighed in on the Department of Justice's legal challenges to the two proposed insurance mega mergers. Larry Downs, MSNJ's CEO, serves on PAI's compliance committee.
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Canceled: Revolving Reference Committee
No resolutions were received by the August 10 deadline. There will be no Revolving Reference Committee Meeting on August 22.
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Legislative Update
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Drug Abuse
US Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, is on a national tour to promote opioid abuse prevention and reduction strategies and came to New Jersey this week. All physicians are encouraged to visit turnthetiderx.org to learn more. Watch video coverage of his remarks during his visit to New Jersey. See print coverage. In addition to the Surgeon General's effort, the President recently signed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA). Though the law is not fully funded, advocates are hopeful for the expansion of prevention and treatment options. See AMA's support for the bill. Read more.
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Enforcement
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| Cardiologist Agrees to Three Year Exclusion from Federal Healthcare Programs
A Florida cardiologist has agreed to pay $2 million, release claims to $5.3 million, be excluded from participation in any federal health care program for three years, and upon exclusion expiration, be placed in a three year integrity program by the Office of the Inspector General. This settlement will resolve allegations that he billed Medicare and other federal programs for "excessive, medically unnecessary and inadequately documented peripheral artery interventional services and related procedures." The federal government also alleged that he routinely and indiscriminately waived the 20% Medicare co-payment. Read the Department of Justice press release.
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Advocate Health Care Settles Potential HIPAA Penalties for $5.55 Million
Advocate Health Care Network has agreed to settle with the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights for $5.55 million for multiple potential HIPAA violations involving electronic protected health information (ePHI). The breaches involved its subsidiary, Advocate Medical Group ("AMG"). The combined breaches affected the ePHI of approximately 4 million individuals. The ePHI included demographic information, clinical information, health insurance information, patient names, addresses, credit card numbers and their expiration dates, and dates of birth. Read more.
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Public Health
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Consider the Conversation 2 Private Viewing
Enjoy a free private online screening of the PBS cut of Consider the Conversation 2. Visit http://www.considertheconversation.org/. Under the Featured Video section type the password, "CTC2" (all caps).
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National Suicide Prevention Week: September 5 - 11, 2016
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Practice Management
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Read CMS' MLN Matters article "Timely Reporting of Provider Enrollment Information Changes".
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Medical Society of New Jersey
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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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