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Physician groups show support for Society’s lawsuit to return $200 million to Fund
- Wisconsin leads nation in 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report
- DHS adds on-line option for regional HIE summits
- CMS proposes payment rate changes for services provided by MPFS physicians
- New resources for developing free community clinics available from DPH
- New CMS Web page outlines federal incentives for EHR adoption
- Kaiser Family Foundation issues new report on federal health care reform
- Capitol Insider: Biennial budget signed: Progress made, but challenges ahead
- Your Practice. Your Future. Inspector General’s testimony on health care fraud now available on-line
- Foundation Focus: White Coat Campaign: Small gifts have powerful impact
- Foundation FocusFirst Slota-Varma Scholarship awarded
- Educational Programs: July 16 teleconference to address key risk management topics
- Quality Corner: AHRQ Effective Health Care Program seeks your input
- FAQ: How do I log in to the 'Members-only' section of the Society Web site?
Coding & Practice Management Symposium materials headed your way
- NHANES coming to Dane County beginning July 7
- International Swine Flu Conference slated for August 19-21
- New Web resources about e-prescribing available from CMS
- Roberts featured on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’
- Vasudevan sworn in as Waukesha County Medical Society president
- Clarke elected to AMA Alliance nominating committee
- Your Practice. Your Future. Free monograph offers seasonal influenza vaccination strategies
- Educational Programs: July 8 teleconference to discuss soon-to-arrive HIPAA changes
- Quality Corner: New policy brief explores public health insurance plan options
- FAQ: Where can I find answers to my questions on evaluation and management (E/M) services for WPS Medicare Part B?
AMA Annual Meeting: Obama discusses health care reform; Society members elected to leadership posts
- AMA Annual Meeting: Obama discusses health care reform; Society members elected to leadership posts
- Big wins for Society members in AMA elections
- State files brief in lawsuit to protect Fund
- MCW awards $300,000 to groups addressing Wisconsin’s health care worker shortage
- July 9 CME teleconference to discuss patient-centered medical home
- Strategic Policy Panel to meet June 26
- DHS to host Health Information Exchange regional summits this July
- BadgerCare Plus Core training available on-line and in a city near you
- Beware of scammers posing as Medicare carriers or contractors
- 2007 PQRI feedback reports headed to archives June 30
- National ASK Day aims to raise awareness about pediatric injuries
- Capitol Insider: Senate axes joint and several liability provision; Conference committee next
- Capitol Insider: Medical Examining Board streamlines cross-border physician licensing
- F.Y.I. For Your Insurance: Apply on-line for the Wisconsin Medical Society Member Life Insurance Plan
- Quality Corner: Recommendations on cardiovascular disease available from AHRQ
- FAQ: What should a physician consider before advertising?
Assembly Democrats remove harmful liability-expansion item from biennial budget
- Assembly Democrats remove harmful liability-expansion item from biennial budget
- Society leadership welcomes President Obama to Green Bay
- Fund Board considers language to define ‘direction and supervision’
- Gov. Doyle announces new health insurance program for low-income adults
- AMA continues to aid Society’s efforts to defend integrity of Fund and protect Wisconsin’s medical liability environment
- Medicare expands coverage of PET scans for cancer screening
- In Memoriam: Farley remembered for her dedication to health care reform
- In Memoriam: Foundation mourns loss of trustee
- Newsmakers: Oshkosh physician inducted as ACR fellow
- Your Practice. Your Future. Joint Commission proposes new requirements for Hospital Accreditation Program
- Foundation Focus: Scholarship awards announced
- Quality Corner: Accountability in health care: A Texas case study
- FAQ: What is the IV League?
Budget item increasing potential medical liability exposure still alive; calls to lawmakers urged
- Society unveils new educational opportunities for practice management
- Wisconsin Medical Journal seeks reviewers
- New guidance from ACOG urges genetic counseling prior to genetic testing
- Newsmakers: Inhorn receives national award for lab system development
- Educational Programs: Your questions answered: Billing Medicare for mental health services
- Quality Corner: New Commonwealth Fund study on at-risk women available
- FAQ: How should I report rapid testing for both influenza virus types A and B?
Council on Health Care Access to meet June 3
- Celebrate National Time Out Day June 17
- Build a culture of safety with June 18 webinar
- Don’t miss June 23 CMS conference call about ICD-10-CM/PCS
- Wisconsin Poison Center faces significant funding cuts
- Newsmakers: Schwartz receives MCW’s Randle E. Pollard Award
- F.Y.I. For Your Insurance. What types of insurance are needed to open a medical practice?
- Quality Corner: New policy report available: Coverage When It Counts
- FAQ: What is AHRQ?
Governor Doyle to announce budget fix: How will it affect medicine?
- Society to add physician track to October Coding Symposium
- Society’s Council on Health Care Ethics to convene May 29
- National Health Service Corps reopens application cycle for loan repayment
- AMA program helps protect doctors’ prescribing information
- Call for submissions: 2009 Wisconsin Quality & Safety Forum
- Capitol Insider: Society urges Legislature to remove major lawsuit policy change from budget
- Capitol Insider: Assembly’s insurance committee votes to allow Fund fees increase
- Capitol Insider: U.S. Senate Finance Committee releases final Health Care Reform Options paper
- Your Practice. Your Future. Narrative may be required for future Medicare coverage of hospice care
- Foundation Focus: Memorials and tributes: Honor the past while aiding the future
- Foundation Focus: IV League kicks off May 29
- Quality Corner: New info on EMR systems available from AHRQ
- FAQ: Should I write a business plan prior to opening a medical practice?
Society files appellate brief in effort to restore $200 million to Fund
- Quality Forum Tuesday: Learn about patient-centered care and risk management from experts in the field
- Medicare provider enrollment changes: Are you current and correct?
- Blue Cross Blue Shield settlement in effect: Be sure you are being paid correctly
- Tell us about your problems with health insurers
- Newsmakers: Remington named associate dean of UW School of Medicine and Public Health
- Your Practice. Your Future. Sixth Circuit rules that third parties may sue for damages under EMTALA
- Capitol Insider: Workplace smoking-ban bill heads to governor’s desk
- Educational Programs: Medical Records & the Law coming to a city near you
- Quality Corner: Plain-language guides to osteoarthritis of the knee now available
- FAQ: How can I find out if a procedure may be quantity-billed to Medicare Part B?
New drug warning announced, available immediately via HCNN
- May 19 Quality Forum to address coordination of care
- CIGNA lifts administrative burden in response to physician groups’ concerns
- Learn about hypertension and sleep apnea via free webinar
- RAs receive makeover under ForwardHealth
- Quality & Efficiency: WHIO extends data-study activities
- Capitol Insider: Legislators reach statewide smoking-ban deal
- Capitol Insider: State deficit reportedly growing; Medicaid reimbursement cuts coming?
- Your Practice. Your Future. HIPAA privacy rules go high-tech: Are you ready?
- F.Y.I. For Your Insurance: May 19 seminar features CME, potential for premium discount
- F.Y.I. For Your Insurance: Disability insurance: Five things you need to know now
- Quality Corner: New reports on national health care quality and disparities released
- FAQ: Is disability insurance affordable?
FTC delays enforcement date for ‘Red Flag Rules’
Swine flu resources available on Society Web site
- Society airs new radio spot statewide
- Fund agrees to $17.3 million settlement
- Agendas for upcoming Council meetings available on-line
- Measuring hand hygiene adherence: New monograph available
- Feedback sought about health literacy
- Capitol Insider: Legislature’s Finance Committee to vote on efforts to improve MEB
- Capitol Insider: Senate leader wants action on smoking ban bill by mid-May
- Capitol Insider: Legislators propose first beer tax increase in 40 years
- Foundation Focus: 2009 fundraising event a success
- Foundation Focus: It’s white coat time again!
- Quality Corner: Task Force reaffirms recommended resources for tobacco cessation
- FAQ: Are there limitations on the number of medical records the Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) can request from physicians?
Dr. Robert Jaeger of Mosinee elected Wisconsin Medical Society President
- Carl Eisenberg, MD, receives Wisconsin Medical Society Director’s Award
- T. Michael Bolger receives Wisconsin Medical Society’s Presidential Citation Award
- Speak up on Society issues
- On-line toolkit now available to help with Medicare enrollment
- Additional loan repayment contracts coming soon from NHSC
- Wisconsin Literacy’s Third Biennial Health Literacy Summit available as Webcast
- HITECH Act Breach Notification Guidance and request for public comment issued
- Your Practice. Your Future. Medicare-enrolled physicians must maintain ordering and referring documentation for seven years
- Capitol Insider: Medical Examining Board criticized in national study
- Educational Programs: New ‘Red Flag Rules’: How to protect physicians and their patients from identity theft
- Quality Corner: Luther Midelfort Mayo Health System: Laying tracks for success
- FAQ: How should we code for Albuterol and Levalbuterol administration?
Society advocates for statewide workplace smoking ban; goes smoke-free June 1
- CMS recognizes Joint Commission for continued Hospice deeming authority
- Nominations open for USP Council of Experts
- Measuring hand hygiene adherence: making the what, why and how decisions
- Your Practice. Your Future. Society offers Red Flag Rules Toolkit for members
- Capitol Insider: Worker’s Compensation update: Management proposes treatment protocols
- Capitol Insider: Legislature’s Finance Committee starts voting on biennial budget—What you can do
- F.Y.I. For Your Insurance: Floods emphasize the need for business insurance
- Quality Corner: Comments needed for draft of AHRQ research review
- FAQ: Get help finding an EHR
CMS cancels Phase II of EHR Demonstration as Society steps up resources
- Poor liability environment and its impact on access: Share your story
- In the age of EHRs, what does e-discovery really mean to health care professionals?
- Earn CME credit at upcoming risk management programs
- Quality & Efficiency: Save the date: Quality Forum scheduled for May 19
- Capitol Insider: Some policy—but not all—pulled from state budget; major tort policy remains
- Capitol Insider: Psychologists introduce independent prescribing bill
- Foundation Focus: 2009 Fundraising Event and Silent Auction
- Foundation Focus: Spring newsletter now available
- Quality Corner: April 14 listening session to focus on comparative effectiveness research priorities
- FAQ: Get help finding an EHR
Medicaid reimbursement: How would cuts affect your practice?
- Free symposium April 22 focuses on healthy classrooms
- CMS to host special RAC Open Door Forum April 14
- Changes in UnitedHealthcare PDP designations may mean notification exemptions
- OIG posts Open Letter to health care professionals
- Educational Programs: Compliance with the new ‘Red Flag Rules’: Protecting physicians and their patients from identity theft
- Educational Programs: Additional Medical Records and the Law seminar to be offered
- Quality Corner: New Commonwealth Fund Report available on-line
- FAQ: Submitting Albuterol and Levalbuterol claims to Medicare
Wisconsin med students flock toward primary-care positions on Match Day
- Waukesha County participants needed for National Children’s Study
- AMA announces physician class action against WellPoint
- Comment period on rescission of federal ‘conscience clause’ rule ends soon
- RFS Annual Meeting March 30
- Hospital physicians invited to participate in March 30 teleconference
- Your Practice. Your Future. Regulations proposed by IRS could affect physicians
- Quality & Efficiency: EHR vendor fair to offer hands-on demonstrations and expert advice
- F.Y.I. For Your Insurance: Upcoming risk management program offers CME
- Quality Corner: Kaiser Family Foundation issues updated primer on health care costs
- FAQ
Deadline nears for IHI challenge
- Health care roundtable at YPS Annual Meeting open to all
- Helping physicians help patients quit smoking
- Photos needed for IPFCF’s 2010 Patient Safety Calendar
- ‘Principles’ help strengthen physician-hospital relationship
- Capitol Insider: Wasserman appointed to MEB
- Capitol Insider: Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance begins budget work
- Foundation Focus: 2009 summer fellowships announced
- Foundation Focus: 2009 fundraising event and silent auction April 16
- Quality Corner: Safe Practices for Better Healthcare—2009 Update: A Consensus Report
- FAQ
Society files appeal to overturn decision on IPFCF raid
Turney represents Society at White House Regional Forum on Health Reform
- Stimulus package to provide Medicare and Medicaid incentives to promote EHR adoption
- Callers to Medicare will be required to verify ID
- HIPAA COW conducting survey to clarify compliance
- Green Bay’s ‘Doctor’s in Recital’ raises $20K for parenting coalition
- Newsmaker: UW med student represents Wisconsin at Obama’s health care reform forum
- Capitol Insider: Society appears before Assembly Public Health Committee
- Educational Programs: Medicare changes in 2009—Are you prepared?
- Quality Corner: IOM seeks input into comparative effectiveness research priorities
- FAQ
ProAssurance Wisconsin offers eligible members premium discount for EHR implementation
- Get up to speed at June 23 EHR Systems Fair
- New Alliance PSAs target underage drinking
- CME credit available for March 28 physician wellness workshop
- Capitol Insider: Society testifies against proposed IPFCF Fund fee increase
- Capitol Insider: Track Capitol topics the Society is watching for you
- Quality Corner: National Patient Safety Awareness Week is March 8-14
- FAQ
Poor liability environment and its impact on access: Share your story
- Obama unveils 2010 federal budget
- Society’s 2009 Annual Meeting scheduled for April 17-18
- Society launches new legal resource for members
- Federal stimulus bill provides funds for electronic medical records
- Quality & Efficiency: Making sense of alphabet soup
- Capitol Insider: Society joins statewide effort to ban workplace smoking
- Capitol Insider: Biennial budget raises important questions for physicians
- Your Practice. Your Future. Society joins AMA to oppose Red Flag Rules for physicians
- Foundation Focus: 2009 Foundation Fundraising Event
- Foundation Focus: Scholarship deadline approaching
- Quality Corner: New report: ‘The Path to a High Performance U.S. Health System’
- FAQ
IHI issues Surgical Safety Checklist Challenge
- Wisconsin Medical Journal goes ‘virtual’
- Medicare RAC protest resolved; Wisconsin implementation may begin August 2009
- Registration Open for Wisconsin Literacy’s 2009 Health Literacy Summit
- Quality & Efficiency: Overcoming misconceptions about EHRs
- Capitol Insider: Biennial budget proposal unveiled
- Educational Programs: Medicare changes in 2009–Are you ready?
- Quality Corner: Slide presentations from AHRQ’s 2008 Annual Conference
- FAQ
Nominating Committee prepares slate of nominees for Society offices
- DHS issues Hib alert, recommendations
- HHS OCR posts new Web site for health information privacy
- Quality & Efficiency: Society offers resources to help practices maximize potential of HIT
- Capitol Insider: State, federal lawmakers finalizing stimulus, budget plans
- F.Y.I. For Your Insurance: How well are you protected?
- Quality Corner: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Methods: Insufficient Evidence
- FAQ
WPS appeals CMS decision to award contract to Noridian; your feedback encouraged
- When to make the switch from pediatric to adult care? Physicians asked to complete on-line survey
- AMA launches redesigned Web site
- 2009 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards
- New free on-line course helps clinicians make better prescribing decisions
- Quality & Efficiency: Tuesday Quality Forum to focus on transparency—WHIO, the Capitol, the patient and the health care professional
- Capitol Insider: Psychologist prescribing bill looming—Grassroots contacts needed
- Capitol Insider: State budget to wait for federal stimulus approval
- Capitol Insider: DRL proposes license fee increase
- Foundation Focus: 2009 Foundation Fundraising Event April 16
- Foundation Focus: Win a Wisconsin vacation package
- Quality Corner: AHRQ Evidence Report—Health information technology use
- FAQ
Difficulty getting your patients into nursing homes? Share your experience
- Get to know candidates for Society offices
- UHC extends appeal deadline
- Call for speakers—10th Annual Midwest Coding & Practice Management Symposium
- Fee assessment for Wisconsin-licensed physicians mailing soon
- AMA award nomination deadline approaching
- Your Practice. Your Future. Physicians should review closely hold harmless clauses in managed care contracts
- Capitol Insider: Governor’s State of the State address touches health care issues
- Capitol Insider: Bipartisan effort to constitutionally protect IPFCF-like state funds underway
- Capitol Insider: Medical license process improving
- Educational Programs: Accurate charge capture—It affects your bottom line!
- Quality Corner: AHRQ reports highlight findings from Health IT Portfolio
- FAQ
USP invites public comments on dietary supplement safety review process
- Society seeks member participation for reference committees, councils
- Physicians able to appeal their UHC rating
- Senior Physicians Group nomination deadline extended to Feb. 16
- Newsmakers: Internist Noel Deep receives 2009 AMA Foundation Leadership Award
- Quality & Efficiency: 2009 Quality Forums to feature risk management education opportunity
- Capitol Insider: Medical Examining Board update: January meeting
- F.Y.I. For Your Insurance: Now is the time to look at long term care insurance
- Quality Corner: AMA PQRI Tools Available
- FAQ
Society airs second radio spot statewide
- HHS issues final ICD-10 code sets and updated electronic transaction standards rules
- UnitedHealth Group agrees to settlement
- ForwardHealth to deny claims if NPI information unavailable
- New TV ad promotes health care reform as top domestic priority
- Feb. 15 deadline to apply for Joan F. Giambalvo Memorial Scholarship
- Foldy named DPH Administrator
- Quality & Efficiency: WHIO requests information from Ingenix regarding settlements
- Foundation Focus: Last chance to nominate a young physician and support a local charitable organization simultaneously
- Foundation Focus: Foundation fundraising event: How Medicine Solves Crime
- Quality Corner: New report—computational technology for effective health care: Immediate steps and strategic directions
- FAQ
CMS selects Noridian Administrative Services, LLC to administer Medicare claims payments for Wisconsin
- Sign up to receive drug recall alerts on-line
- Division of Public Health launches new electronic surveillance system for disease reporting
- Joint Commission seeking input
- Medicare revises components of the ‘Welcome to Medicare’ physical
- Marshfield Clinic’s EHR use featured in New York Times
- Capitol Insider: State Senate and Assembly Committee rosters announced
- Quality Corner: Quality tools available from Innovations Exchange
- FAQ
Society’s Executive Committee votes to appeal
Society to appeal Circuit Court IPFCF ruling
IPFCF Board approves 9.9% fee increase; Society Reps oppose
- Society launches statewide radio campaign
- FowardHealth December Update outlines J-code carve-out requirements
- New OCR guidance on the HIPAA Privacy Rule and electronic health information exchange available
- Reference Committees seeking members
- Society Councils seeking members
- Health plans and vendors evaluate WEDI standardized health ID cards
- Quality & Efficiency: Early Society findings from the WHIO Data Mart
- F.Y.I. For Your Insurance: No 2009 increase in Dental Dental premiums for Society members
- Foundation Focus: During this season of giving...
- Quality Corner: A new quality improvement resource: whynotthebest.org
- FAQ
Wisconsin leads effort to bolster public health
- 2009 Health Literacy Summit proposal deadline December 31
- Internet-based Medicare enrollment now available for Wisconsin physicians
- Quality & Efficiency: Quality & Efficiency ‘staffs up’ for e-health initiatives
- Capitol Insider: Assembly health committees, chairs named
- Your Practice. Your Future. Federal regulations to implement and enforce Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 published
- Foundation Focus: During this season of giving...
- Foundation Focus: Foundation elects new treasurer
- Quality Corner: CMS to host PQRI Q&A session December 16
- FAQ
Lawsuit update: Judge extends decision period 90 days
- Member benefit program means increased savings from PIC WISCONSIN/ProAssurance
- ForwardHealth to hold meetings for interChange implementation questions
- Reports predict Medicare Part A trust may be exhausted by 2016
- Nominating committee solicits nominees
- Resolution deadline date for 2009 Wisconsin Medical Society Annual Meeting
- In Memoriam: Paul S. Robinson, PA-C
- Quality & Efficiency: WHIO Data Mart ready for participating organization access
- Your Practice. Your Future. Employer-sponsored parties: What is your liability?
- Your Practice. Your Future. Court rejects CMS policy allowing contractors to pay least costly alternative for Part B drugs administered in physician’s offices
- Educational Programs: Upcoming teleconferences target successful reporting for Medicare PQRI and E-prescribing incentives
- Quality Corner: New inventory of HHS quality measures released to improve public- and private-sector performance measurement efforts
- FAQ
Medicaid reimbursement alert
- DHS releases educational materials to help prevent unsafe injection practices
- Clinical resource for available for Dane County tobacco-using patients
- Newsmakers: Radant named Family Physician of the Year
- Quality & Efficiency: Pharmacies collaborate on quality improvement project
- Capitol Insider: Federal health proposals already emerging
- Capitol Insider: Wisconsin Supreme Court race shapes up for Spring 2009
- Capitol Insider: Wisconsin legislative committees beginning to take shape
- Your Practice. Your Future. Pharmacies to be more regulated
- Educational Programs: 2009 CPT updates impact multiple specialties
- Educational Programs: December teleconferences target successful reporting for Medicare PQRI and e-prescribing incentives
- F.Y.I. For Your Insurance: Stan Starnes, CEO of ProAssurance, previews PIC WISCONSIN rate reductions for 2009
- Quality Corner: New inventory of HHS quality measures released to improve public- and private-sector performance measurement efforts
- FAQ
WCMEW report: Physician shortage deepens across state
- Reminder: IPFCF lawsuit update November 20 in Pewaukee
- AMA survey highlights need to improve Medicare’s PQRI
- Joint Commission seeks information to improve influenza vaccine rates among health care professionals
- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield approves pilot project for procedures in India
- Newsmakers: Durkee, Reardon elected as AMA delegates
- Quality & Efficiency: A Perspective: Why physician satisfaction must matter to WHIO
- Capitol Insider: Legislators pick leaders for 2009-2010
- Capitol Insider: Democratic leaders lay out initial policy agenda amid budget deficit growth
- Capitol Insider: Medical Examining Board takes action
- Your Practice. Your Future. Milwaukee clinics will be affected by mandatory paid sick leave ordinance
- Foundation Focus: Help us benefit your community
- Foundation Focus: Your donation helps address physician shortages in the state
- Foundation Focus: Newsletter available on-line
- Quality Corner: In chronic condition: Experiences of patients with complex health care needs, in eight countries, 2008
- FAQ
Physicians may earn pay boost of up to 5.1% from MIPPA update plus e-prescribing and PQRI incentives
- New ‘how-to’ guide designed to help transition to e-prescribing
- Medicare announces influenza, pneumococcal vaccine reimbursement rates
- UnitedHealth Premium Physician Designation Program update
- Fact sheet now available for ICD-10
- Nominate a candidate for Physician Citizen of the Year
- Quality & Efficiency: Society milestones in transparency
- Capitol Insider: Tuesday elections wrap-up
- Educational Programs: Medicaid--Preparing for changes now and in 2009
- Quality Corner: Medicare value-based purchasing program listening session December 9
- FAQ
Society, pharmacy group alert Attorney General about DEA number issue
- Medicaid reporting of NDCs and the Managed Care J-Code Carve out project—What you need to know before November 10!
- AMA declares November ‘Heal that Claim Month’ and offers on-line tools to assist physicians
- Physician nominees sought for $100,000 Kanter Prize
- In Memoriam: Frank Urban, MD
- Quality & Efficiency: Are we up for the tipping point?
- Capitol Insider: November elections finally imminent
- Capitol Insider: State Commerce Secretary: Budget deficit could be $4 billion
- Your Practice. Your Future. Pulling a ‘Favre’: Lessons in employee relations
- F.Y.I. For Your Insurance: Umbrella coverage prevents financial ruin
- Quality Corner: Help desks available for obtaining 2007 PQRI reports
- FAQ
Follow-up: Society policy ETH-004 elicits feedback
- FTC delays enforcement of Red Flag Rules until May 1, 2009
- IPFCF lawsuit update scheduled November 20 in Pewaukee
- Society joins letter to Leavitt, requests more time for ICD-10 implementation
- Board on Aging offers free education
- Newsmakers: Mental health parity law holds promise for addicted patients
- Newsmakers: Roberts first woman to be elected President of AACDP
- Quality & Efficiency: What physicians should know about the WHIO Data Mart
- Capitol Insider: Campaign Focus: Senate Districts 8 and 18
- Foundation Focus: IV League Supports Fellowships
- Quality Corner: AHRQ’s 2008 Guide to Clinical Preventive Services now available
- FAQ
Society Board passes new policy on money/gifts from health product industry
- Reminder: 2008 Wisconsin Quality & Safety Forum October 20-21
- CMS extends comment period for interim study on alternative payment locality structures
- Web-based seminar to address patient safety November 18
- Quality & Efficiency: Society Board approves transparency principles
- Capitol Insider: WISMedPAC Board responds to HOD Resolution; no endorsements for 2008 cycle
- Capitol Insider: Campaign Focus: State Senate Districts 12 and 32
- Educational Programs: Collecting cash up front—making the process seamless
- Quality Corner: Medicare Medical Home Demonstration project focus of upcoming forum
- FAQ
New Web site posts nearly 400 Wisconsin physician vacancies
- Society, nurses, WPS partner with domestic violence and sexual assault advocates for ‘Health Cares About Violence Against Women Day 2008’
- National Depression Screening Day observed Friday; free on-line screening tool available
- New resource guide available for people with diabetes
- Joint Commission Alert: Help prevent blood thinner deaths and overdoses
- Prepare yourself for Medicare in 2009
- Former journalist honored as outstanding medical student
- Quality & Efficiency: WHIO Physician Cabinet meets October 15
- Capitol Insider: DHS: Act 108 now allows sharing of patient test results and symptoms
- Capitol Insider: Campaign focus: Senate District 10
- Your Practice. Your Future.: FTC: Implement 'red flag' identity theft policies by Nov 1
- F.Y.I. For Your Insurance: Is your business properly insured?
- Quality Corner: ICD-10-CM/PCS national provider conference calls scheduled
- FAQ
Reminder: Tuesday’s Green Bay forum to feature lawsuit update, Congressional candidates
- Physician input sought on Healthiest Wisconsin 2020
- AMA, specialty societies comment on proposed E-prescribing rule
- Quality & Efficiency: WHIO pilot program scheduled for first quarter 2009
- Capitol Insider: Mental health parity bill becomes vehicle for bailout package
- Capitol Insider: Where are the Presidential candidates on health care issues?
- Your Practice. Your Future.: DHS: Ensure a successful transition to NPI and ForwardHealth interchange
- Foundation Focus: 2009 grant application deadline approaching
- Quality Corner: New search tools indicates if PQRI Feedback Report is available
- FAQ
New fact sheets available regarding reporting Medicare enrollment information changes
- National Adult Immunization Awareness Week underway
- Resolution deadline for 2009 Wisconsin Medical Society Annual Meeting
- CMS releases revised guidelines for teaching future physicians
- Quality & Efficiency: McGlynn focuses on cost and performance measures at Efficiency Symposium
- Capitol Insider: Congress close to passing mental health parity law
- Educational Programs: Be prepared for Medicare in 2009 and Stark Law changes
- Quality Corner: eHealth initiative survey links health IT to lower costs and improved outcomes
- FAQ
Flu vaccine now recommended for all children
- PAI program enables physicians to file BCBS compliance complaints
- Southwest/Southcentral Regional Health Literacy Conference rescheduled for October 28
- Language and cultural barriers in health care focus of Friday Webinar
- Quality & Efficiency: Rattray, McGlynn featured at Efficiency Symposium
- F.Y.I. For Your Insurance: Telemedicine—from a risk management standpoint
- Quality Corner: Interim study available from CMS examines alternative payment locality structures
- FAQ
Green Bay Health forum to feature lawsuit update, Congressional candidates
- New e-mail addresses for Society staff
- Society announces final seminars for 2008
- CMS seeks feedback—Town Hall meeting September 22
- Rabies, 'under-reported, untreatable disease'
- Newsmakers: Milwaukee County welcomes new Chief Medical Examiner
- Quality & Efficiency: Don’t miss ‘The Efficiency Symposium’ September 16
- Foundation Focus: Save the Date—You won’t want to miss this!
- Foundation Focus: Foundation welcomes new staff
- Quality Corner: Grant Community Clinic: case studies of patient- and family-centered primary care practices
- FAQ
Reminder: Tamper-resistant prescription requirement effective October 1
- CMS to host national e-prescribing conference next month
- Wisconsin physicians invited to ‘Reading Retreat in the Medical Humanities’
- Quality & Efficiency: Physician feedback sought as WHIO finalizes Data Use Guidelines
- Capitol Insider: Primary elections Tuesday
- Educational Programs: You still have 1 day to save $80–don’t wait!
- Quality Corner: 2008 PQRI national provider conference call with Q&A Session
- FAQ
Fund lawsuit receives media coverage following Court arguments
- UnitedHealthcare announces changes to Premium Designation Program
- Time is running out!
- Register now for 2008 WI Quality and Patient Safety Forum
- HHS proposes adoption of ICD-10 code sets and updated electronic transaction standards
- New statewide group takes concussion ‘epidemic’ head on
- Council on Health Care Access meeting Sept 10
- Quality & Efficiency: WHIO and 1 health plan's program: How do they compare?
- Capitol Insider: Review of draft policy on physician licensure urged
- F.Y.I. For Your Insurance: ProAssurance ranks in Ward’s top 50
- Quality Corner: Info available now for 2007 PQRI participants
- FAQ: ABN Deadline Extended
August 25: No Court decision today on IPFCF lawsuit
August 21: Hearing in the Society’s lawsuit against the State scheduled for Monday
- E/M coding and the EMR—How to adhere to the CMS documentation guidelines
- Council on Health Care Ethics meeting Sept 5
- CMS seeks feedback on use of Social Security Numbers for Medicare beneficiary identifier
- Quality & Efficiency: Society, WCHQ to host symposium Sept. 16
- Capitol Insider: Medical Examining Board August meeting: A wrap-up
- Foundation Focus: A closer look at 2 of the 10 fellowships awarded this summer
- Quality Corner: MIPPA Legislation means changes for 2009
- FAQ: What is “Return of Premium” life insurance?
August 14: Informational meetings about Society’s lawsuit to restore IPFCF fund scheduled in September
- Wisconsin Women’s Health Guide now available in Spanish
- HWPP offers proposal writing and informational sessions for upcoming funding cycle
- WHIO’s Top 10 Q&A
- E/M Coding in the Hospital—Does your documentation measure up?
- Register now for the Coding Symposium!
August 7: Tim Bartholow, MD, joins Society staff
- Quit Line Expands Services for Pregnant Smokers
- NPPES and NPI Registry unavailable Aug 10
- Interview with John Foley: the payer perspective
- November Elections: Spotlight on State Assembly
- New member benefit—the Wisconsin Medical Society Member Life Insurance Plan
July 31: What delegation process is best for you and your patients?
- Health care requires your input
- AMA campaign focuses on process to reduce administrative costs for claims
- Q&A with Julie Bartels, executive director of WHIO: Key issues
- Falk named Foundation President
- HHS takes new steps to encourage electronic prescribing
July 24: How would you change the health care system? We want to hear from you!
- Participating physicians to receive over $36 million for 2007 PQRI efforts
- Collaborative releases medical home purchaser guide
- Input needed for blood management measures
- Society keeps pulse on key physician issues in WHIO
- Special Committee on School Safety meets at Capitol
- Additional CAN-SPAM rules issued by Federal Trade Commission
- Legal issues in the office—Get your most common questions answered
- Coding Symposium early bird deadline extended
July 17: Medicare veto expected today
- CMS pilot program saving nearly $700 million in improper Medicare payments—How will the RACs affect your office?
- 2009 Joint Commission Standards available on-line; revised and enhanced for ease of use
- New educational product available for 2008 PQRI
- Dealing with the loss of patient medical records in a disaster
- Society and WCHQ partnering on efficiency symposium
- Voluntary benefits—are they right for your practice?
- Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group: A case study of patient- and family-centered primary care practice
July 15: Medicare veto expected today
July 10: Stunning Senate Medicare vote would prevent reimbursement cut; veto coming?
- Wisconsin Medicaid warns of denials on crossover claims
- Wisconsin Medical Journal calls for papers on health care reform
- Updated Policy Compendium now on-line
- AMA seeks Hispanic physician nominees for political leadership seminar
- Save the date: AMPAC workshops schedule for 2009
- DEA proposes regulations to allow e-prescribing of controlled substances
- WHIO: A public-private collaboration in health care transparency
- Election matchups set for November
- Foundation announces 2009 grant opportunities
- Foundation offers free public lecture Menopause, Mood and Depression: What's a Woman To Do?
July 3: New Department of Children and Families unveiled July 1
- Deadline extended for 2008 Quality & Safety Forum call for quality or safety improvement projects
- Free on-line conference to focus on early ID/treatment of kidney disease
- Multi-carrier system release information for July 2008
- In Remembrance: William L. Treacy, MD
- Quality & Efficiency
- More Medicare fireworks after congress’ July 4 recess?
- July 4 holiday kicks off election season
- Effectively developing job descriptions–it really matters!
- CMS to host 2008 PQRI national provider conference call July 9
June 30: Medicare reimbursement cuts delayed
June 27: Senate fails to prevent July 1 Medicare cut
June 26: 12,000 member milestone surpassed!
- PQRI forum July 1 to help family physicians receive incentives
- AMA looking for allied health pros turned physicians
- Quality & Efficiency
- Medicare reimbursement fix close; physician calls needed!
- New Benefits in ‘Healthworks’
June 19: Secretary Leavitt announces selection of Wisconsin Medical Society, MetaStar and WCHQ as 1 of 12 sites for major EHR Demonstration
- Reminder: First of three meetings about lawsuit to restore IPFCF fund
- Society seeks physician nominees for BadgerCare Plus Clinical Advisory Committee
- 2009 National Patient Saftey Goals announced
- Give a ‘country’ doc a well-deserved break
- Quality & Efficiency
- Medicare cut still looms, Congress considering options
- MEB begins to address license time issue
- November 2008 elections: Wisconsin poll shows Obama +9
- Court of Appeals upholds trial court’s rejection of informed consent claim
- Niesen chosen as first recipient of the Robert ‘Jason’ Gore Scholarship
June 12: Medicare bill support needed: Contact Senators Kohl, Feingold now
- Society seeks summary judgment in lawsuit
- Prevention Summit July 17-18 in Appleton
- CMS starts program to confirm NPPES data
- Reminder: National survey gives physician a voice
- Quality & Efficiency
- Medicaid training: Sign up today!
June 6: Society endorses resolution to improve patient safety, eliminate adverse events
- Register now to access 2007 PQRI feedback report
- Reminder: Dane County’s ‘MedDrop’ offers safe disposal of unwanted meds
- Society’s Medical Records & the Law seminar next week
- Society asks State for licensing delay answers
- Society member insurance options at age 65
- Physician level quality measures: CMS asks providers to help test new measures
- 2008 PQRI National Provider Call now available
May 29: In Memoriam: Alice Hassberg Thayer
- Free Webinar June 12 to focus on importance of documentation
- Updated tobacco guideline now available
- NIH launches Undiagnosed Diseases Program
- Election races taking shape; physician involvement needed!
- Scholarship recipients announced
May 22: No NPI = no pay after tomorrow
- OCR releases HIPAA privacy consumer brochures in eight languages
- Update: Workers’ Compensation Guidelines, intent
- Resources available for people exposed to radiation
- Humana to post updated ‘physician effectiveness’ scores for patients
- MEB to review licensure process
- Society councils taking on the tough issues
- CMS releases updates to the incident-to billing policy for Medicare
May 15: NPI deadline next Friday; AMA seeking input by Monday
- It’s in the mail!
- Free talk to focus on domestic violence SBIRT
- HHS adds new HIPAA enforcement data to Web site
- Dunn to be honored with Distinguished Service Award
- Budget repair bill now in Gov. Doyle’s hands
- Long-term care insurance: A smart investment at any age
May 8:
Physicians urged to join HCCN
- New rule creates new Medicare standards for e-prescribers
- Reminder: CMS to host national education call May 13
- Dane County’s ‘MedDrop’ offers safe disposal of unwanted meds
- Input sought on use of suffixes in drug names, subsequent problems
- Society members encouraged to submit ideas year round
- Physician participation wanted in cure for claims month campaign
- Wisconsin’s chance to be heard, survey in the mail
- 2008 White Coat Campaign underway
- Memorial/Tribute program way to honor someone special
May 1:
Enforcement of state law restricting use of DEA numbers expected to begin May 23
- Value of both quit-smoking counseling and medications confirmed in new guideline
- CMS urges testing NPI-only claims now; deadline for implementation is May 23
- Newly revised ABN must be implemented by September 1
- New long-term disability plan features guarantee issue for members who enroll early
- DMEPOS accreditation may impact your office
- Madison physician to discuss lesbian health care needs at June AMA meeting
- AMA to host EMR/EHR web conference
April 24:
Workforce issue survey deadline extended to April 30
- GAO report: Bush administration’s directive on SCHIP violates law
- CMS proposes to expand quality program for hospital inpatient services
- OIG issues letter detailing changes to self-disclosure protocol
- Smith to receive UW-Madison 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award
- Bailet appointed to AMA group practice advisory group
- Waukesha physician elected President, Wisconsin Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Budget repair agreement: still waiting
- PIC risk management teleconference and event updates April 29
April 17:
Steven Bergin, MD, inaugurated Society 155th president
- Two physicians named 2008 Physician Citizens of the Year
- Robert Phillips, MD, receives Society’s highest honor
- Thomas Meyer, MD, receives Presidential Citation Award
- Society presents multiple Meritorious Service Awards
- Help for uninsured rolls into Wisconsin
- Society calls on Kohl/Feingold to support new Medicare bill
- “It was truly an inspirational evening.”
- Foundation award recipients honored during Society’s Annual Meeting
April 10:
Measles confirmed in Wisconsin; DPH issues guidelines
- Physician and CMO input still needed for workforce issue surveys
- BadgerCare Plus implementation of the NPI–What you need to know!
- Robert J. Dempsey, MD, to receive 2008 AANS Humanitarian Award
- AMA Foundation recognizes two UW medical students for efforts to aid the homeless
- Sri Vasudevan, MD, receives “Spirit of Caring” award
- Smokefree poll shows strong bipartisan support
- Contribute to WISMedPAC / WISMedDIRECT at Friday’s Annual Meeting
- Are you comfortable with the ins and outs of “incident-to” billing?
April 7:
Wisconsin Division of Public Health issues measles alert
April 3:
AHRQ ranks Wisconsin no. 2
- Physicians asked to complete workforce survey by April 10
- CMS issues final Medicare e-prescribing rule
- Sign-up open for June conference on eHealth
- UW medical students host symposium to encourage ‘healthy classrooms’
- Society physicians visit Congress to highlight Medicare concerns
- WMSI&FS ranked no. 1 in ‘Best of 2007’
March 27:
AHRQ ranks Wisconsin no. 2
- Exclusive long-term disability plan for Wisconsin Medical Society members
- More than 200,000 kids exposed to secondhand smoke at home
- Network to send important alerts electronically, no longer via mail
- UW La Follette Spring 2008 Symposium April 29
- Ask Senators Kohl and Feingold to support the ‘Save Medicare Act of 2008’
- Legislative retirements abound
- Reminder: Save the date to explore your hidden potential
March 20:
Explore your hidden potential at the Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation annual event
- Society joins Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
- Help build Wisconsin’s public health team
- CME conference for young pediatricians April 18-20
- Input sought from primary care doctors nationwide
- Remington named to national advisory committee
- Governor signs patient sharing data bill into law
- Society Web site FAQ now includes Evaluation and Management coding information
- Medicare requirements for prescribing durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies—What you need to know
March 13:
Reminder: April 1 deadline for use of tamper-resistant prescription pads nears
- Wisconsin first state to screen all newborns for ‘Bubble Boy disease’
- 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative releases preliminary participation results
- Deep elected to ACP Council of Young Physicians
- Wisconsin Medical Journal needs your expertise
- Hospital tax is budget repair centerpiece
- Risk Management Solutions available through PIC WISCONSIN
March 6:
Society files amended claim in Fund lawsuit
- Web site and on-line course offer resources to improve health care quality in diverse populations
- Health literacy the focus of Annual Meeting CME
- Annual Alzheimer’s disease symposium March 15
- “Healthy Wisconsin 2.0” introduced
- Governor initiates budget repair process
- Lance Armstrong joins fight to make Wisconsin Smoke Free
- Campaign season quickly approaching
- Explore your hidden potential
- Foundation kicks off raffle
February 28, 2008:
Save the date: Society’s Annual Meeting April 11 and 12
- Calls to Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line break all records
- Physician profiling resources available from AMA
- Former Rep. Gielow joins Society on special assignment
- Can a physician be liable to a third party for the actions of a patient?
- Assembly version of statewide smoking ban heard in committee
- PQRI, NPI, CAP, MAC, C-SNAP, EPO, IVR, RAC ... it just sounds like vegetable soup!
- State has limited supply of free tamper-resistant prescription pads
- Society discusses IPFCF lawsuit on radio
- Leadership positions available
- Wisconsin Medical Journal needs your expertise
- Mental Health Parity Action Day draws big crowd
- Update: Statewide Smoking Ban—Assembly public hearing
- Citizens for Smoke-free Air to hold rally at the Capitol
- Mental Health Records Bill passes Committee
- FYI: For Your Insurance-You get what you pay for!
- FYI: For Your Insurance-Congratulations
February 14, 2008:
DHFS amends immunization regulations for students
- Nominees for Society offices
- Proposed regulation to enforce Patient Safety Act now available for comment
- Society joins national campaign to discourage teen alcohol abuse
- Reminder: Mental Health Parity Action Day is Feb. 20
- Society testifies on two ‘cost transparency’ bills
- Congressman Kagen introduces ‘No Discrimination in Health Insurance Act’
- Update: Statewide smoking ban
- 2008 Landis Lecture for patients and physicians
February 7, 2008:
HHS Secretary awards Wisconsin Healthcare Value Exchange with special distinction
- Fee assessment notification for Wisconsin-licensed physicians on the way
- The check could be in the mail
- Physician musicians in Brown County raise money for childhood safety
- February 13 WCRI webcast to include Wisconsin findings
- Join a Strategic Council
- Various cost ‘transparency’ bills abound in Capitol
- Supreme Court election April 1
- Mastering Medicare in 2008
January 24, 2008:
IPFCF cash balance now over $40 million in the red
- Medicare NPI requirement begins March 1, 2008; test claims now!
- White Coat Wisdom celebrates Wisconsin physicians
- Should your patient be driving?
- $1,000 essay contest seeks UW’s best rural health paper
- Pharmacy consolidation to be implemented Feb. 1
- Call for speakers
- Think Spring! April 10, to be precise…
January 10, 2008:
Medicare participation deadline extended
- Still time to participate in 2008 Medicare Part B Drug CAP
- Family Planning Waiver Program changes detailed in latest ‘Update’
- Join a Wisconsin Medical Society Strategic Council
- Mental Health Parity Action Day set for Feb. 20
- AMA steps up advertising campaign for the uninsured as elections approach
- Still time to nominate doctors for Physician Citizen of the Year
- Submitting influenza and pneumonia vaccinations to Medicaid—are you getting paid correctly?
- BadgerCare Plus to be implemented Feb. 1
- Starnes, PIC WISCONSIN prepared for your defense
- Foundation announces 2008 grant awards
December 27, 2007:
State files answer to IPFCF complaint
- Physician musicians in Brown County raise money for childhood safety
- Dr. Luetzow appointed to AMA committee
- California orders Blue Cross to stop using controversial confidentiality agreement
- Vaccine administration under the Part D Program starting January 1, 2008
- Frozen pipes can wreak havoc
- During this season of giving…
December 17, 2007:
ALERT - HIB containing vaccine recalled
December 13, 2007:
IPFCF Board votes to not increase fees for FY 2008
- Assembly takes first step toward Constitutional amendment to protect IPFCF, other funds
- UnitedHealthcare clarifies notification requirements
- Do you have your number?
- Medical College of Wisconsin names new Dean
- UW Hospital and Clinics names new CEO
- Dec. 19 seminar will teach strategies to help patients quit smoking
- Employer tips for holiday parties
- Surgical and non-surgical modifiers—telling the whole story
- Waiting to purchase long term care insurance can be costly
- During this season of giving…
November 29, 2007:
Court upholds $8.4 million malpractice award
- CMS cautions: Some physicans reporting Social Security Numbers in publicly-disclosed fields
- Madison and Dane County Health Departments merge
- Resolution deadline date for 2008 Wisconsin Medical Society Annual Meeting
- Nominate a candidate for Physician Citizen of the Year
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars - Call for applications
- Society seeks to file an amicus brief in the Schultz case
- ‘What’s New for 2008’ is just around the corner
- PIC Wisconsin shows support of Society lawsuit
- Kenneth M. Viste, Jr., MD, 2008 Young Physician Leadership award nominations being accepted
November 15, 2007:
Unless Congress acts, physicians face 10% Medicare payment reduction
- A LETTER TO SOCIETY MEMBERS
- United Healthcare to pay preventive and problem-focused visits on the same day
- When ‘dolor’ means ‘pain’, and you’re not sure where to go from there
- AMA urges physicians to share concerns about insurers’ profiling programs
- Looking ahead for 2008
- PIC WISCONSIN announces rate reduction for 2008
- A semester off turned into 24 years…
November 1, 2007:
Media coverage positive in wake of lawsuit
- October Journal part of global initiative
- CPT code updates – What’s new for 2008
- All worker’s comp carriers are not alike
- Foundation donations help keep outstanding students in Wisconsin
October 18, 2007:
State budget update: Rumors of progress?
- Wisconsin law restricts use of DEA numbers to intended purpose
- Cash in those PIC shares pronto!
- Collaboration and supervision requirements for APNPs and CRNAs
- Practice management issues focus of upcoming teleconference
- Dental plan options available for Society members
- Contributions to Foundation benefit students
October 4, 2007:
Society prepared to protect IPFCF
- President delays implementation of tamper-resistant Rx pads
- Society seeks small practices to test DocSite
- National Depression Screening Day October 11
- Register now for PIC Wisconsin risk management session
- Dane County’s ‘MedDrop’ offers safe disposal of unwanted meds
- Vasudevan receives national honor
- Society hires new Sr VP of Quality and Efficiency
- Milwaukee Circuit Court issues latest ruling in wrongful death and medical malpractice case
- Coding Symposium just 10 days away
- Pick wisely: Compare operating philosophies, defense records, stability and experience
- Smiles from the Class of 2011
September 20, 2007:
Tamper-resistant Rx pads required October 1
- Upcoming legislative forums offer chance to share your views
- Wisconsin site of Midwest Healthcare IT conference
- The check could be in the mail
- Litigation efforts yield nearly $7 million for Wisconsin physicians
- Coding changes: Are you prepared?
- Life Insurance: Taking care of personal AND professional needs
- 2008 Foundation event to feature the real ‘Rain Man’
- NPI: Tips for successful claims processing
- Wausau doctor takes ‘Medical Diplomacy’ seriously
- Society co-sponsors 2007 Wisconsin Quality and Safety Forum in October
- Physician support sought for better alternatives to toxic chemicals
- APNPs must have individual insurance if prescribing independently
- Tomorrow is last day to save $80
- September is Life Insurance Awareness Month
- Robert T. Cooney, MD Scholarship encourages rural practice
August 23, 2007:
Society launches innovative health insurance pilot for Fox Valley physicians
- Your voice is needed!
- Nominating Committee solicits nominees
- Wisconsin Medicaid to require NDC codes for all drugs and supplies: What does this mean for you?
- Participants sought for consumer education facilitator training
- Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Research Institute establish new National Pediatric Kidney Disease Research Center
- AMA launches multi-million dollar campaign to cover the uninsured
- Partnership for Prescription Assistance helps more than 57,000 Wisconsin patients
- Medical Examining Board decides physician supervision not required for some certified registered nurse anesthetists
- Just two weeks left to save
- Smiles from the Class of 2011
- A Reminder…
August 9, 2007:
Statewide Physician Health Program ending; Society seeking information
- Wisconsin Medicaid now collecting NPIs
- NPI registry and database dissemination delayed
- An Extraordinary Art Exhibit
- Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation to host second annual dialogue
- New federal law requires Medicaid patients’ prescriptions be written on tamper-resistant pads
- Time running out for ‘early bird’ savings
- Retirement Savings Shortfall
- White Coat Campaign achieves goal
July 26, 2007:
Sign the petition - Stop the IPFCF raid
- Proposed Medicare rule cuts physician reimbursements by 10 percent in 2008
- CMS proposes eliminating fax exemption for electronic prescribing
- Doctors Without Borders coming to Milwaukee
- Free clinic seeks volunteers
- Society members in the news
- CMS publishes additional guidance on educational requirements under Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
- Evaluation and Management Services series offered
- Most homes are undervalued for insurance
- Society members encouraged to apply for Foundation grants
July 12, 2007:
State budget: Conference Committee members named; IPFCF raid in play
- Society to officially launch new Web site Monday
- Don’t waste good medicine!
- Physician volunteer sought for anti-global warming group
- Health literacy input sought
- Law allows CMS to revoke Medicare enrollment and billing privileges for physicians convicted of certain felonies
- WPS Medicare Part B clarifies E/M Table of Risk
- Earn up to 17 CEUs in 2½ days
- CME available for ‘Medical Professional Liability Insurance: A Practitioner’s Primer’
- New donor recognition wall installed
June 28, 2007:
State Senate passes budget; IPFCF raid remains - Democrats also unveil Universal Health Care Proposal
- Hetsko re-elected to AMA Board of Trustees
- CMS Delays Dissemination of National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) Data
- Previously denied CAD mammography claims to CIGNA being accepted
- Present on Admission—get your questions answered
- Society member receives award from international medical association
- Wisconsin Medical Society Alliance awards grant
- Preventing rabies deaths
- FYI from WPS: ASCA enforcement of mandatory electronic submission of Medicare Claims
- Last call for PMCC course
- Transform knowledge into action
- PIC Wisconsin accepting registrations for networking session
- Scholarship recipients announced