June 2014 June 9, 2014 MMS News Briefs MMS News Briefs 0 RSVP now for June 18 Spring Dinner Dr. Jeff Stevenson confirmed as MMS president Update or verify your Physician Directory listing by June 30 Top stories from CMA Alert PEOPLE MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS RESOURCES CLASSIFIEDS APPLICANTS ABOUT SCMA RSVP now for June 18 Spring Dinner All local physicians and their spouse or guest are invited to the Marin Medical Society's Membership Dinner on June 18. The dinner, to be held at Jason's Restaurant in Greenbrae, features two presentations. The first is a report by Dr. Peter Bretan on the recent relief mission to the Philippines. The second is an update on the campaign to preserve MICRA, California's landmark Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act. The dinner is free for MMS members. Additional tickets are $45 per person. Dinner choices include baked salmon, ribeye steak, chicken with rice, or mushroom gnocchi. To RSVP and identify your dinner choice, contact Rachel Pandolfi at 415-924-3891 or rachel@scma.org. For more details, download PDF flyer. Dr. Jeff Stevenson confirmed as MMS president The results of the recent MMS election have been tabulated and Dr. Jeffrey Stevenson, an occupational medicine physician practicing in Novato, has been confirmed MMS president by a vote of MMS members. He will serve that post beginning July 1, succeeding Dr. Irina deFischer. The election that concluded May 31 also confirmed Drs. Peter Bretan (president-elect), Michael Kwok (treasurer/secretary), and Lori Selleck (director). For a complete list of the board of directors, visit the Leadership page on our new website. Update or verify your Physician Directory listing by June 30 The one-page verification form for the 2014-15 Marin County Physician Directory has been mailed to all local physicians and should be returned to MMS by June 30. The form allows doctors to update or verify their listing in the Directory, a standard reference guide used at medical offices throughout the county. Because the Directory is sold to the public and posted on the Internet, please do not list your personal phone number, home address or personal email address. MMS strongly recommends that you list only your office phone, office address and office email. The Physician Directory features photographs and detailed listings for all MMS members, including their specialty(s), special medical interest and medical training. Specialty, city and phone for nonmember physicians are included as well. If you're a nonmember and want a more detailed listing, contact Rachel Pandolfi at rachel@scma.org or 415-924-3891 about joining MMS. You can also join online here. Top stories from CMA Alert Here are the top stories from the latest CMA Alert, the California Medical Association's biweekly e-mail newsletter. For a free subscription, visit www.cmanet.org/cma-alert. Top story: MICRA initiative qualifies for ballot, privacy concerns heighten Reminder: Physicians who wish to opt out of Blue Cross exchange network must do so by end of June Brown releases budget that ups Medi-Cal spending but does not restore reimbursement cuts PEOPLE Longtime Marin gastroenterologist, Albert Varner, MD, retired, will be honored on June 25, by the Marin Community Clinics (MCC) for his many contributions. Dr. Varner has volunteered his medical services for over 25 years, serving as a consulting gastroenter-ologist. He participated in a 2007 capital campaign to build two new clinic sites and was instrumental in the project's success. Varner will be one of four volunteers honored at MCC's annual Summer Solstice event, which raises funds to close the gap between the cost of providing care and what public and private insurance reimburses MCC. MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS The Marin Cancer Center recently received a three-year reaccreditation from the American College of Surgeon's Commission on Cancer and earned the Commission's highest recognition, "Accreditation with Commendation." This places the Center at the Gold Level and qualifyies it for an Outstanding Achievement Award (2014 winners will be announced early next year). RESOURCES Psychiatry Across the Life Span for Primary Care on June 7 in Eureka at the Red Lion Hotel from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. is designed to manage psychiatric disorders, to identify the illness, and to be able to manage the patient appropriately in the primary care setting. 5 CME credits available. To register, download the registration form. JUNE CMA WEBINARS begin at 12:15 p.m. and run until 1:15 p.m.or later. To register, visit www.cmanet.org. Seminars are free for CMA members and their staff; cost for nonmembers is $99 per person. Questions? Contact CMA Member Help Center: 800-786-4CMA (4262) or memberservice@cmanet.org. June 12: CMS Physician Payment Reform Update This webinar covers the overall CMS Value-Based Purchasing Strategy with an emphasis on the current status and future changes to the Physician Quality Reporting System, the Value Modifier, and the EHR incentive programs. More info. June 18: The Power of the Pen: The Physician's Responsibility in Prescribing and Referring for Medi-Cal Patients Presented by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), this webinar will help you understand the importance of documentation, understand the physician's role in prescribing/ordering/referring, and increase awareness of fraud and abuse in prescribing and referring. Free for CMA members and nonmembers. More info. The annual Health Information Exchange (HIE) conference will be held at the Doubletree Hotel in Rohnert Park on Friday, July 25. Titled "Connecting California to Improve Patient Care in 2014," the conference will focus on practical solutions for securely sharing electronic clinical information between unaffiliated healthcare facilities, such as outpatient practices, hospitals, laboratories, imaging centers, long-term care, home health and public health. Conference attendees will learn best practices in clinical informatics, patient safety, and clinical data interoperability. Click here to register. A conference on Integrating Mind-Body Medicine into Clinical Practice will be held in San Francisco Oct. 5-9. Sponsored by the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, the conference offers a maximum of 31 Category 1 credits. The focus is on medical techniques to address stress, anxiety, trauma, insomnia and chronic illness. To register, visit www.cmbm.org. Stepping Up to Leadership Courses Available Online. Courses cover a variety of important skills for successfully running a medical staff, particularly issues of communication, problem solving, and improving outcomes for patients and staff. AMA PRA Category 1 Credit available for Successful Leadership: What It Really Takes; The Role of the Physician In Patient Safety: Using CME as an Organizational Improvement Tool; and 2014 Legal Update by Greg Abrams, Esq. covering hot medico-legal topics in California. To browse the full IMQ Online Education catalog, visit imq.inreachce.com. CLASSIFIEDS Medical office to share S.F. Financial District medical office space to share/sublet. 1,200 sq. ft. with 2 exam rooms. Full-time or 2-3 days per week. E-mail: lewsuzy@comcast.net MMS members get free classifieds! MMS members can place free classified ads in News Briefs or Marin Medicine. Cost for nonmember physicians and the general public is $1 per word. To place a classified ad, contact Susan Gumucio at susan@scma.org or 707-525-0102 APPLICANT Shaun Loh, MD, Diagnostic Radiology*, Vascular & Interventional Radiology*, 99 Montecillo Rd., San Rafael 94903, Tufts Univ * = Board certified ABOUT SCMA The Marin Medical Society, a 501(c)(6) nonprofit association, supports local physicians and their efforts to enhance the health of the community. Founded in 1898, MMS is affiliated with the California Medical Association and the American Medical Association. Visit us at www.marinmedicalsociety.org. © 2014 MMS, 2901 Cleveland Ave. #202, Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Comments are closed.