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Find
Your Doctor at BCMS
By
John K. Wisniewski
BCMS
CEO/Executive Director
BCMS, in collaboration with TMA,
offers the most accurate, comprehensive physician referral service on
behalf of its members.
Historically, the combined
web/phone inquiries exceed 10,000 per year. One of our strategic
initiatives is to increase the value of this community/member
benefit.
This week we launched a redesigned
physician referral web page that is significantly more functional and
intuitive. We are proud of this effort, and encourage you to
access the new tool by clicking here.
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SAVE THE DATE
BCMS Officer Installation Ceremony
Reception
and dinner celebration for
Dr.
K. Ashok Kumar and Cindy Comfort to be installed as the 2014 BCMS
President and 2014 BCMS Alliance President
6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 25
Westin La Cantera
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TRENDING TOPICS
U.S. Secretary of Health
visits San Antonio
Marketplace enrollment website issues of top concern
By Mary E. Nava, MBA
BCMS Chief Governmental and Community Relations
Officer
As the Healthcare Marketplace
enrollment continues to be plagued with technical issues, Health
and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius visited Texas last
week and joined Mayor Julian Castro; County Judge Nelson Wolff and
officials with CentroMed to express to our community that
enrollment is continuing, technical issues are being dealt with
accordingly, and a new general contractor has been hired to oversee
the enrollment website fixes.
Mayor Castro commented that San
Antonio is actively raising awareness of the enrollment period and
that much has been done to educate the people of San Antonio
through a variety of local community events.
PHOTO ABOVE: Participants in the health insurance
marketplace panel discussion in San Antonio Oct. 25 were (from
left) Ernesto Gomez, PhD, President and CEO with CentroMed;County
Judge Nelson Wolff; Mayor Julian Castro; HHS Secretary Kathleen
Sebelius; a local resident who plans to shop the Marketplace and a
volunteer patient navigator.
For local discussion on this and
other practice management topics, consider joining the BCMS
Legislative and Socioeconomics Committee by contacting Mary Nava at
mary.nava@bcms.org.
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PERTUSSIS UPDATE
For an update from DHS and Metro Health on the
pertussis outbreak, including accurate vaccination codes for
payment by Medicaid, click here.
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
This information
is sent on behalf of a valued BCMS Circle of Friends sponsor at the
platinum level,
but it is not an endorsement. Donations from Circle of Friends
sponsors help keep down the cost
of dues and allow BCMS to continue to provide quality service to
its members.
The society continues its pledge to you and only will involve itself in
services and
programs that benefit you, the member, and your patients.
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About The Weekly Dose
The Weekly Dose is a service of
the Bexar County Medical Society.
Some of the suggestions conveyed may not be applicable
to your practice today,
but the goal is to offer information over time that returns value
in excess
of the cost of your membership.
If you would like to recommend future topics to share
with your colleagues,
please submit them to the BCMS executive director at john.wisniewski@bcms.org.
All rights reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.
Copyright © 2013
Bexar County Medical Society, San Antonio, Texas.
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