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Free online CME looks
at Ebola
The UT Health
Science Center Office of Continuing Medical Education is pleased to
provide a free online learning opportunity for "Ebola Virus
Disease: What Should You Know? Update and Demonstration of Donning
and Doffing of Personal Protective Equipment."
Continuing
education and ethics credit may be applicable.
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Call for resolutions
for 2015
Do you have a TMA policy change suggestion or
recommendation for a stance on an issue? Submit your
resolutions now to the BCMS Delegation to TMA.
For a sample
resolution form,
For more
information or to submit completed resolutions, contact
Mary
Nava.
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TRENDING TOPICS
BCMS General Membership Meeting on GPCI held Nov.
17
Chief Governmental and Community Relations
Officer
BCMS hosted a general membership meeting Nov. 17
featuring TMA's director of research and data analysis, Donna
Kinney, CPA, who presented a discussion on an important reimbursement
calculation, the Geographical Practice Cost Index (GPCI).
Approximately 100 doctors attended to hear about how
GPCI was initially established, what it is intended to do, what
components are used in order to calculate this payment formula, and
what options are available for possible consideration. GPCI is, by
law, an attempt by the federal government, through the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to compensate physicians for
three physician fee components: physician work, practice
expenses, and medical malpractice insurance rates by individual
payment localities. Currently, the state is divided into eight
payment localities: Austin, Beaumont, Brazoria, Dallas, Fort
Worth, Galveston, Houston and "the rest of Texas" (which
includes San Antonio).
To see Ms. Kinney's presentation slides,
click here.
Her presentation is expected to be available on DVD after Jan.
1.
For local discussion on this and other advocacy
topics, consider joining the BCMS Legislative and Socioeconomics
Committee by contacting Mary Nava.
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PHOTO
ABOVE: TMA's Donna Kinney
(left) is greeted at the BCMS meeting Nov. 17 by BCMS past
president and current board member Dr. John R. Holcomb.
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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 steve.fitzer@bcms.org.
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Antonio, Texas.
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