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Aug. 2, 2015                                                                                           Vol. 4, No. 47

 

TRENDING TOPICS

 

TMA releases 84th Legislative wrap-up

 

Home runs, saves, base hits and wild pitches mark session
 

By Mary E. Nava, MBA

Chief Governmental and Community Relations Officer

 

Here are the results of the 84th legislative session and how TMA priorities fared in the final score.  To read TMA's report, click here

 

For local discussion on this and other legislative advocacy topics, consider joining the BCMS Legislative and Socioeconomics Committee by contacting Mary Nava.

 

TMA'S ICD-10 SEMINARS

 

 

 

To register, click here

 

SAVE THE DATE

 

 

Click here to register

 

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

 

BCMS THANKS A CIRCLE OF FRIENDS 

SPONSOR AT THE SILVER LEVEL

 

HEARTLAND SECURE

 



Will your business be EMV compliant 

by the October 1st deadline?

 

What is EMV?

  • Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express have announced that EMV chip card acceptance is coming to the United States.
  • The EMV chips are embedded in credit/debit cards that also have a magnetic stripe to be used at businesses that support either EMV or magnetic stripe.


Why is it important to update to accept EMV? 

  • The card brands have instituted a liability shift for fraudulent transactions that occur at the point of purchase beginning in October 2015. 
  • Merchants that do not have a terminal or POS system capable of reading EMV cards will be responsible for chargebacks and fraudulent card acceptance beginning October 2015.
  • EMV is not a government or card brand mandate for merchants.
  • Improved card security and global interoperability are the main reasons that Visa, MasterCard, Disver and American Express are moving to EMV chip card technology.   

 

Become Heartland Secure     

  • Heartland Secure is a comprehensive card data security solution that protects merchants against the ever-evolving sophistication of today's cybercriminal. Backed by the most comprehensive breach warranty in the industry, Heartland is able to protect credit card data from the moment a card is used. 
  • Through the innovative implementation of EMV, Heartland E3 end-to-end encryption and tokenization, Heartland Secure eliminates all clear text card data, removing the risk of that data being stolen.

 

 

 

 

Contact: Tanner Wollard

Heartland Payment Systems 

(979) 219-9636

Tanner.Wollard@e-HPS.com

 

 

 

Silver-level Circle of Friends sponsors contribute $3,000

or more to BCMS annually. 

 

Support our sponsors; our sponsors support us!

 

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Thank you to our BCMS Circle of Friends sponsors! This information is sent on behalf of a valued sponsor at the silver 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 patient.

 

  

 

 

 

 

To learn more, click here

 

 

BCMS thanks Dale Carnegie Training for supporting the 2015

New Member Welcome event as a medicine visionary title sponsor.

 

 

 

  

 

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6243 I-10 West, Suite 600 

San Antonio, TX 78201

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www.bcms.org

 

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