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THE WEEKLY DOSE |
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Sept. 16, 2018 |
Vol. 7, No. 37 |
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In this Issue… |
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News and Announcements |
BCMS Circle of Friends Sponsors |
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TMA review of proposed Medicare changes for 2019 identifies 75
items for improvement As previously reported in this column, the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed Medicare
changes for 2019 in August. TMA has conducted a thorough review of the
proposed changes, and in the article linked below they present their
findings. TMA identifies 75 ways in which these changes are bad for both
patients and physicians. Additionally, TMA submitted a detailed, 58-page
letter to CMS on Sept. 10, which includes recommendations for improvement of
these 75 items. A link to the letter is included in the article. To read TMA’s article and letter to CMS click
this link. For local discussion on this and other
legislative and socioeconomics advocacy topics, consider joining the BCMS
Legislative and Socioeconomics Committee by contacting Mary Nava, chief
government affairs officer at mary.nava@bcms.org. |
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2nd Annual BCMS Writers’ Workshop Call 210-582-6399 for information and to
register. |
Course Description Found Objects: A Microprose Workshop
The Teachers Jessica
Wright: Jessica Wright is an Assistant Professor of Classics and
Medical Humanities at UTSA. She hails originally from England, but she lived
in Los Angeles, New Jersey, and China before arriving in San Antonio. Her
poetry has been published in anthologies such as Circe's Lament,
in online journals such as Lines + Stars and Alliterati,
on broadsides, and her non-fiction has appeared in Eidolon and Cloelia.
She has taught writing in colleges and in prisons. Her day job is as
historian of the brain. Patrick
Stockwell: Stockwell is a native of Houston, Texas and holds an MFA
in Creative Writing-Fiction from New Mexico State University where he served
as an assistant editor for Puerto del Sol and a coordinator with La Sociedad
para Las Artes and the Distinguished Visiting Writers Series. He is the co-founder
of the Lone Star Salon reading series, The Short Fiction Soundtrack literary
performance series, and has worked to organize other events for Southern New
Mexico and Southeast Texas arts communities. As an undergraduate at the
University of Houston, he served as editor for Glass Mountain and helped to
establish Boldface, an annual conference for emerging writers. |
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The Bexar County Medical Society is proud to
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support this sponsor with your patronage. |
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Thank you to our BCMS Circle of Friends sponsors! 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
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Executive Director at steve.fitzer@bcms.org. All rights reserved. Unauthorized
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