Dear Doctors, Staff and Partners,

I'm excited to announce that in addition to being the Executive Director of the Merced-Mariposa County Medical Society (MMCMS), I am now the Executive Director of the Kern County Medical Society (KCMS) as well. I will be working out of the Merced office and servicing KCMS remotely for the most part, traveling to Bakersfield 1-2 times per month. I am excited to learn new things from KCMS that can benefit MMCMS and vice versa.

I would like to thank the MMCMS Board of Governors and Officers and all of the member physicians of MMCMS for allowing me this opportunity. It is because of your help and support and the strength of our Medical Society that I am able to help KCMS in this way. This partnership will benefit and strengthen both Medical Societies and give District VI (our CMA District that provides local representation at the state level) the opportunity to expand it's voice at the CMA level.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Chrisy Muchow

Executive Director

O: 209-723-2976

C: 209-769-0934

E: chrisy@mmcms.org

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

This webinar will provide an overview of the key Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updates for 2020. This will include an update on the recently published Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, with a focus on both the Quality Payment Program and evaluation and management (E/M) documentation changes for the new calendar year. We will also briefly review key aspects of the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Final Rule and new changes in Medicare Advantage for 2020. More...

CMA is seeking applications/nominations for interested physician members to serve on the California Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA).

Members of the AMA House of Delegates serve as an important communications, policy and membership link between the AMA and grassroots physicians.

Applicants/nominees must be members of both the CMA and the AMA. More...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened the data submission period for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians who participated in the 2019 performance period of the Quality Payment Program (QPP). Data can be submitted and updated until 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on March 31, 2020. (The deadline for ACOs and group reporting via the CMS Web Interface is also March 31, 2020) . More...

Thousands of cases of  e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI)  have been reported from across the U.S. to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Physicians and medical coders can now turn to an official document for guidance on  coding encounters related to e-cigarette use , covering EVALI, toxicity, dependence and symptoms. You also can look forward to potential new ICD-10 codes related to vaping. More...

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