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ALERT: Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Phishing Fax Requests
National Government Services (NGS) wants to share with providers an urgent issue that has been identified by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS has been flooded with incoming complaints regarding illegitimate faxes being sent to providers falsely claiming to be from CMS staff. These faxes have falsely claimed to be part of a Medicare audit and demanded that the provider submit medical documentation and other information to CMS or face the risk of revocation, fines, or other significant consequences.
IMPORTANT: CMS does not initiate audits by requesting medical records via fax. We urge all providers to protect your information. If you receive a suspicious request, don’t respond to it. If you believe you have received a fraudulent or questionable request, we urge you to reach out to NGS to confirm if it’s real.
Interfolio Tips:
If you have not yet logged into Interfolio, please do it now. The invitation will time out after a certain time period and needs to be reset.
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Remember to use your preferred email, which can be found on your faculty profile https://profiles.umassmed.edu/search/.
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It can take a couple of hours to complete the password reset which is the first step to log in for the first time, so give yourself plenty of time. Here is the sign into Interfolio – job aid
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Please reach out to Heather Garron (heather.garron@umassmemorial.org) if you hit any bumps.
Summer Scholarship Writing Circles
Mondays in July, 12:00-1:00pm
Have you been putting off that scholarly project? Have you had difficulty making time to write? Summer Scholarship Writing Circles provide the space and time for you to make progress on that paper, presentation or curriculum. The hybrid (in-person and virtual) sessions will consist mostly of quiet writing time, with an opportunity to get support from your faculty peers. In-person (Lamar Soutter Library Conference Room at UMass Chan Medical School) & virtual options for participation. REGISTER
The 2025-2026 BRC Fellowship Call for Applications Is Open
The Building Research Capacity (BRC) Fellowship has 3 aims:
- Coaching: Provide coaching support to build research and scholarship capacity within a program or institution
- Support: Develop a peer support network among other individuals or teams trying to build research capacity
- Strategic Planning: Create a strategic plan for research and scholarship within their home program/institution
Applications are due July 30th, 2025. Learn more and apply here!
Creative Writing Exposition for MMS Members
Members of MMS are eligible to participate in the Creative Writing Exposition. Submit an original, unpublished, nonfictional, fictional, or poetry composition of 1500 words or less. Topic is open. Submission deadline is September 15, 2025. For your bio please briefly (maximum word count:100) describe in first person what inspired this work, what motivates you as a writer or any additional information that addresses your connection with creative witting. Bio information is due with your registration on July 31, 2025. If you submit a composition, you agree, if selected that your witting will be published in an edition of Worcester Medicine. Registration and Bio can be emailed to: jfrodema@mms.org by no later than July 31, 2025. Composition Submissions can be emailed to csalas@mms.org by no later than September 15, 2025.
Private Funding Opportunities
The Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) team distributes via email a bi-weekly digest summarizing upcoming private funding opportunities to the UMass Chan Medical School community. Sign up today by emailing DevelopmentFundingDigest@umassmed.edu. The CFR team is here to help members of the UMass Chan community generate curated lists of foundation and institutional philanthropy opportunities. Contact us to learn about tools and foundations that support faculty, postdocs, predocs, graduate students and medical school students. Please contact the CFR team before approaching any foundation or private philanthropic funder.
Another funding resource is: https://www.rwjf.org/en/grants/active-funding-opportunities/2025/exploring-equitable-futures.html?rid=003VN00000FHgqEYAT&et_cid=2199758
Due October 15th, 2025.
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