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DCMS News You Need to
Know
From the desk of Jay W. Millson, Executive Vice
President
September 14, 2007
In this Issue:
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DCMS Supports Military Physicians at FMA Annual Meeting
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Annual DCMS / Navy Meeting is September 25
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Workshop on Evaluating and Choosing an
Electronic Health Record System
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Become
a
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NPI
News
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DCMS Directory Verification Forms
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Meetings Calendar / Educational
Opportunities
The DCMS News You Need to Know is a newsletter that will be sent
to DCMS members weekly or on an as needed basis. Breaking news events, meetings
and other important information will be communicated via this medium. If
you have any material you would like posted to this newsletter or DCMS Online,
please e-mail the DCMS at dcms@dcmsonline.org.
DCMS
Supports Military Physicians at FMA Annual Meeting
At the recent FMA Annual
Meeting, a DCMS sponsored resolution was adopted that provides complimentary
membership dues for military physician members who are mobilized in support of
a contingency operation during the year in which they serve. The DCMS
approved similar policy prior to the meeting as a tribute to our brave, local
physicians who have been deployed in recent years. With DCMS military
members paying reduced, annual dues of $50, we encourage members to promote
membership to their peers in the military. Furthermore, existing members
are urged to notify the DCMS and FMA if deployed. It is certainly with a great
deal of pride that we do the same for those who serve and protect our great
country.
Annual DCMS / Navy Meeting – September 25
The annual DCMS
/ Navy meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 25, from
Workshop on Evaluating and Choosing an
Electronic Health Record System
The Florida Medical
Association and the DCMS are sponsoring a free workshop for physicians and
their office staff on Learning How to Select and Purchase an
Electronic Health Record for your practice. The workshop will be held on Tuesday, October 2, from 6-8 PM in the
FPIC boardroom. If you have been considering purchasing an electronic medical
records system, this workshop is for you!
Click here for more
details (PDF brochure).
Become a
DCMS physicians
who are active or interested in sports medicine are encouraged to join the
Jacksonville Sports Medicine Program (JSMP).
Membership in the JSMP supports our area’s student athletes, and
benefits your practice with continuing education and referral
opportunities. Click here
for more details and a membership application form.
NPI News
The National Provider
Identification (NPI) Registry is now available online at the following website:
https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/NPIRegistryHome.do
Physicians or practices may
wish to search the NPI registry to verify that their information is
accurate. Practices can also lookup NPI numbers
for physician referrals and billing purposes.
The AMA is alerting
physicians that Medicare must be able to match a physician's appropriate PIN to
his or her correct National Provider Identifier (NPI)—and may reject claims if
a match can't be made. Prior to September 4, most Medicare carriers permitted
claims to process through their computer systems even if an appropriate match
between the physician's NPI number and their old legacy billing number(s)
couldn't be made. However, as of September 4, Medicare has started to
"turn on” the edits that previously allowed these claims to process. We strongly encourage physicians to
immediately check with their billing office to determine what, if any, error
reason codes have been returned over the summer. These codes could indicate an
NPI mismatch in the Medicare system. Physicians who use a billing clearinghouse
should check to ensure that the NPI error reason code or similar error reason
codes are not being stripped off of their claims.
DCMS Directory Verification Forms
If you have NOT
RETURNED your DCMS Directory Verification form via fax or email, please do so
ASAP. In order to stay on track with our
2008 Directory production schedule, we must have updated information by October 1 to be included in next year’s
directory.
Meetings Calendar / Educational
Opportunities (www.dcmsonline.org)
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Tuesday,
September 25, DCMS / Navy Dinner Meeting at NAS Jacksonville Officer’s Club. Click here for more details and registration information.
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Tuesday, October
2, EHR Workshop, click here for more details (PDF brochure).
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Duval County Medical Society
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