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DCMS News You Need to
Know
From the desk of Jay W. Millson, Executive Vice
President
September 24, 2007
In this Issue:
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Join Us for Frightfully Good Time on
Monday, October 29
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2008 DCMS Dues
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DCMS Nominating Committee
Ø Retail Clinics in
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Medicare Part B Drug Competitive
Acquisition Program (CAP): 2008 Physician Election and Impact on Carriers
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Pediatric Tuberculosis Seminars
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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.
Join
Us for Frightfully Good Time on Monday, October 29
All DCMS members, alliance members,
residents, medical students & families / kids are invited for a social at
the DCMS headquarters on Monday, October
29 from 6 – 8 PM. There will be
plenty of hot chili and cool beverages for all to enjoy. There will be fun games for the kids and
prizes awarded for the best costume (child & adult, male &
female). Please RSVP by October 23 to
Patti Ruscito (admin@dcmsonline.org)
with your name and the total number of guests (adults & children)
attending. This event is “ghosted” by
the Duval County Medical Society Alliance and the DCMS. Please join us!
2008 DCMS Dues
The statements
for 2008 DCMS dues were recently mailed to DCMS members. Congratulations to Drs. Harry Koslowski & Scott Trimas for being the first members to
pay their dues for next year! Thank you
for your attention and commitment to remitting your DCMS dues in a timely
manner. We appreciate your membership!
DCMS Nominating Committee
If you are interested in
serving on the DCMS Board of Directors, or as a Delegate or Alternate Delegate
to the FMA House of Delegates, please contact Dr. Floyd Willis, DCMS 2008 Nominating
Committee Chair by October 5, 2007. You may also submit your requests to the
Nominating Committee, via the DCMS, by fax (353-5848) or e-mail (jmillson@dcmsonline.org or admin@dcmsonline.org). Please be sure to indicate your area of
interest. Note: Physicians nominated
to serve as a Delegate or Alternate Delegate to the FMA House of Delegates must be a member of both the DCMS and the
FMA.
Retail
Clinics in
Much has been
discussed and debated regarding retail clinics opening in
Medicare Part B Drug Competitive
Acquisition Program (CAP): 2008 Physician Election and Impact on Carriers
The 2008 Physician Election
Period for the Medicare Part B Drug Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP) will
begin on October 1, 2007 and concludes on November 15, 2007. The CAP is a
voluntary program that offers physicians the option to acquire many drugs they
use in their practice from an approved CAP vendor, thus reducing the time they
spend buying and billing for drugs. The 2008 CAP program period will run
from January 1 to December 31, 2008. Physicians are instructed to submit their
CAP election forms to their local carrier. As per Change Request (CR)
4064, local carriers are required to forward a list to the CAP designated
carrier of all physicians and practitioners who have elected to participate in
the CAP. This list is due on November 22, 2007. Additional information about the CAP is
available at the following website: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/CompetitiveAcquisforBios/01_overview.asp
Pediatric Tuberculosis Seminars
The
DCMS Directory Verification Forms
If you have NOT
RETURNED your DCMS Directory Verification form via fax or mail, 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. We will soon begin our
proofing and we want YOUR information to be accurate!
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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Thursday,
October 11, 6 – 8 PM, JSMP Sports Medicine program at
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Monday,
October 29, 6 – 8 PM, DCMS Alliance Halloween Social at the DCMS, Click here
for details
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