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http://www.dcmsonline.org/news/11-30-07.htm
DCMS News You Need to
Know
From the desk of Jay W. Millson, Executive Vice
President
November 30, 2007
In this Issue:
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First Professionals (FPIC) Announces More
Rate Relief for
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DCMS / DCMSA
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Happy Birthday to our Oldest DCMS Member –
Dr. Richard Johnson!
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Congratulations Dr. Andrew Kaunitz!
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The NPI is here. Are you using it?
Ø Help Raise Funds for the JSMP … just by
eating Bono’s BBQ!
Ø 2008 DCMS Annual Meeting – January 17, 2008
Ø Meetings Calendar / Educational Opportunities
First Professionals (FPIC) Announces More Rate Relief for
First Professionals announced
yesterday they are implementing a 6.39% decrease in liability premiums. For the
second year in a row, First Professionals Insurance Company (First
Professionals) originally filed for a double-digit base rate decrease of 10
percent, which had been approved by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation.
Unfortunately a Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (FIGA) assessment that
totaled $4.2 million for FPIC reduced the impact of their filed decrease to
6.39 percent. As a member of the DCMS, you can also receive premium discounts
just for being a member! Talk with your agent representative or contact FPIC’s
Assistant Director of Society Relations Shelly Hakes, hakes@fpic.com or (800)
741-3742 ext. 3294. Click here for a PDF with more details on the rate decrease.
DCMS / DCMSA
DCMS members, residents, and their families are invited to
the 2007 Family
Happy Birthday to our Oldest DCMS Member –
Dr. Richard Johnson!
Dr. Richard P.
Johnson will turn 100 years old on December 7!
Dr. Johnson has been a DCMS member since 1948, and is believed to be the
oldest living DCMS member. His son is
planning a birthday party in his honor, with the fire department present to
make sure the 100 birthday candles do not go out of control! Congratulations Dr. Johnson!
Congratulations Dr. Andrew
Kaunitz!
On November 15,
DCMS member Andrew M. Kaunitz, MD received the William Heath Byford Award from
the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg
School of Medicine in
The NPI is here. Are you using it?
Social Security Numbers
(SSNs) Should Not Be Reported in FOIA-disclosable NPPES Fields
As CMS has mentioned in previous outreach messages and on the CMS NPI website, some health care providers have reported their Social Security Numbers (SSNs), or the SSNs of other health care providers, in their NPPES / NPI records in fields that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requires that CMS make publicly available. For example, there are instances where SSNs are reported in the “Other Provider Identification Numbers,” “License Number,” and “Employer Identification Number (EIN)” fields in providers’ NPPES / NPI records. The information that providers report in these (and certain other) fields is fully disclosable by CMS to the public and, therefore, SSNs should never be reported in any of these fields. It is imperative that providers immediately look at their NPPES / NPI records to ensure that they did not inadvertently report their, or someone else’s, SSN in a FOIA-disclosable field; if they did, they need to delete that SSN immediately and, if appropriate, replace it with the correct information (e.g., an EIN). Providers must look in their NPPES records (https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/) in order to view all of the information they reported. Click here for more details.
Help Raise Funds for the JSMP … just by
Eating Bono’s BBQ!
On Tuesday, December 4 you have the opportunity to eat great BBQ at Bono’s and help raise money for the Jacksonville Sports Medicine Program (JSMP). Bono’s will donate 15% of its day’s bills to local nonprofits. Bring a copy of this flyer to identify yourself as a JSMP supporter, so you can be sure your donation gets credited to the JSMP. There are 4 announcements per flyers … so feel free to invite friends and relatives!
2008 DCMS Annual Meeting – January 17,
2008 at the
The 2008 DCMS
Annual Meeting will be held at the Touchdown Club, Jacksonville Muncipal
Stadium on January 17, 2008. The evening begins at 5:30 PM with a full range of
exhibitors. At the dinner, Glenn Knox,
MD will be installed as the 2008 President. Make plans to join us! Click here for details and reservation form.
Meetings Calendar / Educational
Opportunities (www.dcmsonline.org)
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Monday,
December 3, 6:30 – 8:30 PM at the DCMS, 2007 Family Holiday Party – Click here
for details
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Tuesday,
December 4, Eat Bono’s BBQ and benefit the JSMP – Click here
for details
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Wednesday,
December 12, 2007, 9:00 – 10:30 AM, at Shands Jacksonville, Michael Lu, MD, MPH
will present a CME seminar on How to Build a Smart and Healthy Baby for Life – Click here for details
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Thursday,
January 17, 2008, DCMS Annual Meeting at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium,
Touchdown Club – Click here for
more details and reservation form.
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Sunday, December
10, 2008, DCMS Ole Time Reunion at the
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Duval County Medical Society
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