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News & Announcements
- Ohio MGMA Board Nominations, Deadline 8/17/10
a message from our Past President:
As Past president of the Ohio Medical Group Management Association I have the responsibility and honor of chairing the Board Nominating Committee for 2010 year end nominations. We are currently accepting nominations for Vice President, Secretary, and Member at large. Both the Vice President and Secretary positions are in the succession plan, meaning that they will both move up the ranks into the Presidency seat.
Please consider the opportunity to serve our professional organization in the capacity of a board member. If you have interest, please reference the by-laws found on our website, role responsibility descriptions and to download a candidate profile form. Nominations will close on August 17, 2010 and will be presented 30 days prior to the September 17, 2010 meeting and a formal vote will be taken in that meeting.
Please email or phone me regarding interest or if you have any questions. I thank you for the opportunity given me, to serve the members of the Ohio MGMA.
Todd M. Fowler - Tel: (740) 395-8851, E-Mail: tfowler@holzerclinic.com
MBA, CMPE
Past President, Ohio Medical Group Management Association
- Posted: 6/18/10 – Special Update - From MGMA, www.mgma.com - Source: Washington Connextion
Senate unable to pass 6-month Medicare payment provision; CMS to now begin processing held claims at -21.3%
The Senate was unable to pass the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (H.R. 4213) late Thursday night, despite reducing the length of the Medicare physician payment provision from 19 months to 6 months in order to reduce the overall cost of the bill. The legislation includes a provision calling for a 2.2 percent increase to Medicare physician payment for claims with dates of service of from June 1 through Nov. 30. Since the Senate failed to pass the bill this week, Medicare contractors may start today to process June claims at the -21.3 percent rate. The Senate is not expected to hold further votes this week.
Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the Medicare claims processing hold through June 17. CMS and the Office of Inspector General are expected to release guidance on medical practices' responsibilities regarding limiting charges and patient co-pay requirements as impacted by the Medicare payment cuts as well as the geographic payment adjustments called for by the recently enacted healthcare reform law soon.
MGMA encourages members to continue urging Congress to comprehensively address Medicare physician payment cuts through the immediate repeal of the Medicare sustainable growth rate formula.
Look for further updates in the MGMA Washington Connexion.
- Posted: 5/24/10 – Amendments to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 4213 (PDF)
- Posted: 4/27/10 – Medical Community Supports Funding for Health Care Quality Measure Development
- The AMA and other medical societies have joined in a sign-on letter seeking support of funding for health care quality measure development. Specifically, the medical societies ask the House and Senate Appropriations Committees Chairmen and Ranking Members to fully fund an authorization of $75 million dollars that was set aside in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to identify gaps in quality measurement and develop patient-centered measures to fill those gaps. Click Here to download attached letter in a .pdf format!
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