 News Briefs
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2016 SWFL Economic Indicators: "Southwest Florida's regional economy provided mixed signals during November. Positive trends included an 8-percent annual increase in seasonally-adjusted regional taxable sales, a 5 percent increase in tourist tax revenue, and a 2 percent increase in total airline passenger activity.
The seasonally-adjusted regional
unemployment rate
rose to 5.0 percent in October 2016." -
Full report
Overtime rule delay: "On November 22, 2016, U.S. District Court Judge Amos Mazzant granted an Emergency Motion for Preliminary Injunction and thereby enjoined the Department of Labor from implementing and enforcing the Overtime Final Rule on December 1, 2016." -
Department of Labor
Trump picks Rep. Tom Price for HHS secretary, Verma for CMS: "Price and Verma would be key to Trump's plan to repeal and replace the ACA. Price's ACA replacement plan would allow people to opt out of Medicare and Medicaid and receive tax credits to buy individual plans. Verma helped craft Indiana's Medicaid expansion, which requires contributions to an HSA." -
Modern Healthcare
'Cures' bill gains momentum with wish-list provisions: "The 21st Century Cures Act, an already sweeping package of legislation, appears to be getting a last-ditch push from several industry and advocacy groups that are counting on using the bill to get new traction on measures that have stalled." -
Modern Healthcare
The Alienation Of America's Best Doctors -
Doctors are hurting and they don't have the time to reach out: "Doctors no longer want to be a part of a health care system that doesn't value them after decades of sacrifice, debt, and brutal training. Physicians now have the highest suicide rate of all professions." -
Huffington Post
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CCMS Member Notices
Calling all members who are exercise & fitness buffs! CCMS is helping facilitate physician exercise groups for interested CCMS members. To express your interest in joining a group, email
CCMS with your name, preferred contact info, and type of fitness group (i.e. running, weightlifting, yoga, tennis, etc.) CCMS will connect all interested members with each other to help get the groups started.
Now accepting CCMS Physician of the Year Nominations! CCMS members are invited to submit nominees for this prestigious award, recognizing a current member of CCMS who has demonstrated exceptional activities over the past year that reflect well on the medical profession.
Download the nomination form and return by Feb. 28th.
CCMS 2017 member dues invoices for individual and group practices are in the mail! The dues deadline is December 31, 2016. Members can also pay online at
ccmsonline.org/membership#payments. New this year, all members are invited to purchase a 2017 resident discount card at $10 per member (normally $35) as an add-on to your dues payments. Visit
rcccard.com for more information on the card.
New member recruitment incentive: current members who refer three new CCMS members in 2017 will receive a dues credit for 2018.
Contact CCMS for details.
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Upcoming Events
Tuesday, December 13, Paradise Wine
Stay tuned for more information:
Foundation of CCMS Social Fundraiser, tentatively February 10th
CCMS Spring General Membership Meeting at Arthrex, March (exact date TBA)
Local partner CME events:
NCH CME Mandatories: Domestic Violence, Tuesday, December 6, 5:30pm. Open to all physicians, no RSVP necessary. NCH Downtown, Telford Building with videoconferencing available at NCH North Collier location.
[Editor's note: if you missed the live CME on medical errors, take a free online version from The Doctors Company]
CCMS members - have you signed up for your FREE professional CE Broker account with CCMS? If not, send your license number and preferred email to
CCMS, we will enroll you in the professional version of CE Broker at no additional charge.
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Spotlight on CCMS Members
Email your news to CCMS to be included in the next issue!
CCMS members
Drs. Paul Dernbach,
Merit Gadallah,
Jeffrey Heitmann,
Leon Mead,
Carlos Quintero, and
James Talano were recognized
at the NCH Ball on November 12th as nominees for NCH Physician of the Year.
Read more
Dr. Joseph Gauta will present during the Florida Association of American Physicians and Surgeons conference, "Cross Specialty Update: Medical and Surgical Management for all Specialists" on Saturday, January 28, 8am-12pm in Orlando. His talk is on Recurrent UTI's. He invites CCMS members to attend:
Registration Form
Hotel Reservations
Dr. Gauta was also interviewed and quoted in the November issue of
Outpatient Surgery magazine in the article,
What Surgeons Want.
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Optimize the EHR: Better Workflow Means Better Work-Life Balance
Chad Anguilm, Director of Professional Services, Medical Advantage Group
There are tools that can streamline patient care and payment workflows in the electronic health record (EHR). By dedicating time and effort up front to optimize the EHR, physicians can get relief from administrative tasks, reduce duplicate entry of data, and save time by not having to search for records in multiple places. Enhancing the EHR means focusing on these four top areas:
1. Building a direct data interface.
2. Organizing patient data to provide a central point of access in the EHR.
3. Establishing predefined care alerts to guide physicians through the treatment portion of the visit.
4. Integrating population health management reporting tools that allow the physician to see gaps in care or future care needs based on gender, age, and medical history.
When optimizing their EHR, physicians would benefit from working with an experienced consulting team that understands the tools available as well as the flow of the practice. Here are the questions a practice should ask the EHR vendor to determine if the vendor can help the practice get the most out of the EHR-or if it's time to hire a consulting firm:
* What local laboratory/radiology/report interfaces are available in the area that may help streamline the flow of data in and out of my practice?
* What data can be submitted electronically through a commonly accepted file for incentive programs like PQRS, Meaningful Use, and other payer-directed programs in order to decrease duplicate entry?
* What devices such as trackers, kiosks, or EKGs connect directly to the EHR to decrease manual entry?
* What inbound interfaces can be set up to accept ADT data, structured data from other physicians, or vaccine registries?
* What type of remote access capabilities-such as smartphone or tablet apps or web-based accessibility-are available in order to complete tasks without being tied to the office?
Read more
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Contributed by The Doctors Company. Medical Advantage Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Doctors Company.
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Experienced Patient Service Representative needed for Radiology facility. Must deliver exceptional patient service. Responsibilities: Scheduling, patient inquires; insurance verification/pre-authorizations. Requirements: HIPAA/medical terminology. Bilingual. Computer fluency. Reliable, team player. Prior Experience.
Classified ads are complimentary for healthcare-related positions in Collier County,
30 words or less
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