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The Santa Clara County Medical Association (SCCMA) and the Monterey County Medical Society (MCMS) are professional associations representing physicians and their patients in all modes of practice and specialties, including medical students and residents.
It is the mission of the SCCMA and MCMS to act collectively for our members by promoting:
- Excellence in the provision of quality, ethical health care;
- The health of our community;
- Physicians’ personal, social, and professional integrity and well-being; and
- The common goals of similar organizations.
Through our efforts, and those of the California Medical Association, we have provided the opportunity for physicians to focus more time on treating patients and less time worrying about the hassles of practice management. Organized medicine has helped preserve the cap on awards in medical malpractice cases, otherwise known as MICRA, resulting in stabilized malpractice insurance costs in California not enjoyed in other parts of the nation.
If you are not already a member, and you are an MD or DO, please consider joining today. Our strength and influence grows with our increasing membership, so please help do your part for organized medicine today.
2013 Discount Ticket Flyer
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Act Now to Avoid Medicare Penalties in 2015
3/26/13
Over the past six years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched a number of initiatives that offer physicians the opportunity to increase their net revenue by participating in quality reporting programs. Until now, these programs have been voluntary and physicians have received bonuses for participating....
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CMS Releases Sequestration Guidance for Providers
3/13/13
On March 8, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance for provider billing under the Budget Control Act of 2011 or sequestration. According to CMS, the 2 percent Medicare cuts will be applied to fee-for-service (Part A and Part B) claims with dates-of-service or dates-of-discharge on or after April 1, 2013....
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CMA Publishes Toolkit on the Health Benefit Exchange
3/13/13
In 2010, Congress passed historic sweeping health care legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which reformed the for-profit health insurance industry and beginning in 2014 will provide health insurance to most of the nation’s uninsured. Under the ACA, two thirds of California’s uninsured will be covered by private insurance through a health insurance exchange purchasing pool....
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CalHIPSO Introduces New Services to Help Physicians with EHR
3/8/2013
The California Health Information Partnership and Services Organization (CalHIPSO) is offering new services to help physicians optimize electronic health records (EHRs) and meet Meaningul Use (MU) Stages 1 and 2 requirements. Health eServices is a new suite of low-cost, comprehensive consulting and technical solutions that includes:
- Health eCheck-Up: A 3-in-1 solution of progressive analyses offering process improvement and compliance to ensure a healthy practice that maximizes the benefits of an EHR....
>> Story Continues >>Medicare Reimbursement May Be Cut by 2%
3/8/2013
Physicians should prepare for a 2% reduction in reimbursement from the Medicare program beginning on April 1st. The 2% "sequestration" cuts are part of the $1....
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3/8/2013
Join us for Legislative Day, where the Santa Clara County Medical Association, Monterey County Medical Society, and the California Medical Association (CMA) will host its 2013 Legislative Leadership Conference on April 16 in Sacramento. Members have the unique opportunity to join more than 400 physicians, medical students and CMA Alliance members who come from throughout the state to Sacramento to lobby their legislative leaders as champions for medicine and their patients....
>> Story Continues >>Mercury-Containing Flu Vaccine Restriction Temporarily Lifted
3/8/2013
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has temporarily suspended the law that prohibits the use of flu vaccine containing thimerosal on pregnant women and children under the age of three. The exemption will remain in effect until June 30, 2013....
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Cruisin Thru CME on the French Waterways
July 1-13, 2013
SCCMA and MCMS are pleased to offer our members the opportunity to travel with your colleagues from around the state, while earning CME. SCCMA/MCMS are co-hosting with the Riverside County Medical Association, their annual “Cruising Thru CME,” on the French Waterways: Highlights of Burgundy & Provence....
>> Story Continues >>Free iPhone App Connects You To Society Members
Would you like to communicate with your colleagues instantly? Exchange critical information such as pictures of x-rays or wounds? Quickly find a local specialist or pharmacy?
Thanks to the generous sponsorship of NORCAL Mutual, the Santa Clara County Medical Association and Monterey County Medical Society are offering members seven months of free service with DocBookMD, a HIPAA-compliant iPhone app that lets you connect, communicate, and collaborate with your local medical community. A version for the Android operating system will be available in mid-July....
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for Incapacitated Patients Without Surrogates
In 2001, a task force of the Santa Clara County Medical Association (SCCMA) Bioethics Committee completed a Model Policy on Health Care Decisions for Incapacitated Patients Without Surrogates. The impetus was to develop mechanisms for medical decision-making on behalf of patients who lack decision-making capacity ("incapacitated") and also lack surrogate decision-makers ("unrepresented") in accordance with patients' best interests, while incorporating patients wishes and values (to the extent known)....
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Are You Ready?
A new version of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) transaction and code set standards become effective on Januray 2, 2012. On that date, all covered electronic health care transactions will have to comply with the new 5010 standards....
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