News
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Welcome Truist, Our Newest Physician Connect Partner
We’re glad to welcome Truist to the MCMS Physician Connect partner program. Many of you met the Truist team at the Fall Membership Meeting, where Truist was our Platinum Sponsor. Two local advisors are leading the relationship with our members, one focused on wealth planning and one on home lending. Zach Villavicencio is a Vice…
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EQIP Team Requesting Nominations for New Clinical Episodes
MedChi’s EQIP team is requesting nominations for new clinical episodes for Maryland’s Episode Quality Improvement Program (EQIP) in Performance Year 7 (Calendar Year 2028). A clinical episode is a condition, procedure, or treatment included in EQIP. Participants may apply to enroll in one or more clinical episodes and have the opportunity to earn shared savings…
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Two Open Enrollment Deadlines This Fall
Enrollment season is here, and coverage questions tend to land in the exam room. Medicare open enrollment runs through December 7, and Maryland Health Connection opens for 2027 coverage on November 1. Scammers keep the same calendar, which is why the Maryland Insurance Administration is warning consumers about fake insurance websites and plans that look…
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A Caller Posing as the DEA Targeted a Local Practice
Irfana Ali, M.D., FACEP, former board member and Medical Director of Fast Track Urgent Care, asked us to pass along a warning. A caller claiming to be a DEA agent recently phoned her practice and told front desk staff he was calling about her medical license, which he said was being used fraudulently. This is…
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Montgomery County Physicians at MedChi’s Fall House of Delegates
MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society, held its Fall House of Delegates meeting on Saturday, October 10, bringing together physicians from across the state to debate and pass new policy. Two presentations framed the day’s discussion of where Maryland health care is headed: The Shift to Value-Based Care, Why EQIP Matters, and The Future of…
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Why Dr. Rockower Believes Every Physician Is in Politics
Stephen J. Rockower, M.D., FAAOS169th President of MedChi I have been involved with the medical society since the 1980s. As a young doc, newly in practice, our county medical society was looking for authors for their quarterly magazine. It didn’t have to be medical, so I wrote nerdy, computer related things and office management pieces.…
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Building a Stronger Physician Community, Six Months In
James Bryant, MBA, PMPExecutive Director Since joining the Montgomery County Medical Society in April, I’ve had the opportunity to meet and work with physicians, community partners, and healthcare leaders who share a commitment to improving medicine in Montgomery County. These first six months have reinforced something I believe strongly: the greatest value of MCMS is…
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Meet Incoming MCMS President, Sheri Hamersley, M.D., FACOG
Sheri Hamersley, M.D., FACOG, is a board-certified perinatologist and the founder and President of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Associates of Maryland (MFMofMD), a subspecialty practice in Rockville, Maryland dedicated to the care of high-risk pregnancies. Board certified in both Obstetrics & Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Hamersley has been…
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Montgomery County Mental Health Resources for You and Your Patients
Saturday, October 10 is World Mental Health Day. For physicians, it is a good prompt to keep the county’s crisis and support resources within reach, for the patients who disclose a struggle in your exam room, for your staff and colleagues, and for yourself. Here is a current list for Montgomery County. If someone is…
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Montgomery Cares Goes Before the County Council on October 22
Montgomery Cares, the county’s safety net program that funds primary care for low-income, uninsured adults, will be in front of the County Council’s Health and Human Services Committee on October 22, when Kathryn Kelly, M.D., presents on behalf of the program. Dr. Kelly is the current MCMS Vice President, co-chair of the MCMS Public Health…
