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New DEA Training Requirement Upon New/Renewal of DEA License
US DEA Issues New Guidelines for Medication Access and Training Expansion Act (MATE) The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently issued a letter outlining the training that will meet the requirements of the Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act that was passed as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, which is available…
Read MoreMaryland Medicaid Spared by Federal Medicare Physician Payment Cuts
News: For Immediate Release Additional Information Contact: Gene M. Ransom, CEO Office: 410-539-0872 x 3305 MEDCHI APPLAUDS GOV. MOORE’S MEDICAID ANNOUNCEMENT ANNAPOLIS – March 20, 2023 —MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, applauds Governor Wes Moore’s announcement today that he will not be carrying through the Federal Medicare physician payment cuts to the State Medicaid…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Vaccination & Co-Administration of Vaccines
This article is part of MCMS’s 2021 observance of National Immunization Awareness Month. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused physicians to change how they operate to continue providing essential services to patients. Ensuring immunization services are maintained or reinitiated is essential for protecting individuals and communities from vaccine-preventable diseases and outbreaks and reducing the burden of…
Read MoreMaryland Private Payors Banned from Cancelling Individual Policies for Nonpayment for 60 Days
On behalf of the Hogan Administration, Maryland Insurance Commissioner Kathleen A. Birrane has used her emergency powers to prevent health insurance companies from cancelling or refusing to renew individual health benefit plan policies for nonpayment of premiums for the next sixty days. Individual health benefit plan policies that were scheduled to terminate because of unpaid…
Read MoreMaryland Primary Care Program: Apply by July 14, 2020
The Maryland Primary Care Program (MDPCP) is in its second Performance Year and now recruiting for the 2021 Performance Year Three. The MDPCP is a voluntary program open to all qualifying Maryland primary care practices. It provides funding and support for the delivery of advanced primary care throughout the state. The MDPCP supports the overall…
Read MoreCareFirst Specialist Cost Tier Methodology
This webinar on CareFirst’s Specialist Cost Tier Methodology, hosted by MCMS on January 28, 2020, was an action item agreed upon after the initial Q&A session with CareFirst representatives Brian Wheeler, VP, Practice & Payment Transformation and Deb Rivkin, VP, Government Affairs for Maryland on September 10, 2019. The transcript of that meeting is available online.…
Read More5 Complimentary CME Opportunities to Access this Season with 130+ Credits Available
1) Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Conversations Online CME, 2 Credits Available at no cost for MCMS & MedChi members through MedChi’s Web Catalog. We know that it’s important to screen our patients for risky substance use, deliver a brief intervention, and refer them to treatment if indicated. But conversations about substance…
Read MoreInnovative Blood Tests for Early Detection of Cancer Go Worldwide: Connections with Local Physicians and the Medical Society
Dr. Ronald Shore, a dermatologist and member of the MCMS for over 40 years, has had a passion for skin cancer screening to save lives. His practice’s serial screening program recently entered its 28th year with over 3,000 skin cancers detected, but cured in every case due to consistent early detection. His wife Paula assisted him…
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