Don't delay - grab your spot and then start practicing at the driving range for the 9th Annual Physicians Golf Challenge on Monday, September 20! All proceeds benefit the Iowa Medical Society Foundation (IMSF), which provides scholarships to medical students. The format will be a 4-person best shot....
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The "MMWR Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2010" on page 5 states "As in previous recommendations, all children aged 6 months through 8 years who receive a seasonal influenza vaccine...
In his August 19 blog post, AMA President Cecil B. Wilson, MD, talks about the challenges associated with this year's influenza season and the new universal recommendation that was recently introduced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices that...
The CMS Region VII Office in Kansas City offered a Webinar/conference call on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 from 9-11 a.m. regarding the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs. This session targeted eligible Iowa hospitals and professionals interested in learning the specifics of the Medicare and Medicaid...
Physicians and physicians-in-training can learn why it's important to make their own health a priority by attending the AMA-CMA-BMA International Conference on Physician Health 2010, "Physician Health and Resiliency in the 21st Century," which will take place Oct. 3-5 in Chicago.
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The Iowa Medical Society's new Center for Physician Recruitment (IMS CPR) was featured in the August 9 edition of AMNews, which is published by the American Medical Association. With a circulation of over 230,000, AMNews reaches a large national audience of physicians, legislators and their staffs, journalists, state, county and specialty medical societies...
The annual report of the trustees for Medicare, released August 6, reinforces that steep Medicare physician payment cuts are scheduled to take effect in the coming months. With a 23 percent cut set to take effect December 1 and another 6 percent cut slated for January 1, the AMA urges Congress to take...
Join AMA Immediate Past President J. James Rohack, MD, and AMA government relations advocacy fellow Nick Rohrhoff at 6 p.m. Central time on Tuesday, August 17, for an informative webinar about how the Affordable Care Act-the new health system reform law-affects future physicians. Titled "The system...
Senator Charles Grassley recently sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in which he expressed significant concerns with the proposed rule for CY 2011 for the implementation of the statutory mandate to improve the accuracy of the Practice Expense Geographic Practice Cost...
Iowa physicians have new practice standards for using injections and surgeries to diagnose and manage a patient's persistent and intractable pain. The standards are outlined in a new administrative rule, which goes into effect on Wednesday, August 4....
Congressman Bruce Braley recently sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in which he expressed his disappointment with the proposed Medicare physician payment rule and its proposed GPCIs for Iowa physicians. Braley said...
The Iowa Medical Society (IMS) filed litigation today to challenge the Iowa Department of Public Health and the Iowa Board of Nursing for inappropriately expanding the scope of practice of nursing to include the supervision of fluoroscopy.
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The Iowa Medical Society is endorsing an Executive MBA program offered in Des Moines by the University of Iowa Tippie School of Management. This accelerated 24-month program will allow you to maintain your full-time job and earn a prestigious degree...
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