Physicians, medical students and clinic and hospital administrators gathered in Coralville for a weekend of education and networking at IMS 2013: Shape Your Future. The Saturday session included presentations by the Dean of the Carver College of Medicine, Debra Schwinn, MD; Iowa Representative Chip...
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The Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) has released a copy of the state’s 1115 Medicaid Waiver application to implement the Healthy Iowa Plan, as part of the required 30 day in-state public comment period for waivers and amendments to a state’s State Medicaid Plan. Interested parties have until June 17,...
In 2014, a Medicare payment penalty of 2 percent will be applied to individual eligible professionals or group practices participating in the Electronic Prescribing Group Practice Reporting Option (GPRO) if they are not successful electronic prescribers. CMS will automatically exclude from the penalty...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cites longstanding AMA policy that minors need to be protected from the dangers of tanning beds in its new proposed regulations for sunlamps. The proposals are intended to enhance government oversight of these devices and require warnings aimed at discouraging young people under the age of 18 from using them....
This is the fifth year the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) director has designated suspected or confirmed cases of exposure to microcystin (a toxin produced by blue-green algae) as a reportable disease in Iowa to study its occurrence and epidemiology in the state. This designation is in place...
The AMA Wire says a bill in Georgia is the first piece of legislation “to ensure physicians can exercise their clinical judgment without running afoul of medical liability claims based on new federal regulatory guidelines, including those in the Affordable Care Act (ACA).” The law was based...
If you are a student leader and could use some help paying for your medical education, the Iowa Medical Society would like to invite you to apply for a Leadership Award Scholarship through the Iowa Medical Society Foundation (IMSF).
All eligible candidates must be student members of the Iowa Medical...
The Iowa Medicaid Enterprise (IME) has released the results of its second ICD-10 Provider Readiness Survey which was launched in February of this year. Intended to gauge how prepared providers are for transitioning to the ICD-10 code set on October 1, 2014, the survey found a slight increase in...
The American Medical Association (AMA) says the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that implementation of the Phase 2 ordering and referring denial edits has been delayed. The edits, which will deny certain claims if the ordering or referring provider has not either...
The Iowa Department of Public Health says human infections with a newly identified avian influenza A (H7N9) virus continue to be reported in China. The virus has been detected in poultry in China as well. As of April 29, 2013, China had reported 126 confirmed H7N9 infections in humans, among whom 24...
Physicians, nurses, other health care providers along with information technology experts will learn how they can access up-to-date patient health records and qualify for incentives to participate in health information exchange at the 2013 Iowa e-Health Summit. The one-and-a-half-day summit will...
The Iowa Department of Public Health says the American Academy of Pediatrics has published a report on the dangers of the “Cinnamon Challenge,” which involves attempting to swallow a teaspoon of ground cinnamon without drinking fluids. This challenge is growing in popularity among children and adolescents across the country. Cinnamon is...
Victoria Sharp, MD, was installed as President of the Iowa Medical Society at the organization's annual meeting in Iowa City. Dr. Sharp is a clinical professor of urology and family medicine and chief of staff at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. In addition, Jeffrey Maire, DO, Des Moines,...
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