| Disaster Preparedness for Your Practice: Are you ready for a hurricane or other major disaster? HCMS has created a downloadable brochure. Please print this out and keep it handy for your office as well as link to this page on your practice Web site. More |
| Scam Alert! CMS has become aware of a scam where perpetrators are sending faxes to physician offices posing as the Medicare carrier or Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC). More |
| BlueCross and BlueShield Settlement: The federal class action lawsuit against the Blue Cross system, including BCBSTX, has settled. More |
H1N1 Flu Updates: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local public health officials are investigating H1N1 influenza cases in people in several U.S. states, including Texas. More
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Red flags rules compliance date pushed to Aug. 1. Largely as a result of AMA advocacy, physician practices now have until Aug. 1 to comply with the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) "red flags" rule, which requires physicians to institute policies to identify, detect and respond to potential risks of identity theft. More TMA Resources
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| Medicaid has posted new information related to Hurricane Ike and Dolly claims processing for uninsured patients. For more information click here. |
| Need extra copies of the 2009 HCMS Pictorial Roster? Click here for an order form |
| TMA lunchtime seminar series: Risk Management. Stay up to date on important issues that affect your practice’s liability risk. More |
| TMA CME seminar in Houston Wed, July 22: “Medical Records-How to Manage Them Properly, Wisely, Safely and Risk Free.” More |
| HCMS President's Page: HCMS President Lewis E. Foxhall, MD, speaks about "A very successful Legislative Session for our patients and organized medicine" in the June 15, 2009 issue of The Harris County Physician Newsletter. More |
| Choose Your News! Select from multiple subjects to be emailed from HCMS Direct. More |
| Discounted Dynamo Tickets for HCMS Members, their families and friends! More |
| State officials have launched a physician loan repayment program as part of their effort to enhance the Medicaid program. More |
Hot Member Benefit—HCMS Newsletter Ads: Want to reach more than 10,000 physicians in the Greater-Houston area? If you are not advertising in the Harris County Physician Newsletter (the official newsletter of HCMS), you should be. The newsletter provides your ad with high visibility from physicians and physicians’ offices at a very low cost—a much lower cost than local newspapers. HCMS members can apply to receive a special low rate for certain noncommercial-approved ads. More
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Medicare Physicians: The Internet-based Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) will allow physicians and non-physician practitioners to enroll, make a change in their Medicare enrollment, view their Medicare enrollment information on file with Medicare, or check on the status of a Medicare enrollment application via the Internet. More
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Health Plan Contact Grid - a consolidated table has been developed with contact information for several health plans. More
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| Medical Home: Post this flyer in your office for your patients. English Spanish |
Houston Physicians Unveil Health Insurance Report Card: More
- Survey Result Graphs - Health Plan Survey Report - View Media Coverage |
| Looking for products/services for your practice? HCMS collects information on companies that serve physicians. Check the Practice Resources section. |
| Texas Medical Liability Trust's Risk Management claim studies: Read monthly claim studies about experiences of real physicians. More |
Do you see uninsured patients? If you have a patient that doesn't have insurance, the Provider Health Network can help you. Endorsed by the Harris County Medical Society. More
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