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LATEST EDITION OF AMS NEWSBRIEFS RELEASED

The latest edition of AMS NewsBriefs has been distributed via email and printed mail. Members, if you did not receive a copy, please give us a call to update your subscription preferences at 800-542-1058. The full issue is available online in the Publications section as well as excerpts…

How to talk to Congress about the issues

(from AMA Wire) - Members of Congress will be heading home in a few weeks for summer recess to meet with their constituents—now’s the time to make sure you get a seat at the table to make sure your legislators are well-informed on the issues that you care about.…

How to Address ICD-10 Issues

With the Oct. 1 ICD-10 implementation date behind us, the AMA has revised its online ICD-10 information and resources. If physicians experience any problems with the processing of claims or other administrative transactions, they should take the following steps. Medicare: The AMA has created an ICD-10 complaint form,…

Meaningful use attestation deadline extended

Physicians now have an additional three weeks, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on March 20, to attest to meaningful use for the 2014 reporting year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the deadline to allow physicians extra time to submit their meaningful use data. Physicians…

ABCBS and ICD-10 Coding

Representatives from ABCBS and its family of companies have been reaching out to the Arkansas provider community for more than two years about the need to be prepared for ICD-10. They have been offering providers the opportunity to perform ICD-10 testing since mid-2013. Providers are encouraged to test…

SVMIC Becomes Exclusive Sponsor

At the October 31 meeting of the AMS Board of Trustees, the Board approved a new "exclusive sponsorship" agreement with State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company. The AMS requested proposals from five of the major medical malpractice carriers in the state, received proposals from three of those carriers and…

Latest Edition of AMS NewsBriefs Released

Articles from our latest newsletter and other news items can now be viewed in the news section. This edition’s articles include Technical Error Involving PCP Supplemental Payments Yelvington Named New AMS Board Chairman CMS Grants Relief for Stage 3 Meaningful-Use Hydrocodone Drugs Moving to Schedule II Oct 6

Latest edition of AMS NewsBriefs Released

Articles from our latest newsletter and other news items can be viewed in the news section. This edition's articles include: AMS and AMA Seek Intervention to Support Peer Review Fairness Act AFMC Partners with Aledade Credentialing Process Issues AMS' Newest Resource UAMS Receives Funds to Train Primary Care…

VACANCY ON THE ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL BOARD

A vacancy will occur December 31, 2013, on the Arkansas State Medical Board. The Medical Board consists of fourteen members appointed by the Governor for six-year terms. Ten of those members are physicians appointed upon the recommendation of the Arkansas Medical Society representing each of the four congressional…