AMS Member, Paul Seib, MD, Named Section Chief
Congratulations to AMS member, Paul Seib, MD, who was recently named section chief of pediatric cardiology at ACH and UAMS. View full article below from the December issue of Arkansas Medical News. A physician experienced in caring for the most delicate of heart problems has been selected to…
AMS Member Featured in AR Medical News
Dr. Mary Meek, AMS member and Vascular and International Radiologist at UAMS, was featured in the December 2012 issue of Arkansas Medical News. View the full article here.
EPISODES OF CARE
As the second wave of episodes of care begins to develop for the Arkansas Payment Improvement Initiative, AMS wants to continue to direct you to information and resources that are available. The next round of workgroups have already begun and AMS has been instrumental in making sure that…
ABCBS RESPONDS TO EPISODE MODEL CONCERNS
AMS and several physician groups, including representatives of the Arkansas Orthopedic Society, have been meeting regularly with ABCBS officials to work through concerns over their implementation of the Arkansas Payment Improvement Initiative (APII). As a direct result of these discussions, ABCBS has made changes and adjustments, some of…
ELECTION NEWS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
The Arkansas Medical Society would like to congratulate Steve Magie, MD (AMS Immediate Past President) and Deborah Ferguson, DDS (spouse of AMS Past President and current Legislative Committee Chairman, Scott Ferguson, MD) on their election to the Arkansas House of Representatives. Dr. Magie has been assigned to the…
MEDICAID FEES TO INCREASE JANUARY 2013
Beginning January, 2013, state Medicaid programs must begin paying physicians more for providing primary care services. The Affordable Care Act boosts traditionally low Medicaid rates to Medicare levels for 2013 and 2014 for certain primary care services. For Arkansas, this will mean rate increases averaging 25 percent or…
AMS Partner athenahealth Earnins Top Rankings
WATERTOWN, Mass.—December 14, 2012— athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), a leading provider of cloud-based electronic health record (EHR), practice management, and care coordination services to medical groups and health systems, today announced that it has earned three #1, Best in KLAS rankings within the 2012 Best in KLAS Awards:…
AMS EVP Speaks Out On Physician Dispensing
Article from Arkansas Business Online - 12/3/2012 Arkansas Medical Society Urges No Appeal in Doctors Selling Drugs Case Until last month, the Arkansas Medical Society stayed out of a fight between the Arkansas State Medical Board and doctors who want to sell prescription drugs out of their offices.…
Dr. Robert Hopkins Featured
Dr. Robert Hopkins, AMS member and Journal Editorial Board member, was featured as the physician spotlight in the November 2012 issue of the Medical News of Arkansas. Congratulations Dr. Hopkins and thank you for the work you do on the Journal. View Article
UAMS Digital Library Now Features the AMS Journal
The digital collections website of the UAMS Historical Research Center recently announced the addition of a new digital collection containing page images and searchable text from journals published by the Arkansas Medical Society from 1870 to 1922. You may view the collection here: http://hrcdigitalcoll.uams.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/JAM. Consulted frequently for biographical research,…
FDA Drug Alert Issued for Xeljanz
An important FDA-approved Drug Alert for XELJANZ affecting Rheumatologists, Infectious Disease, Family Medicine/General Practice, Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine physicians was published on November 20, 2012. This PDR® Drug Alert was delivered electronically to all Arkansas Medical Society members within these specialties who are registered with PDR® Network. View…