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  • Advocacy
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    • White Coat Day
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    • Legislative Review
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    • BigWins
    • Patient Advocacy
    • Collaborative Practice
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    • Guide to Closing a Medical Practice
    • Council Meeting Highlights
  • Annual Convention
  • CME Education
    • CME Providers
    • CME Handbook
  • Practice Management
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    • Practice Management Updates
    • Theft Scam Prevention
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​eProgress Notes / July 2019


MSMA, KCMS Co-Sponsor Advocacy Event for Physicians
When it comes to healthcare legislation, physicians are heard and respected by their elected leaders. Learn how you can make a greater impact on the medical profession and on patient care by attending Medicine's Muscle: Physician Advocacy 2019, on August 27 in Kansas City. MSMA is proud to co-sponsor this event with Kansas City Medical Society. Details at https://www.msma.org/mm-advocacy.html

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New Member Benefit - Advocacy App
A new MSMA benefit makes it easier for you to connect with your legislators. MSMA has partnered with Phone2Action to give you the opportunity to quickly and conveniently send emails, post Tweets, and place phone calls directly to your elected leaders. The Phone2Action program will connect you directly to your local legislator’s office through phone or email, which makes getting involved in MSMA’s advocacy efforts even easier!
When there’s an issue that impacts the medical profession and patient care, MSMA will notify you via text message. The message will contain a link that, when clicked, sends an email, Tweet, or places a phone call to your state representative or senator.
  1. Sign up to start: Text MOMEDICAL to 52886 (message and data rates may apply)
  2. Watch for notifications on legislation or policy changes
  3. Act (click a link) to connect with your legislators
Physician advocacy is vital to your profession and your patients, and your voice does make a difference. More information at www.msma.org/action.


MO HealthNet Fee Increase
The MO HealthNet Division fee-for-service maximum allowable rates for certain procedures in the Physician Program have been increased, effective for dates of service on or after July 1, 2019.  This increase, contained in House Bill 11, was negotiated throughout the budget process and was passed during the legislative session.  MO HealthNet will reimburse the lesser of either your usual and customary billed charge or the maximum allowable amount for the date of service billed.  To see a list of procedure codes that received the increase, see the attachment to the provider bulletin from DHSS: https://dss.mo.gov/mhd/providers/pdf/bulletin42-10.pdf.


SHINE of Missouri: Grant Funding Opportunity
Missouri is the recipient of the Physicians Foundation grant for getting interconnected through the Show Me Information Network Exchange. The grant assists with the interface costs for independent physician practices. There is still funding available and here is how it is being allocated.
Missouri grant allocation plan:
  • Physician groups with signed participation agreements for SHINE will be considered eligible for grant funds.
  • Each group can receive a grant equal to 75% of their interface fees.
  • No group practice will receive more than $10,000 grant allocation.
  • Funds issued on a first-come, first serve basis.
For more information, contact Jonathan Smith, MPH, at jsmith@kammco.com or call 785-232-2224.


QPP Participation: Preliminary 2018 Data
CMS published information on the preliminary participation data for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) during 2018. Key findings include:
  • MIPS participation rates increased between 2017 and 2018 from 95 to 98 percent.
  • Small practice participation increased from 81% to 90% from 2017 to 2018.
  • The number of Qualifying Advanced Payment Model Participants nearly doubled, from 99,076 to 183,306 clinicians from 2017 to 2018.
For more information, go to https://www.cms.gov/blog/quality-payment-program-releases-2017-physician-compare-data-and-sees-increases-clinician.


MPHP and Missouri Board of Healing Arts
Your Missouri Physicians Health Program met with the Board of Healing Arts Impaired Physicians Liaison Committee July 24. Mary Fahey, Kay O’Shea, and Lisa Thomas, MD, represented MPHP. MPHP participates in meetings with the Board to ensure review, discuss and agree on appropriate treatment facilities for Missouri physicians. MPHP details are available at: www.themphp.org.


MSMA On the Road
  • Advocacy Training
The MSMA advocacy team has been traveling the state this spring/summer, offering legislative session summaries, fielding questions about the legislative process, and offering predictions on topics we may see in the future. MSMA’s lobbyists have already enjoyed visiting with the Tri-County Medical Society in Washington, the Northeast Missouri Medical Society in Hannibal, the Medical Group Management Association in St. Louis, and the Boone County Medical Society in Columbia. If you’re interested in visiting with us, we would love to come see you! Contact Jeff Howell at jhowell@msma.org or Heidi Geisbuhler at heidi@msma.org if you would like to schedule a legislative update for your group this summer or fall.
  • Buchanan County Medical Society
Buchanan County Medical Society will host a membership dinner program with MSMA Lobbyists Jeff Howell and Heidi Geisbuhler providing an update on the 2019 legislative session on Sept. 4 at the Benton Club with a lecture on 3D mammography beginning at 6:30 pm. For more information, please email hwansing@msma.org.
  • West Central Medical Society
West Central Medical Society will host a membership dinner on Aug. 29 at the Nevada Country Club, at 6:30 pm, with MSMA President James DiRenna, DO, and Ms. Geisbuhler presenting. For more information, please email hwansing@msma.org.
  • Greene County Medical Society
Alliance Doctors’ Day Dinner Program
Thursday, September 26 / Social 5:45 p.m.    Dinner Program 6:30 p.m. / Darr Agricultural Center – William H. - Christopher S. Bond Learning Center / 2401 S Kansas Expwy, Springfield MO
Program: (1.5 hours of CME credit) - Physician Wellness:  Recognizing trauma in patients and ourselves; building resilience
Speakers: Dena Wisner Hubbard, MD, FAAP, Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine, Children’s Mercy Kansas City Assistant Professor of Pediatrics UMKC and Kayce Morton, DO, FAAP, Pediatric Hospitalist, CoxHealth, Springfield
For more information, email Cathy Leiboult, GCMS Executive Director, at director@gcms.us.
  • Boone County Medical Society
Boone County Medical Society hosted its second annual Family Fishing Day on June 29 at Jefferson Farm and Garden in Columbia. More than 40 people attended the event, where fishing, exploring the farm grounds and a barbecue lunch were part of the fun.
MSMA District 5 Councilor Lisa Thomas, MD, will give a presentation and update on the Missouri Physicians Health Program at the Boone County Medical Society meeting on Sept. 3. Dr. Thomas is the medical director for MPHP and also serves on the BCMS Board of Directors. All BCMS members and their guests are invited. Click here for more information and to RSVP to attend.

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