Dr. Stanley M. Aronson
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A Medical Odysseys Book Signing and authors reception was held on December 15. A sizable crowd filled the Lownes Room at the Hay Library and enjoyed refreshments, the speakers program, the opprtunity to meet the authors and to show for support RIMS. |
Exhibit of Treasures from RIMS Collection
Histrorical medical books and devices dating back to the 16th century were displayed
at the Hay Library at Brown from December 15 through January 23. Details, Photos
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| Stroke Care in Rhode island |
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View Program |
Presented by the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
7:15am–3:45pm
Radisson Hotel Providence Airport, Warwick RI |
For more information contact Nia Flick
518-869-4058 or profedgwtg@heart.org |
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| New Medicare payments will vary in 2011 |
Doctors will see changes in the way they are paid for serving Medicare patients starting with January 1 dates of service, although the differences should be subtle for Rhode Island. Read more
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| Medicare payment rates will remain unchanged |
The US House and Senate have both approved a two-month extension of several current policies that affect many millions of Americans and were set to expire on January 1, had both houses of Congress failed act. Read more
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| Webster Bank Webinar: ICD-10 |
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ICD-10 May Affect your Cash Flow, Are you Prepared?
Cash Acceleration and Liquidity Options
Wednesday February 1, 2012
7:30–9:00am
View Flyer |
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| Alpert Medical Students at the AMA House of Delegates |
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Ella Damiano testified in the Reference Committee on behalf of the Medical Students Section at the Interim Meeting of the American Medical Association November 13, 2011 in New Orleans. |
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November 1: Last call for e-prescribing exemptions
before Medicare penalties hit on January 1 |
RI physicians who prescribe for Medicare patients should by now either be well-established electronic prescribers, or they should have secured an exemption. Physicians who do not prescribe electronically for Medicare patients and do not have an exemption will see their Medicare payments reduced by 1% starting January 1. Read more, More information, Medicare exemption requests
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| Drs. Rodriguez and Frazzano receive awards |
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Pablo Rodriguez, MD (left) received the Dr. Herbert Rakatansky Award and Arthur Frazzano, MD (below) received the Dr. Charles L. Hill Award at RIMS Annual Banquet on September 17. More photos
New RIMS officers were inaugurated: President, Nitin S. Damle, MD; President-Elect, Alyn L. Adrain, MD; Vice President, Elaine C. Jones, MD; Secretary, Elizabeth B. Lange, MD; and Treasurer, Jerrry Fingerut, MD.
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| 2011 ACCME Eastern Regional CME Accreditor Conference |
This event, held at RIMS, brought together State Medical Society recognized accreditors from across the country to discuss the national accreditation system and to share best practices for accrediting community-based CME programs. Freda Bush, MD, Past Chair of the Federation of State Medical Boards was guest speaker. Read article |
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| RIMS welcomes Brown's first-year medical students |
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Students Grayson Armstrong and Rahul Banerjee, and RIMS' Megan Turcotte attended the medical school orientation in August to introduce the students to RIMS and encourage membership. Together they welcomed 64 new members. |
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| RI student wins national contest and donates her prize |
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Our state Tar Wars winner, Alana McGuinness, won the national Tar Wars poster contest last week in Washington, DC. It is the first time in RI Tar Wars’ 18-year history that a RI student won the national competition. Alana plans to donate her $2000 prize to her school and to the Tar Wars program. Press release, AAFP article, More photos, WJAR-10 video |
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| AMA House of Delegates meeting, June 18–22 |
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RI Delegates Michael Migliori, MD and Peter Holmann, MD and RIMS executives participated the annual meeting in Chicago. Yul Ejnes, MD spoke about new payment models. More photos, AMA Recap |
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| Annual Bike Helmet Distribution |
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Ursula Laskowski, MD, a pediatric resident at Hasbro Hospital was among the RIMS volunteers distributing helmets and safety gear to RIteCare children on May 14 at the Elizabeth Baldwin Elementary School in Pawtucket. More photos |
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| Tar Wars® Annual Poster Contest |
2011 Tar Wars winners with judges Dr. Alyn Adrian, RIMS Vice President; Donna Policastro, RISNA Executive Director; and Barbara Morse Silva, WJAR-10 HealthCheck reporter.
More photos, Read article
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| RIMS leadership testifies in favor of "I'm Sorry" bill |
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RIMS introduced bill H5255 that would allow health care providers to express sympathy for medical errors or complications and to take corrective action without those responses becoming admissible evidence or an admission of liability in any action taken against the provider. Projo Op-Ed May 24 |
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| Mentally ill often languish in hospital ERs |
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Mentally ill patients may wait in emergency rooms for days before being moved to a psychiatric unit or hospital. Emergency physicians and administrators in RI acknowledge the problem and are seeking solutions.
Read NPR article |
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| Lieutenant Governor Roberts addresses RIMS Council |
On April 4, Lt. Governor Roberts, Chair of the RI Healthcare Reform Commission, discussed the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the need for physicians to provide clinical leadership in that process. Read more
Lt. Governor Roberts' response letter |
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| Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the AMA |
The Affordable Care Act includes many major provisions that are consistent with AMA policy and hold the potential for a stronger, better performing health care system. Many provisions will not become effective until 2014 or later. This will give the AMA, state and specialty societies the opportunity to have maximum input in the regulatory process and to seek further legislative changes. |
Read this summary of the major ACA provisions that are consistent with AMA policy, and the provisions we are working to revise. |
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| Judge finds for the State on provider taxes |
In a case that has ramifications for doctors of all specialties and across the nation, a Rhode Island judge has rejected RIMS’ challenge to the constitutionality of the state’s “surcharges” (provider taxes) on certain medical imaging and ambulatory surgical services. |
Read more, including the full text of the Judgment as well as RIMS' post-hearing Memorandum of Law. |
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