Upcoming Events Resilient MD Series - Battling Healthcare Burnout and Restoring Resilience Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 6:30-7:30pm | Webinar Register at https://bit.ly/3ERw7JD Join the SCCMA and the Physician Wellness Committee for the second session of our solution-oriented wellness series, Resilient MD. This one-hour session will be led by physician for the NFL Players Association and author, Dr. Thom Mayer. Dr. Mayer believes it didn’t take a worldwide pandemic to make leaders realize that the stresses from working daily at the edge of high performance, coupled with the difficulties of daily living, have produced a crisis of burnout. When job stressors exceed the personal and organizational resilience / adaptive capacity to deal with them, the result is the three cardinal symptoms of burnout: emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and loss of meaning at work. As one of health care’s most respected leaders, Dr. Mayer leads from the front, with passion and purpose, which has led him to develop a pragmatic set of solutions to the burnout crisis for leaders in all businesses. Far from a “touchy, feely” talk, this session resonates with stories from the NFL, businesses, national leaders, and others – all in service of developing personal and organizational resilience. The session also includes a wellness exercise so participants may be fully present and experience a moment of self-care, along with a wellness booster - an action-oriented takeaway you can use personally, with colleagues, and within your practice setting to find joy and meaning in medicine. Registration is free. No Surprises Act - The New Federal Law and Its Impact on California Physicians Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 12:15-1:15pm | Webinar Register at https://bit.ly/3EWAmDV This webinar will introduce the “No Surprises Act,” the federal surprise billing law enacted as part of the 2020 Consolidated Appropriations Act. It will address the impact of the No Surprises Act on physicians in California, including the interplay with AB 72 and other California-level surprise/balance billing protections. We will focus on compliance “essentials,” including when balance billing is and is not permissible; what new notices must be provided to patients; and the new requirement that physicians provide uninsured patients with a “good faith estimate” of the charges for scheduled care. Finally, we will highlight the evolving considerations around the independent dispute resolution process and the notice and consent procedure for obtaining a patient’s agreement to be balance billed. For CMA member's staff: To receive a promo code for free registration, email Becky Paplanus at events@cmadocs.org with your physician's California medical license number.
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CalHealthCares Informational Webinars for Loan Repayment Program Applicants January 20, 2022, 3:00pm (general application) February 1, 2022, 12:00pm (general application) February 18, 2022, 12:00pm (general application) February 3, 2022, 12:00pm (practice support grant application) Register at https://bit.ly/3t2ynLQ CalHealthCares will be hosting informational webinars to assist applicants with the loan repayment program application process. The webinars will provide an overview of the application, important timelines, common errors and the scoring system. The webinars will conclude with a live question and answer session and information on scheduling one-on-one sessions for prospective applicants. Policy and Practice Updates from CMS Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 12:15-1:15pm | Webinar Register at https://bit.ly/3mTswED CMS Regional Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Ashby Wolfe, will provide an overview of current CMS policy as outlined in the 2022 Physician Fee Schedule. She will focus on key updates related to telemedicine, evaluation and management services, and the agency COVID-19 response. AMA National Advocacy Conference February 14-16, 2022 | Washington, D.C. Register at https://bit.ly/3EX9hjI The National Advocacy Conference gives attendees the opportunity to connect with industry experts, political insiders and members of Congress about current federal efforts to improve health care, as well as advocate on crucial health care issues affecting attendees and their patients.
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