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April 5, 2007
The FMA E-News is emailed to all members of the Florida Medical
Association semimonthly. The FMA, located in Tallahassee, Fla.,
serves as an advocate for physicians and their patients to promote the
public health, to ensure high standards in medical education and ethics, and
to enhance the quality and availability of health care.
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CMS Announces Contingency Plan for NPI Numbers |
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that it
is implementing a contingency plan for the May 23, 2007 deadline
for NPI numbers. The compliance date is now no later than May
23, 2008.
Click here for more information. |
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Florida Medicaid will continue to use the state license
number to identify the prescriber for prescription drug
claims and will not require the NPI for the prescribing
provider on the claim. The billing pharmacy's NPI will be
required on the claim.
Some state Medicaid programs are adopting the NPI for
prescriber identification which is causing some confusion
for pharmacy providers. "They can continue to use the state
license to identify prescribers for Florida Medicaid," said
Jerry F. Wells, Chief of Medicaid Pharmacy Services.
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The FMA
would like to congratulate Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger
for being elected to serve
as the President of the Florida Society of Addiction
Medicine (FSAM) for the 2007-2009 term. FSAM is a chapter of
the American
Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).
Dr. Wollschlaeger is Chair of the FMA CME Committee. The FMA
and FSAM will be working together to sponsor a seminar on
Opioid Dependence Treatment held during the 2007 FMA Annual
Meeting.
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Earn Up To Six AMA CME Credits |
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Have you seen the latest Florida Medical Association Pain
Management Journal? If not, you may not be aware that you
can earn up to six AMA PRA Category 1 CME creditsTM
while learning to comprehend the process of pain management
as both an art and science. Pain continues to be the chief
complaint in 40% of primary care visits and over 75 million
Americans suffer from chronic, debilitating pain. E-mail
education@medone.org
to receive a complimentary copy of the FMA Pain Management
Journal.
In addition, the American Society of Interventional Pain
Physicians (ASIPP) will be offering Comprehensive Review
Courses in Controlled Substance Management and Coding,
Compliance & Practice Management including competency
certification exams, April 12-17, 2007 in Orlando. For more
information about ASIPP and their review courses, please
click here.
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