October 2008 Chapter Email Newsletter

Dear Fellow Indiana ACP Members:

Items in the News:
  1. CMS PQRI Conference Call
  2. CMS Names RAC Contractor for Indiana
  3. Indiana ACP Chapter Meeting - Presentations
  4. Leadership Day
  5. Happy Holidays!

The News in Detail:

CMS PQRI Conference Call

CMS will be hosting another national provider conference call regarding the 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). To find out more details, go to...
Conference Call Link


CMS Names RAC Contractor for Indiana

CMS has name CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia as the Recovery Audit Contractor ("RAC") for Indiana. The RACs will be paid on a contingency fee basis on both the overpayments and underpayments they find. In the past, physician practices were found to be have received "improper payments" when they failed to respond to RAC requests for supporting documentation.

For more information,
CMS
ACP Internist


Indiana ACP Chapter Meeting - Presentations

The Chapter meeting was a great success with more than 200 attendees! It was an opportunity to learn new clinical information, renew friendships, and understand how ACP is trying to reform the health care system. For those who missed or attended the annual Indiana Chapter Meeting, the meeting presentations can be found on the ACP Indiana Chapter website.


Leadership Day

The seventeenth annual Leadership Day on Capitol Hill 2009 will be held on May 19-20 in Washington, D.C. The Chapter will be providing a stipend for a set number of Chapter members to attend Leadership Day. If you are interested in attending, please let me or your Chapter Governing Council representative know. For more information, go to ACP Services.


Happy Holidays!

On behalf of the Chapter's Governing Council and myself, I want to extend the warmest holiday wishes to our Chapter members and their families. May the holidays be a time of happy gatherings with their friends and families.


If you have issues of concern, please contact your local Council member or reply back to this email message. We always welcome any ideas or input and look forward to serving our many members.

Respectfully,

Michael Sha
Indiana ACP Chapter -- Governor
mcsha@iupui.edu

**Please note that although our chapter newsletter and listserv is hosted by IUPUI, all content reflect the viewpoints of the Chapter and the newsletter authors.

[PDF] Acrobat PDF format. Download Acrobat Reader software for free from Adobe. Problems with PDFs?

What's New

Contact Information

Indiana Chapter Governor:
Michael C. Sha, MD, FACP

Shelly Symmes
Chapter Administrator
Ph: 317-261-2060
Email: ssymmes@ismanet.org