July/August/September 2007
  09/27/2007 AMCNO Joins National, State and Local Organizations Endorsing the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
  09/27/2007 Senate Approves A Delay in the Use of tamper proof prescription pads
  09/27/2007 Senate Committee Has Begun To Draft Bill To Prevent Reduction in Medicare Physician Payments
  09/27/2007 2008 Medicare Participation Enrollment & Fee Schedule Information
  09/27/2007 Preventative Services Brochure Available from CMS
  09/27/2007 UnitedHealthCare launches online claim estimator
  09/21/2007 SCHIP Compromise Bill Unlikely To Include Medicare Revisions
09/21/2007 Governor Strickland Creates Creates A Health Care Information Advisory Panel
09/21/2007 Tamper Resistant Rx Pads Update
09/21/2007 Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
09/21/2007 Health Insurance Premiums Increased by an Average of 6.1 Percent This Year
09/21/2007 NPPES Data & New Data Dissemination Training Module Now Available
09/14/2007 AMCNO Board Responds to Bill Introduced with Intent To Revise Medicare QIO System
09/14/2007 PalmettoGBA Announces New Web Tool
09/14/2007 Updates to Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Edits Now Available
09/14/2007 State Says Information On 66,000 More People On Stolen Data Tape
09/14/2007 GAO Report Finds that CMS Did Not Properly Audit Private Medicare Plans
09/07/2007 Update on Tamper-Resistant Prescription Pads for Medicaid patients
  09/07/2007 AMCNO Asks Congress for Support of Legislation to Delay Implementation of Tamper Resistant Prescription Pads
  09/07/2007 UnitedHealthCare Rolls Out Advance Notification Program
  09/07/2007 UnitedHealthCare Premium Designation Letters On Their Way to Physician Offices
  08/31/2007 Physicians Needed for the 23rd Annual Mini-Internship Program
  08/31/2007 National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) FOIA-Disclosable Data to be Available on September 4, 2007
  08/31/2007 Court Gives Group Access To Medicare Claims Data
  08/31/2007 Tracking Payer Information Technology
  08/24/2007 AMCNO keynotes nationally recognized City Club Forum
08/24/2007 AMCNO responds to CMS Proposed Rule – Physician payment and GPCI calculation at issue
08/24/2007 The Department of Health and Human Services – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Issues Information on Tamper-Resistant Prescription Pads
08/24/2007 Guide to Medicare Preventive Services Now Available
08/24/2007 Medicare Will Not Pay for Preventable Conditions Acquired at Hospitals
08/17/2007 Residents – mark your calendars now for the following FREE seminar
  08/17/2007 Academy of Medicine Education Foundation Golf Outing a Huge Success
  08/17/2007 UnitedHealth Group and Physician Groups to Launch “Medical Home” Pilot Program
  08/17/2007 Medicare Preventive Services Guide Now Available Online
  08/17/2007 North Carolina governor expected to sign medical-malpractice legislation
  08/17/2007 Deadline to make changes to NPI information extended to Aug. 20
  08/17/2007 Physicians may edit and save changes to Medicare enrollment forms electronically
  08/10/2007 Bill Introduced with Intent To Revise Medicare QIO System
  08/10/2007 AMCNO monitoring impact of proposed new law for tamper-proof prescriptions
  08/10/2007 CMS is delaying the deployment of the NPI Registry
  08/10/2007 New Methodology Studied for P4P
  08/03/2007 AMCNO provides testimony to the House Healthcare Access and Affordability Committee
  08/03/2007 House Healthcare Access and Affordability Committee Chairman to provide insight on health care reform concepts on the AMCNO’s Healthlines radio program
  08/03/2007 Ohio Supreme Court Strikes Down Strickland Veto
  08/03/2007 Governor Strickland Chooses Health Care Reform Group
  08/03/2007 Mark R. Chassin, M.D., Named President of The Joint Commission
  08/03/2007 Joint Commission clarifies accreditation policy regarding physician reporting of quality/safety concerns
  07/27/2007 AMCNO physician leadership meets with Director Jones-Kelley from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) and Director Mary Jo Hudson from the Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI)
  07/27/2007 There is still time to complete the AMCNO online member survey!!
  07/27/2007 Protected Health Information – HHS clarified medical privacy data
  07/27/2007 NPI Lookup starts August 1st
  07/27/2007 Physicians Raise Concern about Insurance Company Performance Data
  07/27/2007 UnitedHealthcare to delay quality program in New York and two other states
  07/27/2007 Massachusetts To Revise State Law Mandating Residents Have Health Insurance
  07/27/2007 Senate panel approves Children’s Health Insurance Bill, House proposes different concept, which includes increase for physician reimbursement rates
  07/19/2007 Ohio House Healthcare Access and Affordability Committee to meet in Cleveland – Chairman Raussen to appear on AMCNO Healthlines radio program
  07/19/2007 AMCNO Physician representatives meet with Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
  07/19/2007 Clearinghouses May be Removing NPI information prior to submission of claims to Medicare
  07/19/2007 OSHA unveils flu pandemic guidance
  07/19/2007 CMS Proposes Policy and Payment Changes for Ambulatory Surgery Center (ACS) and Hospital Outpatient Services
  07/19/2007 New Hampshire Lawmakers approve legislation to start up a court ADR Office
  07/19/2007 Florida Arbitration Bill signed into Law
  07/12/2007 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Proposes Policy, payment changes for physician services in 2008
  07/12/2007 Ohio Dept. of Job and Family Services to Speed Up Enrollment in Medicaid Managed Care
  07/12/2007 Medicaid Director Issues Information Regarding Theft of Confidential Data
  07/12/2007 Bureau of Workers Compensation Adds NPI Information to Database
  07/12/2007 Make changes to NPI information before July 16