October November December 2008
12/26/2008 UnitedHealthCare (UHC) Releases Annual United Health Premium Physician Designation Program Assessment Results
12/26/2008 Joint Commission releases “Hospital of the Future” report
12/19/2008 Better Health Greater Cleveland to Release its Second Community Health Checkup on Diabetes
12/19/2008 Director of Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) resigns
12/19/2008 State Auditor Releases Medicaid Status Report
12/19/2008 Medicare Advantage Plans Costly to Beneficiaries
12/19/2008 Ohio Medicaid May be in Line for Increase
12/19/2008 Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Refiles Rules
12/19/2008 Ohio Supreme Court approves increase in campaign contribution limits
12/12/2008 Center for Health System Change (HSC) releases medical home report
12/12/2008 Senate and House Leaders Review Medicare Physician Pay Issue 
12/12/2008 American Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) releases health care reform proposal
12/12/2008 Obama Says Health IT Included in Economic Stimulus Package
12/05/2008 U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., releases health care reform plan
12/05/2008 Update from the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD)
12/05/2008 The National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) Adopts Rental Network Model
12/05/2008 New Study Shows Most Consumers Still Rely on Word of Mouth for Physician Referrals
12/05/2008 Medicare publishes billing edits to reduce payment errors
12/05/2008 Time Limit for Filing Medicare Claims
12/05/2008 Medicare's Guide to the E-Prescribing Incentive Program is available online
12/05/2008 CDC reports Hib Vaccine Shortage
11/21/2008 AMCNO Participates in the Ohio Health Quality Improvement Summit (OHQIS)
11/21/2008 AMCNO Practice Management Seminar a Huge Success
11/21/2008 Tobacco Report Illustrates the Need for Additional Tobacco Prevention Initiatives in Ohio
  11/10/2008 AMCNO Election Summary
  11/10/2008 The Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & Northern Ohio Physician Charity Care Survey
  11/10/2008 Annual “Vote and Vaccinate” Program Receives Media Coverage
  11/10/2008 CMS Launches E-Prescribing Incentive Initiative
  11/10/2008 Recovery audit contractors' work put on hold
  11/10/2008 CMS Announces Plans to Bolster Quality of Care in Hospital Outpatient Departments
  10/31/2008 AMCNO responds to Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) special study to consider changes to geographic practice cost indices (GPCIs)
10/31/2008 AMCNO meets with Chief Justice Moyer of the Ohio Supreme Court to Discuss Specially Trained Judge Program
10/31/2008 Ohio Supreme Court Renders Decision in Affidavit of Merit Case
10/31/2008 AMCNO Sponsored Resident Program – “The Business Side of Medicine” A Huge Success 
10/31/2008 FTC "red flag" rules delayed until next year
10/31/2008 ICD-10-Clinical Modification/Procedure Coding System Fact Sheet
10/17/2008 AMCNO Spearheads Introduction of Physician Ranking Bill in the Ohio House
10/17/2008 The Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & Northern Ohio Physician Charity Care Survey
  10/17/2008 Banks and Lines of Credit for Physician Practices
  10/17/2008 Sen. Grassley Calls for More Scrutiny of Not-for-Profit Hospitals' Community Benefits after Release of GAO Report
  10/10/2008 AMCNO 2008 Election Guide Is Now Available
  10/10/2008 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health Offers Free CME credits in Cultural Competency
10/10/2008 Guide Released to Help Physicians Make E-Prescribing Transition
10/10/2008 Economic Bailout bill Includes Mental Health Parity Provisions