The Weekly Dose           Bexar County Medical Society

Week of  March  29, 2015

Vol. 4, No.  29



 

BCMS is in the news: 

click here

to read about our new building.

Future BCMS home

 

Photos of the March 30

groundbreaking at the new BCMS

office building

will be in next Sunday's Weekly Dose newsletter, on the BCMS website later this week, and in the May issue of San Antonio Medicine. 



 

TRENDING TOPICS

 

U.S. House of Representatives passes bill to repeal SGR and extend funding for CHIP

Senate to take up bill upon return from Easter break

  

By Mary E. Nava, MBA

Chief Governmental and 

Community Relations Officer 

 

On a resounding 392-37 margin, the U.S. House passed HR 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, last Thursday, March 26. 

 

HR 2 would eliminate the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula immediately and extend funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for two years.  The bill was sent to the Senate, but unfortunately, the Senate adjourned for the two-week Easter recess, without further action on this bill.

 

A big THANK YOU to all the BCMS members who contacted their representatives in Congress to urge their vote to pass this bill in the U.S. House.  Thirty of Texas' 36 members of the U.S. House voted for the measure.

 

President Obama has stated he will sign the bill if it gets to his desk.

 

To read a statement from TMA President Dr. Austin King, click here.

 

For local discussion on this and other legislative advocacy topics, consider joining the BCMS Legislative and Socioeconomics Committee by contacting Mary Nava.

 

 

SAVE THE DATE

 

BCMS General Membership Meeting

May 7

 

Security Service Federal Credit Union  

corporate headquarters

16211 La Cantera Parkway

San Antonio 78256

 

sponsored by

 

 Details coming soon!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTHSCSA STUDENT TMA/AMA/BCMS (TAB) MEMBERS ADVOCATE FOR GME 

 

Medical students observed Save GME Advocacy Week with daily themes and activities this week. They invite medical society physician-members to learn more about their efforts.    

 

For more information, click here.

 

 

 

 

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

 

BCMS supports a Circle of Friends

sponsor at the platinum level 

 

 

For information, click here.

 

Circle of Friends web logo 

 

Platinum-level Circle of Friends sponsors contribute $10,000

or more to BCMS annually. 

 

Support our sponsors;

our sponsors support us!

 

Thank you to our BCMS Circle of Friends sponsors! This information is sent on behalf of a valued sponsor at the platinum level, but it is not an endorsement.

Donations from Circle of Friends sponsors help keep down the cost of dues and allow BCMS to continue to provide quality service to its members.

The society continues its pledge to you and only will involve itself in services and programs that benefit you, the member, and your patients.

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

 

BCMS supports a Circle of Friends sponsor

 

 

 

To learn more, click here.

 

Circle of Friends web logo 

 

Support our sponsors;

our sponsors support us!

 

Thank you to our BCMS Circle of Friends sponsors! This information is sent on behalf of a valued sponsor, but it is not an endorsement.

Donations from Circle of Friends sponsors help keep down the cost of dues and allow BCMS to continue to provide quality service to its members.

The society continues its pledge to you and only will involve itself in services and programs that benefit you, the member, and your patients.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 About The Weekly Dose 

  The Weekly Dose is a service of the Bexar County Medical Society.

Some of the suggestions conveyed may not be applicable to your practice today, but the goal is to offer information over time that returns value in excess

of the cost of your membership.

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please submit them to the BCMS Executive Director at steve.fitzer@bcms.org.

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