The Weekly Dose Jan. 19, 2020
Important Physician News and Deadlines
· January 24-25, 2020 – TMA 2020 Winter Conference - Register Now · January 31 Deadline – Resolutions for TMA House of Delegates · TMB updates rules for physicians who retire, close or leave a practice · Terminating the patient-physician relationship, Parts 1 and 2 - Videos from TMLT · Half of Women Diagnosed with Heart Failure May Not Be Getting Right Treatment, Study Indicates · New Informed Consent forms for certain procedures · Use New Medicare IDs in 2020 to avoid rejected claims
In This Issue of The Weekly Dose			Circle of Friends – Support Those Who Support BCMS		BCMS Programs and Services
BCMS Auto Program – Free Member Service Last Chance – Reserve Your Spot Today 2020 Installation of Officers LifeBridge Physician Wellness Program Medical Community News & Events			Sol Schwartz & Associates, PC KW Garcia-Ayala International CARR Healthcare Physicians' Purchasing Guide		Auto Program BCMS Calendar BCMS/Favorite Staffing Credentialing Services - BCVI LifeBridge Free Physician Counseling Online BCMS Physician Directory Phone App by BCMS San Antonio Medicine Magazine
BCMS Auto Program - Free Member Service
			The BCMS Auto and Truck Concierge can find your next vehicle. Email phil@bcms.org or call 210-301-4367 to let us know the year, make, model, color and equipment desired. 24/7 Concierge, FREE member service! Wide range of Franchise dealers with New and thousands of Pre-Owned vehicles. The Auto Program always has a cooperating lender offering our Physicians low finance rates – 2.6% financing available to 60 months with approved credit.
Last Chance - Reserve Your Spot Today 2020 Installation of Officers
LifeBridge Physician Wellness Program – Free Member Service
Stressed? Depressed? Just need someone to talk to? Let the BCMS LifeBridge Physician Wellness Program help you! BCMS’s LifeBridge Physician Wellness Program is a free benefit available to all members of the Bexar County Medical Society. Click here to learn more about the program or click here to be linked to BetterHelp.com and start your free 30-day unlimited counseling. All sessions are completely confidential and conducted by Texas-licensed counselors.
Call for Resolutions – Submission Deadline January 31
Do you know an issue(s) facing medicine that should be addressed by the TMA House of Delegates? If so, the issue(s) needs to be submitted to BCMS in the form of a Resolution. As the new year begins, it is time to submit resolutions you would like the BCMS Delegation to TMA to consider. The BCMS Delegation will meet in early February to review resolutions submitted by BCMS members. Resolutions supported by the BCMS Delegation will be submitted to the TMA House of Delegates at TexMed 2020, which will be held May 1-2 at the Omni Fort Worth and Fort Worth Convention Center. A sample resolution form is available at this link. The deadline to submit your resolutions to BCMS is Thursday, January 31. To submit your resolution(s) or learn more about getting involved with the BCMS Delegation to TMA, please contact Mary Nava, chief government affairs officer and delegation liaison at mary.nava@bcms.org.
Community News and Events
· “A Teen’s Life: Looking at Teen’s Lives Through Their Dail Struggles” – New book now available on Amazon by Uchenna Umeh, MD · UHS – Weekly News Digest, January 17 · January 25 – MedDropSA – Safe, easy way to dispose of unwanted medicine. · January 30 – MGMA San Antonio “Practice Management 101 – Inventory Management and Purchasing Controls” · February 7 – San Fernando Cathedral Health Fair Gala – Posthumously Honoring Dr. Jose Benavides, 1984 BCMS President · February 12 – American Heart Go Red for Women Summit and Fashion Show · February 20 – MGMA San Antonio Annual Education Conference
Circle of Friends Gold Sponsors
				BCMS is proud to Welcome Sol Schwartz & Associates, PC as a New Gold Sponsor to our Circle of Friends program.
BCMS is proud to Welcome KW Garcia-Ayala International as a Renewing Circle of Friends Gold Sponsor to our Circle of Friends program.
	Thank you to our BCMS Circle of Friends sponsors! 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.
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