SSV Medical Society News - 2017 - Volume 6 - Issue 11 - November Dear Colleagues: The Medical Society is hosting a “Celebrate the Season Social” on Tuesday, November 28th at Studio 817 in Sacramento where we will also recognize our volunteer physicians. From the Board of Directors, to committee members, the museum docents, and our SPIRIT physicians, we are grateful to all members who volunteer their time and expertise to advocate on behalf of physicians and patients. The event is almost full, please RSVP here. I hope to see you all there! As always, let me know what your medical society can do for you, radams@ssvms.org. ~Ruenell Adams Jacobs, MD Time to join or renew your SSVMS membership for 2018! Click here to renew and pay online, or contact Megan Sharpe at msharpe@ssvms.org or (916) 452-2671. SSVMS/CMA Events SSVMS Celebrate the Season Physician Social November 28, 2017, Studio 817 Sacramento, Register Here 2018 SSVMS Membership and Awards Dinner January 11, 2018, Save the Date, Hyatt Regency Sacramento, 6:00pm – 8:30pm CMA Webinars are free for members. Click here to explore on-demand webinars. In The News CMA’s Annual Legislative Wrap Up – Available to members only Tulare Hospital Voluntarily Ceases Operations; Lawsuit Continues Highlights from 2017 CMA House of Delegates Sacramento County Influenza Health Advisory House Passes Bill to Repeal Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board Governor Signs CMA Bill That Will Save Physicians Millions in Workers’ Comp Premiums Act Now to Avoid a 4 percent Medicare Penalty in 2019 CMS Releases Final 2018 Quality Payment Program Rule CMS Release Final 2018 Physician Fee Schedule Rule Do You Know What, When and How to Report Child Abuse? Service Spotlight Ruth Haskins, MD is an obstetrician and gynecologist with a practice in Folsom, the Immediate Past-President of the California Medical Association and a volunteer with the SPIRIT Program. Dr. Haskins shares, “I’ve been enriched by volunteering with SPIRIT, providing care...Because it feeds my spirit and fuels my passion as a volunteer.” Read More For more information on volunteering or making a tax deductible donation to SSVMS' community programs, click here. Other Events ACCMA’s East Bay Conversation Project Friday, November 10, 2017, Pleasant Hill, CA, Learn More Here OPSC CME “Understanding and Treating Low Back Pain” Saturday, November 11, 2017, Sacramento, Register Here The OPSC member discount has been extended to members of SSVMS/CMA use code CMA17. UC Davis School of Medicine - 38th Annual Silent Auction and Wine Tasting Benefit Saturday, January 6, 2018, 4610 X Street, Sacramento - Medical Education Building, 5:00pm-10:00pm, Learn More Here Read the November/December issue of the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medicine (SSV Medicine) CLICK HERE Sponsored By: #SSVMSCares #SSVMSTeaches #SPIRITHeals November 5, 2017 2017 - Volume 6 2017 - Volume 6, Issue 11, SSV Medical Society News 0 Comment Read More »