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HCMA MedNotes - Elder Abuse Training Must Physicians Must Complete Training before June 30 Reminder to HCMA members who are registered with DEA: June 27 is a key date. After this date, whether you are renewing or this is your first registration with the DEA, you will...

New Mandatory DEA Training Requirement On December 29, 2022, the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act enacted a new one-time eight-hour training requirement for all Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registered practitioners on the treatment and management of...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CMS has extended the deadline to file a 2022 MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) hardship extension until MARCH 3, 2023. The original deadline was January 3, 2023. If physicians feel they have been...

During the period of the Public Health Emergency, the Connecticut Commissioner of Public Health suspended the requirement for medical and other licenses to be renewed. On November 2, 2022, the Commissioner of Public Health, Manisha Juthani, MD, issued an order...

Physicians are facing devastating Medicare payment cuts from regulatory changes enacted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Congress has only a small time left to pass legislation to stave off these harmful cuts. Read More

Physicians complete an average of 41 prior authorizations per week. This amounts to approximately 13 hours each week that physicians spend on administrative work instead of treating patients. If an insurer covers a treatment, physicians should not have to waste time...

Public Health Emergency Extended To October 13, 2022 The U.S. Public Health Emergency (PHE) has been extended through October 13, 2022. CDC data shows that more than half of the country's population lives in a county with a high COVID–19 Community Level, where the...

There are several physicians running for public office in 2022 at both thefederal and state levels. Read More

In addition to the virtual legislative forum held with area state lawmakers in early March 2022, HCMA board members testified on several bills important to the practice of medicine: Dr. Laureen Rubino addressed the Public Health Committee advocating for improvements...

Those physicians who received more than $10,000 in provider relief funds and failed to submit their period 1 report should act immediately. Between Monday, April 11 and Friday, April 22, 2022, at 11:59 pm ET, providers who have not submitted their Period 1 report may...