SMA Announces the 2012 Healthcare Summit

The Southern Medical Association (SMA) announces its 2012 Healthcare Leadership Summit, November 16-17, in the capital of the healthcare industry – Nashville, Tennessee.


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EMR Use Among Rural/Urban Alabama Family Medicine Physicians

This podcast was recorded by Melanie Tucker, PhD, as a supplement to the February 2012 Southern Medical Journal article she co-authored,


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SMA President-Elect Gary Delaney, MD, Honored by SCMA

The Southern Medical Association (SMA) would like to congratulate SMA President-Elect Gary Delaney, MD, for his year of service as the 150th President of the South Carolina Medical Association (SCMA).


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May is National Trauma Awareness Month

The 2012 campaign is “Decide to Drive: Arrive Alive! ” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posts latest unintentional injury death statistics among persons aged 1-19 years. 


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May is Asthma Awareness Month

May is Asthma Awareness Month, a time for us to consider what we can do better, as individuals and as a nation, in managing one of the most common lifelong chronic diseases.


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Attestation Resources for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program

Are you an eligible professional (EP) or eligible hospital participating in the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program?[i]


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Breaking News: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Announces Delay of ICD-10 until October 1, 2014

In a press release from HHS,  Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a proposed rule which would delay the compliance date for ICD-10 from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014.


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Seven Ways to Protect Yourself from Medical Identity Theft

Medicare fraud affects everyone – not just people with Medicare.


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Medico-Legal Aspects of Health Care: Emerging Policy Issues

The Medico-Legal Aspects in Healthcare: Emerging Policy Issues Conference, held in conjunction with Auburn University’s Physician Executive MBA program, held March 19-21 in Washington, DC provided insight into healthcare reform, the PPACA and the future of medicne.


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PPACA and the SCOTUS

Read SMA President Michael Gosney’s comments on the six hours of oral arguments to be heard by The U.S. Supreme Court beginning March 26 over a three day period.


House Votes to Repeal IPAB

The House of Representatives voted to repeal a provision in the healthcare law that would create the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a 15-member panel with responsibility for controlling Medicare cost growth.


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