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U.S. House Passes American Health Care Act 217 to 213. Senate Vows to Start from Scratch Last Thursday, May 4, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the American Health Care Act repealing major portions of the Affordable Care Act, jeopardizing health coverage for millions of Americans and rolling back the expansion of Medicaid. Read More AMA Reacts to ACHA House Vote Read the AMA Statement on House Passage of the American Health Care Act. Read More
American Association of Pediatrics President Fernando Stein, MD, FAAP reacts to the U.S. House of Representatives vote on the American Health Care Act. Last week Anthem announced that it would ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upholding of a lower court ruling halting the proposed $54 billion mega insurance merger between Anthem and Cigna. The decision was seen as a victory for both patients and physicians. Read More
Join your professional colleagues at a day-long conference on the topic of professionalism on Saturday, June 17 in Portsmouth. Read More
See guidance for group practices that intend to use the CMS Web Interface or administer the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers Systems (CAHPS) for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) survey to meet 2017 Quality Payment Program (QPP) requirements. Read More
MaineCare's new Opioid Health Home (OHH) program has begun accepting applications from organizations wishing to be considered for the designation. Group recommends that Secretary Price approve two proposals: Project Sonar and the Episode Grouper for Medicare. Learn more here! Take Advantage of Online Learning Opportunities Offering CME Credits -
Available 24/7 now from the Northern New England Practice Transformation
Network (NNE-PTN) Read More
Weekly MMA Legislative Committee Conference Call Information MMA Legislative Committee Chairs Katherine Pope, M.D. and Stephen Meister, M.D. welcome you to participate in the weekly conference calls of the MMA Legislative Committee. In addition to discussing newly printed bills, MMA staff will report on the status of bills which have come up for public hearing or work session. Read More
Read what happened this past week in the Maine Legislature: hearings, work sessions and more. Read More
It's a great opportunity to meet and talk with your state senator and representative, and maybe even the Governor. Read More
Learn How You Can Be Ready for the E-Prescribing Mandate: Free Webinars on May 10, May 24, and June 7 Join the Maine Medical Association and DrFirst as we discuss
what you need to know to become compliant with opioid prescribing legislation
by the July 1st deadline. Read More
SAVE THE DATE - Friday, May 12th Read More
SAVE THE DATE - May 19-21, 2017 - REGISTER NOW! Read More
Family Medicine Physician - Pittsfield, ME Sebasticook Valley Hospital is seeking a full time Family Medicine
physician to join Sebasticook Valley Family Care a modern practice
located just off I-95 in Pittsfield. Read More
Winthrop Family Medicine in Winthrop, Maine is recruiting a
Family Medicine Physician! Read More
Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency (MDFMR), a community
of allopathic and osteopathic physicians in Augusta, Maine who love to
teach, is seeking a DO or MD Physician to join our faculty. Read More
Waterville Family Practice, a five provider private practice in
downtown Waterville, Maine, is seeking a Family Medicine Physician to
join the all outpatient practice. Read More
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