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The Latest on the Senate Republican Health Care Proposal Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has established Friday, July 21 as a tentative deadline for deciding whether the votes are present to pass the Better Care Reconciliation Act. No vote will be held this week because of the absence of Senator John McCain who is at his home in Arizona recovering from a recent craniotomy for removal of a blood clot above his left eye. Read More Maine Quality Counts Taps Larry Clifford as Executive Director Mr. Clifford comes from Penobscot Community Health Care to follow founding Executive Director Lisa Letourneau, M.D., M.P.H. Read More
Join the Maine Medical Association and DrFirst to learn how you can become compliant with the e-prescribing law now that a 31-day grace period has been granted. Penalties will now be assessed on August 1, 2017. Read More
The Maine PMP expects to begin issuing peer reports to opioid prescribers in August. Read More
The Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine has proposed to repeal and replace existing Rule Chapter 1 which governs a number of administrative functions at the Board. Deadline for comments on the proposed changes is 5:00 p.m. July 14, 2017. Read More
MMA's Loan and Trust Committee met this past week and approved over half a million dollars in loans to medical students from Maine. These funds are available from the Maine Medical Education Foundation, a non-profit foundation established by the Maine Medical Association in 1962. Read More
Nominations for the 2017 Mary F. Cushman Award for Exceptional
Humanitarian Service as a Medical Volunteer are due by Tuesday, August
1st. Read More
Take advantage of this opportunity with the Veterans' Administration to thank our veterans in a concrete way for their service and their sacrifices. Read More
See results of recent physician survey conducted by the AMA and KPMG. Read More
A number of physician members and MMA corporate affiliates got together at the Augusta Country Club (in Maine, not Georgia) for this year's MMA Golf Tournament on July 10. The proceeds from the annual tournament benefit the medical student scholarship fund within the Maine Medical Education Trust.
Legislative Report The Appropriations Committee met twice to clear bills from the "Special Appropriations Table" and to vote on several bond issues. Read More
In case you missed our report on the State budget vote, here it is again. Read More
Opioid Prescribing Presentation: Wednesday, July 19 from 5-8:30pm in Auburn 3-hour presentation from 5:00-8:30pm in Auburn, presented by the Maine Independent Clinical Information Service (MICIS) Read More
Feel like you are muddling through MACRA? Attend QPP open call sessions with the New England QIN-QIO. Read More
Spread the word across the country! The Maine Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons will be presenting the 16th Annual Downeast Ophthalmology Symposium at the Harborside Hotel & Marina in Bar Harbor, Maine September 15-17, 2017! Read More
Join us for the 8th Annual Patient Safety Academy! This day-long event is open to anyone interested or engaged in patient safety activities. Read More
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
Discussing memory concerns with your patients can be difficult. Alzheimer's and other dementias are complex, and patients often have a lot of questions and concerns.
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
The Maine Medical Center (MMC) and Maine Medical Partners
(MMP) are seeking an outstanding clinician-leader to serve as practice leader
for the Portland Family Medicine Center. Read More
The Nurse
Practitioner is responsible for providing primary healthcare to patients and
families of all ages, focusing on health maintenance, disease prevention,
patient education and counseling. Read More
Bridgton Hospital, part of the Central Maine Medical Family, seeks a
physician assistant or nurse practitioner to join its well-established
hospitalist program. Read More
Mid Coast Hospital is seeking
a full time Hospitalist to join its established hospitalist service, which is
expanding due to growth. The candidate should be BC/BE in Internal Medicine or Family
Medicine. Read More
Mid Coast Medical Group is
seeking a full time BC/BE Gastroenterologistto join an established Gastroenterologypractice with two Physicians and two Nurse Practitioners. Read More
Mid Coast Medical Group is
seeking a full time BC/BE Ophthalmologistto join an established, comprehensive practice with locations in Bath and
Brunswick, Maine. Read More
Sacopee Valley Health Center has a position available for a
full-time Family Nurse Practitioner to join our provider team. SVHC is a multi-service, progressive, rural
federally qualified community health center located between Portland, Maine and
the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Read More
Western
Maine Family Health Center seeks a BC/BE Family Practice physician to join
three nurse practitioners and a clinical social worker upon the retirement of a
long-term physician. Read More
St. Joseph Hospital, in Bangor, has a full time opening in
our Internal Medicine group (for Ambulatory only practice). Read More
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