10 Rules for Developing Leadership Skills

Date: 1 May 2012 | Comment (0)

Leadership ProgramJoin us Tuesday, May 22 at 6:00PM

ACMS Building
713 Ridge Avenue (Pittsburgh’s North Side)

 

Barriers to effective communication and positive change

  • Identifying Needs
  • Maintaining Change
  • Financial Barriers

Ways to move the “Status Quo” in a positive direction

  • Goal Setting
  • Creating Effective Teams
  • Celebrating Success
  • Creating Positive Work Environments

Leadership Styles

  • Importance of Differing Styles
  • Appreciation of the Styles of Others
  • Blending

Finding Your Passion

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Speaker: Robert Cicco, MD

Dr. Cicco has practiced in Pittsburgh for more than 30 years and is associate director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at West Penn Hospital.

Dr. Cicco is a well-known advocate for children’s health, having published numerous op-ed pieces in support of health insurance coverage for all children.  He has given numerous presentations and public testimony across the country on the issues of parent/professional partnerships, family centered care, humor in the healthcare setting and developing leadership skills.

Join us at 6:00 for networking, appetizers and assorted sliders.

 


Attendance is free but registration is required to ensure we have space for all.

 

Register online at www.acms.org/events or call 412-321-5030 to register by phone.

 

Sponsored by:

Liberty Mutual Insurance USI Affinity

 

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Health Care ID Badge Law

Date: 15 Mar 2012 | Comments Off

Pennsylvania is requiring all physicians and employees who provide direct patient care to wear photo ideSample ID Badgentification badges.  The goal of this requirement is to help patients understand who is providing their care and what level of training their caregiver has received.

 

The ACMS has partnered with Total ID Solutions to provide professionally printed plastic ID badges.  The cost for a ready to wear badge complete with clip is $ 4.95 per badge plus shipping.

Ordering Badges

 

 



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“ICD-10” Practice Impacts and Clinical Documentation Improvement Strategies

Date: 20 Apr 2012 | Comment (0)

Friday, May 11, 2012Implementation of ICD-10 for Physician Offices
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM (Registration begins at 8:00 AM)
ACMS Headquarters

  • Identify areas within a physician practice that will be directly impacted
  • Using real life case samples, discuss key changes with ICD-10 which will enable you to identify and mitigate documentation and workflow issues in the practice
  •  Implications of the ICD-10 delay for providers; opportunities and challenges
  •  Question and answers from your practice

Have a specific questions or a topic you’d like Lara to address? Send it to:
npopovich@acms.org by May7th for inclusion in the program.

Attendance is free for member practices and practice managers, but registration is required to ensure we have space for all.

Register by phone at 412-321-5030 or online at www.acms.org/events

 

Join us at 8:00 AM for hot breakfast selections and an opportunity to network with your colleagues from around the area.

 


 

Presenter:
Lara Brooks

Lara Brooks, CPC, Associate Director in the Practice Economics and Payer Relations division of the Pennsylvania Medical Society provides advisory services in all aspects of practice management, including regulatory, medical policy, coding and reimbursement.

Ms. Brooks has over 20 years of healthcare management experience in both the physician and insurance environments. Prior to joining the medical society in 2008, Lara was a practice administrator for a primary care practice.

 

 

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2012 Medical Office Occupational Health and OSHA Update

Date: 28 Mar 2012 | Comments Off

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 7:30 AM
Allegheny County Medical Society Building
713 Ridge Ave Pittsburgh, PA

Registration Fee $50.00, $45 each additional participant.

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Speakers

Teresa Silvaggio, M.D., MPH
Moderator

Bruce W. Dixon, M.D.
Director
Allegheny County Health Department

Anthony M. Gaglierd
Environmental Health Administrator Allegheny County Health Department

Maria J. Healey, MS
Industrial Hygienist
U.S. Department of Labor/OSHA
Pittsburgh Area Office


Schedule


7:30 am – 8:00 am
REGISTRATION

8:00 am – 9:00 am
BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS
Maria J. Healey, MS

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Occupational Exposure to
Cleaning Products
Anthony M. Gaglierd

10:00 am – 10:15 am
BREAK

10:15 am – 11:15 am
Communicable Diseases:
Impact on the Workplace
Bruce W. Dixon, M.D.

11:15 am – 12:15 pm
OSHA MEDICAL OFFICE UPDATE
Maria J. Healey, MS

 

 

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ACMS Foundation Gala – Photos Available

Date: 26 Mar 2012 | Comments Off

Thank you to all of our wonderful guests.

Photographs from the evening are now available online.

2012 ACMS Foundation Gala Photo Album

 

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ADVOCACY DAY 2012

Date: 23 Mar 2012 | Comments Off

Monday, April 30 – Tuesday, May 1

Join other residents, fellows, and medical students to learn about and discuss key legislative issues that will undoubtedly affect your future by attending the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s (PAMED’s) annual Advocacy Day.

Meet with elected officials in Harrisburg and share your opinions on issues like:

Student loan debt
Fair employment contracts
Growing concern about Marcellus Shale health impacts
The projected shortage of primary care physicians
Why Pennsylvania can’t retain its young physicians


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