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RIMS is challenging the proposed $1090 medical license renewal fee incldued in Governor Chafee's budget. Read RIPR article

This new service provides access to an extensive offering of online CME courses from state medical societies across the country.
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Earn a $50 American Express Gift Card for every new, paid member you bring to RIMS, with no limit to the number of gift cards you can earn.

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human services announced this afternoon that the compliance deadline for replacing ICD-9 with ICD-10 will be postponed again. Read more

On March 1, RIMS President Nitin S. Damle, MD and Past-President Michael Migliori, MD testified before the House Judiciary Committee, along with actor James Woods, in favor of "benevolent gestures" bill H7290.

Doctors will see changes in the way they are paid for serving Medicare patients starting with January 1 dates of service, although the differences should be subtle for Rhode Island. Read more

The US House and Senate have both approved a two-month extension of several current policies that affect many millions of Americans and were set to expire on January 1, had both houses of Congress failed act. Read more

Ella Damiano testified in the Reference Committee on behalf of the Medical Students Section at the Interim Meeting of the American Medical Association November 13, 2011 in New Orleans.

RI physicians who prescribe for Medicare patients should by now either be well-established electronic prescribers, or they should have secured an exemption. Physicians who do not prescribe electronically for Medicare patients and do not have an exemption will see their Medicare payments reduced by 1% starting January 1. Read more, More information, Medicare exemption requests

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"Accountable Care Organizations” (ACOs) have potential to change the health care landscape and may create significant opportunities for some doctors. Read RIMS' preliminary orientation document

Read the AMA online resource ACOs, Co-Ops and Other Options: A Manual for Physicians Navigating a Post-Health Reform World

The Affordable Care Act includes many major provisions that are consistent with AMA policy and hold the potential for a stronger, better performing health care system. Many provisions will not become effective until 2014 or later. This will give the AMA, state and specialty societies the opportunity to have maximum input in the regulatory process and to seek further legislative changes.

Read this summary of the major ACA provisions that are consistent with AMA policy, and the provisions we are working to revise.

In a case that has ramifications for doctors of all specialties and across the nation, a Rhode Island judge has rejected RIMS’ challenge to the constitutionality of the state’s “surcharges” (provider taxes) on certain medical imaging and ambulatory surgical services.

Read more, including the full text of the Judgment as well as RIMS' post-hearing Memorandum of Law.