PCMS is proud to support the confirmation of Carmen Heredia as Director of Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS). Carmen Heredia serves as the director of Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), Arizona’s Medicaid and CHIP Program, overseeing…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued "Frequently Asked Questions to Ensure Individuals, Issuers and States have Clear Information on Coverage Benefits for COVID-19." This action is part of the broader, ongoing effort by the White House Coronavirus Task…
Banner Health flu experts are “preparing for the worst’’ for the upcoming flu seasons as early flu cases in Australia and even in the U.S. indicate that this season may be worse than others. “We look at Australia, where it…
Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, an international leader in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, will soon begin construction on a new, multidisciplinary memory and research center in Tucson in collaboration with the University of Arizona clinicians and researchers. The…
University of Arizona researchers will go head-to-head for a $10,000 prize on Wednesday, February 13, in a “Shark Tank”-style competition hosted by the UA College of Medicine – Tucson. Innovative ideas will be pitched to a panel of “sharks,” a…
Scott Lick MD is scheduled to become the Pima County Medical Society's next president when new officers and the newly-elected Board of Directors members areinstalled at the January 8, 2019 Board of Directors meeting. He will be joined on the…
Pima County Medical Society member Victoria Murrain, DO, has been appointed deputy dean for diversity and inclusion at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. The appointment went into effect Dec. 3; Dr. Murrain previously held the title of…
The period for turning in ballots for the 2018 Pima County Medical Society Board of Directors and Executive Committee elections has been extended from December 2, 2018 to December 9, 2018. Many of the ballots arrived late to vote-eligible members…
PCMS Vice President Dr. Robert Segal and his wife Anne Segal hosted a reception for University of Arizona President Robert "Robby" Robbins on Saturday, November 3. Approximately 100 guests were in attendance as Dr. Robbins, who practiced as a cardiovascular…
PCMS Members and University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson surgery professors Leigh Neumayer, MD and James McClenathan MD are among 91 surgeons from seven nations selected to the new American College of Surgeons (ACS) Academy of Master Surgeon Educators…