Pima County is facing a severe shortage of physicians. The Pima County Medical Society Board of Directors knows that if this situation does not change, the quality of healthcare in our community will be severely challenged. Recent closing of several…
Metrics There is no perfect way to pay for the work a physician does. Fee for service payments can lead to increased utilization and a flat salary can lead to poor productivity. The search for better payment strategies has led…
Among the many changes wrought by the pandemic and its aftermath, one of the most noticeable changes is that people are angrier. Reactions to minor issues or inconveniences are beyond what is rational. We not only see videos of people…
I cannot believe that my first year of medical school is finally coming to an end. The best part of this last year will definitely be going to Washington D.C. on behalf of U of A's AMA-MSS chapter and speaking…
When I started medical school almost a year ago, I had no idea what to expect. All I knew was that medical school was going to be challenging. I also understood that I was one step closer in my mission…
Major changes to AHCCCS and KidsCare occurred on April 1st. During the COVID public health emergency, Arizona did what it could to keep as many people as possible covered with health insurance. The state did this by (1) allowing everyone…
While bureaucracy and paperwork continue to increase, there are a few items of good news. The first and easiest way to decrease paperwork is to join the cohort of clinicians who have abandoned the review of systems (ROS). It has been several…
As a physician, I spend a lot of time trying to figure out why things happen. Usually, I think about why the patient has their problem, but other times my mind goes to why we physicians have so much busywork.…
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…
In March of 2020, COVID changed our lives and created chaos. At the time, I was a first-year family medicine resident. I had just found a groove in training and come to love my co-residents as family. I both felt…