President Pearls

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Robert Chavez, MDPresident, IEPC Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance Here is my pearl for this month. With regards to out of network payers, the No Surprise Act mandates annual Consumer Price Index-Urban (CPI-U) annual updates to the Qualified Payment Amount (QPA). Each year since the NSA statute was signed into law, the IRS has published an annual … Read More

ACEP Update

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Sandra Schneider, MD FACEP Director of EM Practice at ACEP, the American College of Emergency Physicians Boarding, perhaps one of the biggest threats to our patients and our own burnout, is a major focus of ACEP. ACEP has done a lot to try to ‘fix’ boarding, but little has happened, and the pandemic, with the staff shortages that followed, has … Read More

The AMA-RUC, Revenue Value Scale Update Committee

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Dr. John Proctor, MD, MBA, FACEP, FAAP is an emergency physician and voting member of the AMA RUC, Revenue Value Scale Update Committee. Dr. Proctor gave a presentation and answered questions about the mysterious and all-powerful RUC to IEPC leaders during the February meeting. The RUC was established by the AMA in 1992 and establishes relative values of RVUs for … Read More

Congratulations to the IEPC 2024 Board of Directors!

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The IEPC 2024 Board of Directors took office in January of this year Robert Chavez, MD – President Don Shook, MD – Treasurer Sameer Mistry, MD – Vice President Andrew Fenton, MD – Vice President Mike Gertz, MD – Secretary

2024 IEPC Speaker Series

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Free to All Friends of IEPC! Time & Date: 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM PT on the fourth Monday of each month. Membership in IEPC is not required to attend. Advance registration for the meeting is required. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the call! To receive a registration link, email admin@iepc.org. … Read More

Wooster to Present at the October IEPC Speaker Series

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IEPC is proud to present the 2023 Speaker Series, to continue on Monday, October 23 at 9 AM Pacific! This free speaker series welcomes leaders in the field to cover timely and engaging topics that are important to independent emergency physicians. The sessions will precede each monthly conference call and are open to all IEPC members and those who may … Read More

Gaines to Present at the September IEPC Speaker Series

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Free to all friends of IEPC! IEPC is proud to present the 2023 Speaker Series, to continue on Monday, September at 9 AM Pacific! This free speaker series welcomes leaders in the field to cover timely and engaging topics that are important to independent emergency physicians. The sessions will precede each monthly conference call and are open to all IEPC … Read More