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SBCMS Communications Needs Survey In order to satisfy members' communication needs, we are requesting members to complete our survey on what they value most. Please take a few minutes to complete and return this survey by email or fax. On February 17th President Obama signed HR 1, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, publicly known as the "Economic Stimulus Bill." Included in the bill is $19 billion for the promotion of electronic health records (EHRs), the bulk of which will be in the form of provider incentives. Preparing for E-Prescribing - Explore your Options! Webinars - E-Prescribing and Selecting an EHR Red Flag Rule - FCC voted 4/30/09 to delay implementation until 8/1/2009
CMA Legal Center has prepared a toolkit to assist CMA member physicians with the Red Flag rules.FTC Red Flag Rules - Toolkit
August 30, 2009
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has promulgated a new regulation known as the Red Flag Rule to require most physicians to adopt and implement an identity theft detection and prevention program by May 1, 2009. The program must serve three broad functions: it must (1) identify red flags (i.e. indications of identity theft) that may arise in a physician's practice, (2) establish procedures to detect such red flags, and (3) establish adequate response procedures to the red flags.
