Feb. 6, 2025

Thank you to all of the physicians and legislators who gathered at History Colorado last night for Metro Medical Societies Legislative Night. Attendees got  face time with decision makers at the Capitol -- an important part of grassroots involvement. Interested in getting involved in advocacy? Complete our advocacy survey to let us know your areas of expertise and interest.

Our newest member benefit is open for enrollment! Colorado Medical Society members who are actively practicing can enroll in a life insurance + long term care benefit through Transamerica. The policy is simplified issue, so you can enroll and receive coverage with just a few medical questions – no physicals or blood work. Your rates are locked in based on current age, and spouses are eligible to enroll. Enrollment is now open; calculate your cost in seconds on the enrollment page.

For more information, join CMS, with Copic Financial Services Group and Buddy Insurance, for an informational webinar on Thursday, Feb. 13, 12-1 p.m. Register here. Unable to join live? A recording will be available after the event.

On Jan. 31, congressional representatives from North Carolina, California, Iowa, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New York and Washington state introduced the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act. This legislation would prospectively, effective April 1 through Dec. 31, 2025, stop in full the 2.83 percent Medicare pay cut physicians received on Jan. 1, 2025. The legislation also provides physicians with an additional 2 percent payment increase to help reflect rising costs pertaining to running a practice. The American Medical Association (AMA) is urging U.S. House and Senate leadership that this newly introduced legislation should be what is ultimately added to the March 2025 government funding bill. The AMA continues to lobby the Senate to introduce a companion bill. 

When adjusted for inflation, Medicare payment to physician practices has dropped 33 percent since 2001. According to an AMA analysis of data from the Medicare Trustees Report and the Federal Register, Medicare physician payments increased by only 7 percent between 2001 and 2025, or just 0.3 percent per year. Meanwhile, the cost of running a medical practice – which includes everything from office rent and staff salaries to electronic medical records and liability insurance premiums – rose by 59 percent.

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The Ludeman Family Center for Women’s Health Research at CU Anschutz is proud to host the 23rd Annual Women’s Health Symposium on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.. This free event designed to meet the educational needs of health care professionals can be attended in-person or online and offers 4.75 CME and MOC credits. There will be six talks discussing important primary care/family medicine topics and promoting women’s health.

For more information and registration, please visit https://cvent.me/3YrQq7

The 10th Annual Chronic Liver Disease Seminars, jointly provided by the Colorado Medical Society and SC Liver Research Consortium, offer a comprehensive educational series on liver diseases. The program includes nine live events nationwide and an enduring material course, each offering up to 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. The curriculum covers:

The enduring material course launches on Feb. 21, 2025. Live seminars will be held in Louisville, Chicago, Philadelphia, Costa Mesa, Miami, New Orleans, Houston, Cincinnati and Pasadena. Access registration links through the buttons below.

There is still time to share your input on the impact of specific payer practices and why practice owners might enter alternate financing arrangements.

Through a partnership with the American Medical Association, your survey responses will be used to inform how the Colorado Medical Society can best support physicians across different practice arrangements in a time of increased consolidation in health care.

Please take a few minutes to complete the survey if you are an independent practice owner, employee, physician in a private equity (PE) arrangement or former practice owner-turned-employee. 

For the past 10 years, this office has been ideal for evaluating airline pilots and injured workers in a low-volume, by-appointment consulting model. Perfect for a physician with a similar practice. The physician plans to retire when the lease ends on Feb. 28, 2026.

Contact Dr. John Hughes or Cindy Hughes for more information at [email protected] or (303) 798-1210.

Do you have a position open at your practice? Space to sub-let? Selling your practice? Place a job board or classified ad with CMS! Members receive the first month free. Contact [email protected] for more information!