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A MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO It is hard to believe that another winter is over. The last day to file your tax return was yesterday and with that behind us we now begin to look forward to the summer and a well earned vacation. The state of the economy still creeps into every conversation. We all know people that have been laid off or have lost their job due to their company closing. The stock market appears to have found a bottom and the housing market looks like it is doing or has done the same. We search constantly for some good news. So for the rest of my space here, nothing but good news…I promise: 1) Thank you to the amazing staff in the internal medicine office who dealt with a fire in their building. They never missed a beat with patient care and the medical records were safe and sound in our EMR. 2) Thank you to the folks in the Bally office who put on a yard sale so they can help out a worthy cause 3) Thanks to everyone for wearing their PMSI badge with pride 4) Thanks to everyone for being a “change agent” in healthcare. Only 4% of all medical practices have a fully implemented EMR. We are among the elite! 5) Thanks to the folks in the Pulmonary Department for taking the time to make people laugh on April Fool’s Day. 6) Thanks to everyone who does something for someone and doesn’t let everyone know what they have done. 7) Thanks to Dr. Childs and her staff for wanting to be a part of this organization. We welcome their spirit and desire to make healthcare a better thing. 8) Thanks to Harry Kalas for every “Outta Here!” homerun call he made. The sound of Philadelphia baseball will never be the same. 9) Thanks to the Rheumatology Department for working to open a new office that will provide the highest quality care to the patients of this area 10) Thanks to our patients who put their trust in us each and every day. Now I am sure that someone is reading this wondering why I haven’t mentioned them. The truth is that there isn’t enough room to mention all the good that you do. Take the time to find the good in people. It is everywhere but we have to look a little harder these days. A small random act of kindness goes a long way to make this crazy world a better place. You all make a difference every day and for that, I thank you.
PMSI welcomes a new Internal Medicine practice located in Phoenixville. Dr. Marion Childs has joined PMSI as of 4/1/2009. Dr. Child’s office went live on EMR day one! **************
Please remember to login and check your company email at least twice daily. All company correspondence will now be dispersed through email instead of memos.
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Everyone at PMSI now has picture identification badges. Please make sure you wear them while on duty at PMSI.
****NEW IRS INFORMATION****Withholding Calculator…..The purpose of this application is help employees to ensure that they do not have too much or too little income tax withheld from their pay. It is not a replacement for Form W-4, but most people will find it more accurate and easier to use than the worksheets that accompany FormW-4. You may use the results of this program to help you complete a new Form W-4, which you can then submit to administration. Go to the following website for more information. www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0 You should use the withholding calculator to ensure that the reduced withholding will not result in having too little income tax withheld (possibly causing you to owe taxes next year if:
Ø You are an employee with two concurrent jobs. Ø You and your spouse both work Ø You can be claimed as a dependent on your income taxes
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EMR update! GI is up
and running in Allscripts. Dr. Vaisman is now also on EMR and viewing his
tasks. Ortho has started their training and the EMR team has hopes that they
will be implemented by the end of April. The latest and greatest version of
Allscripts-V11 is scheduled to be implemented the first week of October. We
have to schedule training sessions just as we did with our current version.
The view on V11 is quite different than what we are used to seeing now. As you
all know, we have to convert the entire organization on the same day when we
move over to V11, we do not have the option to go office by office this time.
It will be a brand new installation and promises to be very time consuming for
our IT department and the EMR task team. I am certain that all of you will
have no trouble acclimating to the new system just as you did when we made the
initial move to EMR. You all do a great job.
The Infusion Center and the office of
Dr. Stacey Fitch has moved to 1569 Medical Drive, Suite #202 in Pottstown. The
new phone number in the office is 484-945-0075. You can now call that number
to schedule patients with Dr. Fitch.
Just a reminder, the orthopedic
division of PMSI has expanded recently. Drs. Cooper and Schwartz practice
general orthopedics while Dr. Benjamin Overley is a podiatric specialist in
foot and ankle surgery. You can schedule appointments with the Sports Medicine
Institute at 610-705-3055.
Dr. Gregory Braccia, PMSI’s pain
medicine specialist, is seeing his practice grow! He is seeing patients at
1591 Medical Drive and doing his procedures at the Limerick Surgery Center. You
can reach Dr. Braccia at 610-326-8005.
I hope you have read to the bottom of
the newsletter. As this is the employees’ newsletter it is time to turn it
over to you. We are looking for a small team of reporters and publishers to
put out the quarterly newsletter. This is your chance to write for a major
paper or get that interview with a famous celebrity! Please call or e-mail Debi
Mondik to let her know you are interested.