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A message from LARS President, Richard R. Sullivan, MD

Wrongful Termination by John C. Carpenter, Esq.

The service of a summons and complaint on an employer that alleges wrongful termination is every employer’s worst nightmare.  Whether the allegations are true or not, it will require the expenditure of a significant amount of time and money to dispute the allegations, and defend the employer and his business from allegations of wrongful termination.

California Radiological Society, Meeting Notes and Comments

No more Surrogate UPIN's: The surrogate UPIN number OTH000 will no longer be valid as of April 1, 2006; claims submitted with that number will be rejected.  Also:  Updates on Medicare and Medi-Cal; National Provider Identification (NPI) Number and Self-Referral.
Mark M. Yeh, MD, LARS Insurance Committee Chair

Update on New Private Payor Developments from Bob Achermann, Executive Director, CRS

Executive Committee Summary

California Radiological Society Executive Meeting, March 6, 2005 
Submitted by K. W. Chin, MD, FACR, LARS ACR Councilor 

Medicare to Stop Mailing Standard Paper Remittance (SPR) for Those Providers/Suppliers Also Receiving the Electronic Remittance Advice  (ERA)
Submitted by Michael L. Steinberg, MD, FACR, SCROS Insurance Committee

Our Current Ultrasound Topics Dinner lectures are well-attended - are they too well attended?  Some frustrated meeting attendees may think so - but we think there's a sure-fire solution.

Also:   
31st Annual Spring Diagnostic Ultrasound Conference

Women's Imaging
Vascular Imaging
General Ultrasound including abdominal, breast and thyroid topics.
Michelle L. Melany, MD, Program Chair

Summer Seminar in Breast Imaging

July 15, 2006
Location to be determined.  Watch our website for meeting and registration information 

2006 Conjoint Nuclear Medicine & PET/CT Program

Designed to update radiologists, nuclear physicians, radiation oncologists, nuclear technologists and scientists on current techniques and applications in PET/CT, Nuclear Cardiology, Nuclear Medicine evaluation of Thyroid Carcinoma and Pulmonary Embolism, and CT Anatomy of the Head and Neck
Dr. Lalitha Ramanna, Program Chair

Welcome New Members
Congratulations on your retirement

Membership Information
Fillable Membership Applications

Membership Dues:
  As of this date there are 17 SCROS members, 61 Technologists and 113 LARS Physician Members with dues outstanding.  Final invoices will be mailed in a few weeks.  After a short grace period those members with dues outstanding will have their memberships suspended.  Reactivation of membership requires submission of a membership application and approval by the LARS/SCROS Management Committee.  Remember, LARS/SCROS members receive significant discounts to educational events - and the benefits of your volunteer Board of Directors', Continuing Education Committees' and ACR Councilors' expertise and insights in matters of legislative and socioeconomic importance to you, your practice, and your patients. Contact LARS at lars@larad.org if you have questions about the status of your membership.  

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