January 24, 2020

In This Issue

President's Reception on January 30
MIPS Data Submission Period Is Now Open
TMA Elections start on Feb. 1
TMA Legislative Priorities for 2020

President's Reception on Thursday, January 30

Help us celebrate the accomplishments of 2019 and look forward to 2020!

We will install Robin Williams, MD, as our 2020 president and recognize Ralph Atkinson, III, MD, former president of NAM, as incoming chair of the Medical Foundation of Nashville Board.

Join us as we honor both boards of directors, and members who have been practicing medicine for 50 years.

Members, click here to register.

Thank you to our sponsors, First Horizon Private Medical Banking and KraftCPAs, PLLC for making this event possible!

MIPS Data Submission Period Is Now Open

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has opened the data submission period for Merit-Based Incentive Payment System-eligible clinicians who participated in the 2019 performance period of the Quality Payment Program. If you are eligible, you can submit your data until 7 p.m. Central time on March 31.

Follow the steps outlined below to submit your data:

Go to the Quality Payment Program website.

Submit your MIPS data for the 2019 performance period or review the data reported on your behalf by a third party.

If you have any questions, please contact the Quality Payment Program at 866-288-8292, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Central or via email at QPP@cms.hhs.gov.

TMA Elections start on Feb. 1

Check your email next week for details.

Online polls will be open through Feb. 29. Please vote at www.tnmed.org/elections and help these NAM members continue to make the Tennessee Medical Association the voice of all physicians in our state.

TMA President-Elect Candidate:

TMA Board of Trustees Candidate:

TMA Legislative Priorities for 2020

The TMA advocacy team works with state lawmakers and other organizations to achieve members’ legislative priorities as defined by the Legislative Committee, Board of Trustees and House of Delegates. Lobbyists review hundreds of bills each year to identify measures that promote or threaten good healthcare policies. Click here to learn about the 2020 legislative priorities, including:

Scope of Practice
Balanced Billing
Telehealth
Tennessee Professional Privilege Tax

Thank you to
our sponsors:

2020 Board of Directors:

V. Seenu Reddy, MD - Board Chair
Robin Williams, MD - President
Nicole Schlechter, MD - President-Elect
James Powers, MD - Secretary/Treasurer
Michael Beckham, MD
David Duong, MD
Cindy Le, MD
George "Trey" Lee, MD
Lael Luedtke, MD
Gregg Shepard, MD
Richard Soper, MD
M. Kevin Smith, MD
Rodney Lewis, MD
Adrian Rodriguez, MD

Contact Us:

General Inquiries
info@nashvillemedicine.org
Phone: (615) 712-6236

Project Access Nashville
Specialty Care
PANInfo@nashvillemedicine.org
Phone: (615) 712-6237

Rebecca Leslie
Chief Executive Officer
rleslie@nashvillemedicine.org

Nikki Ringenberg
Senior Director
of Membership and Grants
nringenberg@nashvillemedicine.org

Taylor Crawford
Director of Strategic Projects
and Operations
tcrawford@nashvillemedicine.org

Connect with NAM online:

Connect with the
Medical Foundation
of Nashville online: