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Medical Society of Sedgwick County, physicians who care...for our patients...our community...and our profession.
Wichita, KS
Joined January 2012
June 2025 MSSC News: prior-authorization survey results; MSSC President Jany Moussa, MD, on the critical shortage of nurses; how Dr Jennifer Thuener's love of horses helps balance work & life; report on local & state decreases in uninsured rates. https://t.co/CKy8PrLbeN
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April 2025 MSSC News: ballot for the election of 2026 MSSC Officers/Board Members; A report on the preparations for a measles comeback amid declining MMR vaccination rates; MSSC President Jany Moussa, MD, urging physicians to help prevent disease. https://t.co/j2o9J1Adn9
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March 2025 MSSC News: the pros & cons of private equity in medicine; member survey results; President Jany Moussa, MD, asking for doctors' help in the fight for prior-authorization reform; Remembrances of the late Terry Poling, MD, & Joseph Stech, MD. https://t.co/AmeYnQsw5Q
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February 2025 MSSC News: March 4 meeting examining private equity & medicine; 2025 MSSC President Dr Jany Moussa on why MSSC leaders go to advocate for the practice of medicine; increased volume of contacts with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in Kansas. https://t.co/LIAZbXXawi
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January 2025 issue of MSSC News: A look at how overdose deaths have declined in Kansas and nationally; 2025 MSSC President Jany Moussa, MD, on his journey to medicine and his 2025 goals; preview of issues before the 2025 Kansas Legislature, https://t.co/Ul8wPrEv54
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Click on the link below for the Highlights 2024 issue of MSSC News. It reviews the Medical Society of Sedgwick County’s news and events of 2024, during which Howard Chang, MD, served as MSSC president. https://t.co/0HTrUYFAzI
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November 2024 MSSC News: Dec. 3 Annual Mtg, with guest speaker Gov. Laura Kelly & recognition of members' leadership roles in state, national & specialty associations; MSSC President Howard Chang, MD, sharing a financial planner's advice for physicians. https://t.co/8faJNMZntz
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September 2024 MSSC News: Suicide Prevention Month update resources; Drs Sweet & Stephanie Kuhlmann to KSBHA; MSSC President Dr Howard Chang - how AI can enhance medical practice; renovation/expansion projects at Ascension Hospitals & Wesley. https://t.co/3qH1id6UQH
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August 2024 MSSC News: Members to download/use the free, HIPAA-certified messaging app Coltrain; 2024 MSSC President Howard Chang, MD, about Gen. Z's impact on healthcare; Reports on proposed '25 Medicare physician payment cuts & SG Co.'s health rankings. https://t.co/VZWqiNPAPJ
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July 2024 MSSC News: social media's impact on youth mental health -the U.S. Surgeon General calls an emergency; invitation to join MSSC affiliate Project Access at its 8/3 fundraiser celebrating 25 yrs of coordinating donated care for vulnerable patients. https://t.co/1U53rfKcQk
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June 2024 MSSC News: Increasing threat of cybercrime to hospitals and physician practices; Legislative successes for healthcare; 2024 MSSC President Howard Chang, MD, about adapting when electronic health records are down. https://t.co/6IxrZ9uftI
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May 2024 MSSC News: FTC's noncompete rule affect physicians; state Legislature's 9% increase in the Medicaid physician fee schedule; MSSC Pres. Howard Chang, MD, hospital boarding, when patients are held in the ER Dept. awaiting an IP bed/outside transfer. https://t.co/399dLgUEJT
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April 2024 issue of MSSC News: "Doc for a Day" event attended by about 60 Black & Hispanic middle & high school students; 2024 MSSC President Howard Chang, MD, about the moral injury experienced by physicians; ballot for 2025. https://t.co/NzcfeJuVLk
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March 2024 MSSC News: A report on how flat or declining reimbursements are causing physicians to limit Medicare patients; A Work-Life Balance story about the sommelier training of Wichita neurologists Bart Grelinger, MD, and Katie Rosell, MD. https://t.co/d4xpZl0yFU
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February 2024 MSSC News: Data showing Kansas’ birth rate at a historic low, though Sedgwick County is bucking the trend. A rundown of state, county, city and private plans to improve mental health services, as discussed at MSSC’s recent meeting. https://t.co/OyEoq6AtzG
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January 2024 MSSC News: 2/6 meeting on mental health resources, discussion of the new psychiatric hospital, COMCARE’s planned downtown move; '24 MSSC President Howard Chang, MD, reminding physicians to take care of themselves as well as their patients.
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Click on the link below for the Highlights 2023 issue of MSSC News. It reviews the news and events of the Medical Society of Sedgwick County’s 120th-anniversary year, during which Maurice Duggins, MD, served as MSSC president. https://t.co/8NapwfJ5oi
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The toys you should never gift to children, according to ER doctors
washingtonpost.com
Water beads, trampolines, rocket launchers and and electric scooters are among the toys that should be kept off the gift list this holiday season.
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Doctors Wrestle With A.I. in Patient Care, Citing Lax Oversight
nytimes.com
The F.D.A. has approved many new programs that use artificial intelligence, but doctors are skeptical that the tools really improve care or are backed by solid research.
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