It's Open Enrollment for PPMA Members to Renew or Enroll in OPEIU/Guild 45 Health Plans!
If you are currently enrolled, your coverage election will continue, unless you contact CDS to change coverage; if NOT enrolled, return the proper forms as soon as possible. Group coverage available for Medical, Rx drugs, Dental and Vision benefits. Rates effective Sept. 1, 2020. View new rates, click here: Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
You MUST CALL CDS Administrators to ENROLL or Change Coverage (Click here for ENROLLMENT FORM) or ANSWER any of your questions at 1-877-578-8710
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PPE SOURCE LIST
1. NOTICE: We still do not have a source for N95. We are working on that.
2. For KN95 masks, surgical masks, and other practice requirements:
a. Logistics Plus, an Erie corporation:
https://covidlp.myshopify.com/ or
b. Ovation Medical, contact Dearl Giles,1-800-403-6466, ext. 3147.
3. For Face Shields: Southco/Touchpoint, US headquarters is in Concordville, PA: rcanzanese@touchpointinc.com
4. Members have successfully accessed these sources for PPE: Broad array of PPE and PPE supplies, in inventory as indicated: https://www.dia-foot.com/PPE-Supplies_c_210.html
5. KN95 masks and PPE supplies stock at prices marked https://clinicalsuppliesusa.com/
6. Helpful site to validate the compliance of PPE equipment: This is the link to the 3M PPE validation tool website in order to check if your PPE is legit. https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/worker-health-safety-us/3m-safeguard/
It May Not be Business As Usual But You Can Still Attain Online CE Contact Hours for Renewal
Get your online credits while this opportunity lasts! You can attain a good number of your credits ONLINE since restrictions on the number of CE Contact Hours attained was recently lifted. This is a Licensing Year for Podiatrists (50 CECH by December 31, 2020), and the Goldfarb Foundation’s Online Lecture Library is your best resource for online credits: https://www.goldfarbfoundation.org/Store/Lectures
The SEPT/OCT issue of the PPMA Update Newsletter is packed with great articles on:
Featuring: "Politics, Social Media, and Your Practice"
"Foundation's Clinical Conference Goes Virtual"
"Finding Optimism in the Wake of Coronavirus" and much more!
Check it out by clicking on SEPTOCTnews.
To go to Opioid Education/Complimentary Program through PA Medical Society CLICK HERE
To go to Child Abuse Approved Course Listing CLICK HERE
The latest issue of PPMA's Electronic "Flip-Version" of the PPMA Update Newsletter CLICK: Sept/Oct 2020 PPMA Update Newsletter
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