Welcome to the South Carolina Chapter ACC website. Our vision statement is "To improve the health and well being of South Carolinians through the support of cardiovascular specialists." Use the navigation buttons on the left to access our website. Please feel free to e-mail us if you have any questions or comments. REGISTER TODAY! Registration discounts are about to expire! 17th Annual Joint Meeting of the NC/SC Chapters ACC October 1-3, 2010 Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms, SC Program Co-chairs Michael Gold, MD, PhD, and Peter Zwerner, MD, have put together another exemplary program offering 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Click on ANNUAL MEETING in the left navigation bar for details and to register. CALL TO ACTION: 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule 6/4/2010 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is expected to issue its proposed 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule at the end of this month. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX) is circulating a Congressional sign on letter, urging CMS to include in the proposed rule a phase-in of the cuts for nuclear cardiology services that were part of the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. Urge your Representative to sign on to the Gonzalez letter to CMS by clicking here. In addition, it's critical to ask your Senators to write their own letters to CMS. Click here to ask them to do so now! Since July 1, 2009, you have fought tirelessly to stop the cuts to cardiovascular specialists which have drastically impacted your practices and patient access to quality care. Congress needs to hear from you once again to ensure that CMS understands the impacts of the nuclear cuts on your ability to provide patients with the care they need and deserve. Thank you for your time and your assistance in this effort. SURVIVING THE 2010 CMS CUTS The fight is still on and your participation AND YOUR PATIENTS' is still needed. Your stories and letters are needed. Go to www.campaignforpatientaccess.org/Practices to make a difference. Meanwhile, ACC has put together a Toolkit for Surviving the CMS Cuts. Various tools and resources are available for practices here. STAY UP TO DATE WITH ACC ADVOCACY Please take advantage of the opportunities provided by the ACC's CardioAdvocacy Network (CAN) and the ACC Political Action Committee (PAC) to stay up-to-date on legislative issues and to influence congressional leaders. You can also follow ACC Advocacy on Twitter (@Cardiology) or share your thoughts on health reform at the ACC's online forum, "The Lewin Report." One Stop Shopping for all links advocacy and legislative: www.acc.org/can . CardioSmart is a patient education site of the American College of Cardiology. CardioSmart's mission is to engage, inform, and empower patients to better prepare them for participation in their own care. They are committed to providing visitors to their site with accurate, un-biased information in an advertising-free environment. Contact us: SC Chapter ACC 134 Collin Campbell Beaufort, SC 29906 Tel: 843-252-4709 Email: info@sccacc.org