March 12, 2009
Registration Now Open for ASIPP 11th Annual Meeting |
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 The ASIPP Annual Meeting is the premier Educational Forum for Evidence-based Medicine for Interventional Pain Management! This is a first-time opportunity to learn about the importance of evidence medicine as it applies to you, your patients, and your practice. In addition, this year we offer an extensive program that covers the essential elements of practice management including extensive presentation on Billing and Coding. Learn from the experts in these fields; learn about cutting-edge research and the importance of guidelines, IPM techniques as they apply to evidence-based medicine. Discover many important "pearls" for Billing and Coding. Hear how you can run your ASC or office more efficiently through best practices. Interventional Pain Management is continually growing and evolving, and there is no better time to stay abreast of the field and learn about emerging issues.
We welcome and encourage all ASIPP members and guests to attend the 11th Annual Meeting. This program offers something for everyone; physicians, administrators, nurses, educators, etc. We also invite you to attend the ASIPP Business Dinner Meeting on Saturday evening. The night will hold dinner, awards, entertainment, and dancing. Stay through Tuesday to hear our distinguished speakers address how the changing economy and administration will affect healthcare and Interventional Pain Management in particular.
Our host hotel is the Crystal Gateway Marriott , 1700 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Arlington, VA 22202. Phone: (703) 920-3230. When making your reservations ask for the ASIPP discounted rate.
You won't want to miss the 2009 ASIPP Annual Meeting! Join us on June 27-30, 2009, in Washington, DC.
For hotel information and registration, go to the ASIPP Meetings page of our Web site.
Online Registration |
Review Course in Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty and Sacroplasty |
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On May 15-17, 2009, ASIPP will hold a specialty review course and cadaver workshop in Verbebroplasty, Kyphoplasty,and Sacroplasty.
This intensive review course and hands-on workshop is a CME activity designed to prepare physicians seeking credentialing and as an in-depth review of vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty and sacroplasty. The 3-day event is an excellent way to begin learning new skills or to assist you in improving your existing skills.
The course offers an excellent opportunity for educational and professional enhancement. At the conclusion of the course, in addition to your CME certificate, you will receive a certificate of completion.
Accommodations are at the Memphis Marriott Downtown. Call 901-527-7300 or 888-557-8740 and inform your booking agent you are booking under the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians to receive a discounted group rate of $169 per night (discount ends April 23).
Enrollment is limited and the early registration discount price ends on April 23.
Online Registration |
Comprehensive Review Course in Controlled Substance Management |
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Online registration is now open for the Competency Review Course and Examination in Controlled Substance Management. The course will be held in Memphis, TN at the Memphis Downtown Marriott on May - 15-17. The review course will be held on May 15-16 with an optional exam on May 17.
This intensive review course is planned as a CME activity to prepare physicians seeking competency certification and also to provide Interventional Pain Management Specialists and other healthcare providers an in-depth review of the important topic of controlled substance management.
Accommodations are at the Memphis Marriott Downtown. Call 901-527-7300 or 888-557-8740 and inform your booking agent you are booking under the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians to receive a discounted group rate of $169 per night (discount ends April 23).
Online Registration |
Doctor admits pain studies were frauds, hospital says |
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In what may be among the longest-running and widest-ranging cases of academic fraud, one of the most prolific researchers in anesthesiology has admitted that he fabricated much of the data underlying his research, said a spokeswoman for the hospital where he works (Harris, The New York Times, March 10, 2009)
United's variable contract agreement, which the company said was based on a "progressive RVU" methodology, will be replaced April 1 by one based on Medicare's 2008 resource-based relative value scale.
Also read A Medical Madoff
New York Times |
Scope of practice expansions fuel legal battles |
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Physicians combat legislative and regulatory actions they say infringe on the practice of medicine and endanger patient safety.Sorrel, amednews.com, March 9, 2009).
Physicians are going to court to fight what they call an onslaught of scope of practice expansions by a growing number of allied health professionals. Increasingly, the medical profession is mounting legal challenges against state boards and others on issues such as nurse anesthetists performing interventional pain management and podiatrists being allowed to treat ankles as well as feet.
amednews.com |
Doctors fight back against denial by algorithm |
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Facing a technological arms race over billing, doctors score a win over insurers but are nowhere close to even par (Rosenfeld, Miller-McCune, March 6, 2009).
Miller-McCune |
COBRA continuation coverage assistance under ARRA |
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides for a 65% reduction in COBRA premiums for certain assistance eligible individuals for up to 9 months. An assistance eligible individual is a COBRA "qualified beneficiary" who meets all of the following requirements:
Read requirements and more
United States Department of Labor |
AMA to White House: Don't dictate care |
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President Obama is calling for flexibility and compromise from stakeholders in the healthcare reform debate, but the nation's largest physicians' organization warns that any attempts by the federal government to use evidence-based medicine to dictate how physicians provide individualized care would be a deal breaker (Commins, HealthLeaders Media, March 9, 2009).
HealthLeaders Media |
Obama budget chief firm on Medicare Advantage cuts |
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President Obama's budget chief isn't sugarcoating his message to health insurance executives: the party is over. White House Budget Director Peter Orszag said Tuesday the government will no longer overpay companies that offer Medicare Advantage plans, the privately run portion of the government health program for seniors (Perrone, Yahoo Finance, March 10, 2009).
Yahoo Finance |
MRIs may burn patients who wear drug patches |
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Federal health officials have warned that patients who wear nicotine or other drug patches during MRI scans risk burns, because some patches contain tiny metal elements that can be heated by the device's huge magnet. Patients should consult their doctors on whether to replace or reuse patches after removal for scans, officials said. The alert is the latest in a string of safety warnings involving magnetic resonance imaging that have resulted from the unpredictable effects of the strong magnets used in MRI devices (Harris, New York Times, March 6, 2009).
New York Times |
Gupta opts out of surgeon general consideration |
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Sanjay Gupta, MD, a neurosurgeon and CNN's chief medical correspondent, has withdrawn his name from consideration as surgeon general of the United States. Gupta said he would likely have had to give up practicing had he taken the job. In addition, the 39-year-old and his wife are expecting their third daughter any time, and the government job would have meant long periods away from his family, he said. Gupta said that although he had not been formally nominated, he had spoken with senior members of the Obama administration who made it clear he was their choice (CNN, March 6, 2009).
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Wal-Mart plans to market digital health records system |
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Wal-Mart Stores is striding into the market for electronic health records, seeking to bring the technology into the mainstream for physicians in small offices. The company plans to team its Sam's Club division with Dell for computers and eClinicalWorks for software. Wal-Mart says its package deal of hardware, software, installation, maintenance, and training will make the technology more accessible and affordable, undercutting rival health information technology suppliers by as much as half (Lohr, New York Times, March 10, 2009).
New York Times |
Call for Abstracts 2009 |
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The Online Abstract Submission (see step-by- step procedures below) for the 11th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) is now open. The meeting will be held June 27- June 30, 2009 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA.
To be considered for a presentation at the meeting, abstracts must be submitted and completed by the submission deadline of April 20, 2009.
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Visit the ASIPP Web site to find available positions for IPM physicians.
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