March 19, 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.
Brochure (subject to change)
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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.
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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).
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Team Effort in the House to Overhaul Health Care |
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Three powerful House committee chairmen have agreed to work together on legislation to overhaul the health care system, starting with the view that most employers should help finance coverage and that the government should offer a public health insurance plan as an alternative to private insurance (Pear, The New York Times, March 17, 2009).
The New York Times |
No job, no bill: Physicians tell how they help longtime patients struggling during recession |
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The six-physician ob-gyn practice of K. Anthony Shibley, MD, noticed an unusual scheduling pattern. Whenever a corporate layoff was announced, a surge of patients suddenly wanted to move up appointments or schedule them before their insurance ran out (Caffarini, amednews.com, March 17, 2009).
The suburban Minneapolis practice decided it wanted to assure patients that it wouldn't abandon them in their time of need. So it is letting all 10,000 of them know that if they are laid off and lose their insurance, they can get one free preventive visit and one Pap smear per year until they get another job and insurance. Experts say for the cost of a few visits, physicians can build up long-term loyalty that will pay off when hard times end.
amednews.com |
Stimulus bill puts burden on physicians to tell patients of data breach |
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Sending a letter to patients to notify them of a data breach in your office is more than just a nice thing to do -- it's becoming something you must do (Caffarini, amednews, March 17, 2009).
The recently passed stimulus legislation -- the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- includes language that requires any physician office that has discovered a breach involving unsecured data to notify by letter every affected patient. The requirement is the same whether records are on a computer or in paper form. You have until 60 days after discovering the data breach to let patients know it happened.
amednews.com |
Admissions for Prescription Painkiller Abuse on Rise |
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Admissions for treatment of prescription painkiller abuse in the United States have risen dramatically over the past decade, from 1 percent of all substance abuse admissions in 1997 to 5 percent in 2007, according to a government report released Tuesday (U.S. News & World Report, March 17, 2009).
U.S. News & World Report |
Oregon lacks prescription monitoring program |
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A Senate bill would establish a state system, which Washington also lacks Thirty-eight states have some form of prescription monitoring program to curtail abuses, but Oregon and Washington are not among them. Washington began developing a program last July but scrapped it this year because of its budget crisis. Oregon lawmakers are pushing a bill this session to set up a monitoring program, noting that the state ranks among the top 10 for prescription drug abuse per capita and fourth in the nation in prescription drug abuse by teenagers. Oregon Senate Bill 355 would require pharmacists each week to put the names of patients, doctors and prescribed drugs into a central database, which could be accessed only by prescribers and dispensers of controlled substances (Bernstein, Oregon News, March 14, 2009)
The Oregonian |
Industry expert says P4P movement needs leadership |
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The healthcare industry broadly agrees that payment reform is key to healthcare reform, according to the keynote speaker at the National Pay for Performance Summit (Enrado, Healthcare Finance News, March 12, 2009).
The questions, however, are whether pay-for- performance, or P4P, will result in better value and who will lead the movement, said Robert Galvin, MD, director of Global Healthcare for GE Corp.
Healthcare Finance News |
Obama selects city health official Sharfstein for FDA post |
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President Barack Obama has tapped city health commissioner Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein to be deputy commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. "Dr. Sharfstein has been recognized as a national leader for his efforts to protect children from unsafe over-the-counter cough and cold medications," Obama said this morning in his weekly radio address. "And he's designed an award-winning program to ensure that Americans with disabilities had access to prescription drugs." (Brown, Baltimore Sun, March 14, 2009)
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois says membership is slipping for first time in 25 years |
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, the state's largest insurer, has announced its business may not grow for the first time in 25 years. The top executive at the insurer said the recession and rising number of unemployed consumers will lead to losses in the number of health plan subscribers. Illinois Blue Cross, which grew its enrollment 2%, to 7.3 million plan members, last year from 2007, did not say how much it expected its membership to decline (Japsen , Chicago Tribune, March 12, 2009).
Chicago Tribune |
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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