September 30, 2009
Just a Few Openings Still Available for Documentation for Dummies Course |
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It's not too late to make plans to attend next weekend's Documentation for Dummies course in Memphis, TN. This course offers extensive and detailed sessions on coding for interventional pain management and is an opportunity for you and your staff to gain new information to get answers for your troubling coding questions. Register
This course will be held on Oct. 9-11 in Memphis, TN, at the the historic Peabody Hotel and will focus on the more practical aspects of coding and billing and the correct way to document medical necessity and indications.
The lectures will be given by the most experienced in the field. You will be taken through the proper evaluation and management services and documentation step-by-step process, leading to an algorithmic approach to interventional pain management.
This is a course you can't afford to miss!
Course details can be found online. Brochure
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October Cadaver Course Excellent Prep for ABIPP II |
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Act now to grab one of the last remaining spots available for the October Comprehensive Review Course and Cadaver Workshop in Memphis. This is an excellent course to help you prepare for taking the ABIPP Part II practical examination, which will be offered April 25, 2010 in Memphis, TN.
The course will be held on October 9-11 in Memphis, TN, at the historic Peabody Hotel and the world famous Medical Education and Research Institute (MERI). With the choice of multiple experience levels, this course is ideal for those with more basic skills, desiring to develop new skills to those more experienced who are preparing to take the ABIPP Part II examination.
The ABIPP Part II practical examination will be offered for the first time through ABIPP on April 25, 2010 in Memphis, TN. ABIPP will accept the World Institute of Pain's (WIP) Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) certification as fulfillment of the ABIPP Part II for certification prior to April 2009. A revised application indicating this change is now available on the ABIPP Web site.
Per the request of ASIPP Board Member, Gabor B. Racz, MD, special consideration will be made for the 5 candidates for the FIPP examination this month in Budapest. The examination components will be reviewed and if all the regulations have been followed, this exam will be accepted. Absolutely no FIPP certification issued after September 2009 will be accepted.
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Intrathecal Implantables & Discal Therapies Review Course and Cadaver Workshop |
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Make plans now to attend the Intrathecal Implantables & Discal Therapies Review Course and Cadaver Workshop December 4-6 in Memphis, TN.
This intensive comprehensive review course and intrathecal implantables and discal therapies cadaver workshop will cover all aspects of these techniques providing a comprehensive overview of the subjects, with extensive case discussions and interactions with the faculty. During the 2½ day event, participants will be presented with lectures on both intrathecal implantables and discal therapies. In order to provide a more focused learning experience, you will be provided the opportunity to choose either intrathecal implantables or discal therapies for the hands-on lab.
Whether you have been practicing intrathecal implantables and discal therapies for many years or you are new to the field with basic skills, we are confident you will find this comprehensive review course and hands-on cadaver workshop to be beneficial, as it is essential to learn new and relevant information to survive in the new millennium.
The seminar will be conducted at the Peabody Memphis and the world famous Medical Education and Research Institute ( MERI) in Memphis, TN. Register by November 13 to receive a room discount of $195 per night. Fellows and Residents receive 50% off.
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Health Care Bill - Continue to Write Congress and White House |
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We know most everyone has strong opinions and great fears regarding the pending health care bill. We caution you to pay close attention to the bill; the progress, proposals, and debates.
There are some good aspects to the bill but unfortunately there are many bad aspects that could have dire consequences to our specialty of interventional pain management and the nation in general. Because of this, we urge you to contact Congress immediately and ask your government officials to say "no" to the health care bill as it is currently written.
Once again we have provided you a Capwiz link to send your message. While we provide sample text for those who chose to use it, the letter is editable and you should feel free to change it as you desire. The important thing is to let Congress know how you feel about the bill.
Capwiz link for physicians: http://www.capwiz.com/a sipp/issues/alert/alertid=13785876&type=ML
We also encourage you to get staff, patients and family to get involved. We have provided a link appropriate for non-physicians as well.
Capwiz link for non-physicians: http://www.capwiz.com/a sipp/issues/alert/?alertid=13805151&type=ML |
Senators Reject Pair of Public Option Proposals |
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WASHINGTON - After an intense debate that captured the essence of the national struggle over health care, a pivotal Senate committee on Tuesday rejected two Democratic proposals to create a government insurance plan to compete with private insurers.
The votes, in the Senate Finance Committee, underscored divisions among Democrats and were a setback for President Obama, who has endorsed the public plan as a way to "keep insurance companies honest."
the first proposal, by Senator John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia, was rejected 15 to 8, as five Democrats joined all Republicans on the panel in voting no. The second proposal, by Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, was defeated 13 to 10, with three Democrats voting no.
New York Times |
"The Doctors" TV Show Asking for Show Topics |
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The Doctors," starting its second season, will invite viewers to participate in producing some shows. Viewers logging onto producethedoctors.com will have the chance to tell the show's producers which topics they want covered on the show -- with some of those ideas morphing into actual episodes (based on votes cast by "The Doctors" production staff).
This is an opportunity for the voice of Interventional Pain Management to be heard. Get your family, friends and associates to on online now and ask for shows on proper pain management and prescriptions.
The Doctors |
In Some States, a Push to Ban Mandate on Insurance |
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ST. PAUL - In more than a dozen statehouses across the country, a small but growing group of lawmakers is pressing for state constitutional amendments that would outlaw a crucial element of the health care plans under discussion in Washington: the requirement that everyone buy insurance or pay a penalty.
Approval of the measures, the lawmakers suggest, would set off a legal battle over the rights of states versus the reach of federal power - an issue that is, for some, central to the current health care debate but also one that has tentacles stretching into a broad range of other matters, including education and drug policy.
New York Times |
Stricter self-referral rules may end some physician contracts with hospitals |
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As of Oct. 1, physicians will have to restructure or unwind many hospital arrangements to avoid federal penalties. Some doctors worry patient care will suffer. Sweeping changes to the federal anti-self-referral rules, approved more than a year ago, will take effect Oct. 1, potentially causing many physician-hospital arrangements to fall out of compliance if doctors are not prepared. Being unaware of the Stark law revisions or the structure of a particular deal will not excuse physicians from liability, legal experts say.
"What the changes did was make it much more difficult for physicians and other entities providing designated health services, primarily hospitals, to do joint ventures around hospital services," said Boston attorney Lawrence W. Vernaglia, co-chair of Foley & Lardner LLP's national health care payments, fraud and abuse, and compliance work group. "Stark is a strict-liability statute. So even if you have the most innocent of intentions, you are still subject to the grossest of penalties, as if you meant to violate the law."
Amednews.com |
Challenges to medical liability caps go before Georgia, Maryland high courts |
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High courts in Georgia and Maryland will decide the fate of caps on noneconomic damages in medical liability cases in each state, two of the latest attempts to undo such award limits.
The Georgia Supreme Court case stems from a February trial court decision rejecting the constitutionality of the state's $350,000 cap. Oral arguments began Sept. 15 in Atlanta Oculoplastic Surgery v. Nestlehutt. Maryland's Court of Appeals is set to hear arguments Nov. 5 on whether the state's caps apply only to cases that are arbitrated.
Amednews.com |
GAO: Medicare beneficiaries are getting access to physicians |
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WASHINGTON - Medicare beneficiaries are not having any trouble finding physicians to treat them, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
In the report, released Monday, the GAO found that from 2000 through 2008, Medicare beneficiaries had sustained access to physicians participating in the program, with growing levels of service in some areas of the country
The report follows controversy over physician access, with physicians facing a 21 percent cut in their Medicare reimbursement by January without Congressional intervention. President Barack Obama's proposed health reform plan has included overhauling how physicians are paid under Medicare by eliminating the threat of annual pay cuts and paying physicians for quality of care as opposed to quantity of care.
Healthcare Finance News |
New Orleans Meeting Photos Available |
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The New Orleans meeting photo gallery is now available on the ASIPP web site. Click here to see what an exciting and educational time we had at the Controlled Substance Management and Competency Exam Course: August 11-12, the Comprehensive Review Course in Coding, Compliance and Practice Management and Exam; August 13,14; and the Comprehensive Pain Medicine and Interventional Pain Management 2009 Board Review Course August 11-16.
New Orleans photo gallery |
Illinois Society Annual Meeting Tuesday |
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Less than a week remains to reserve your spot for the Illinois Society of Interventional Pain Physicians' Annual Meeting at Nick's Fishmarket O'Hare in Rosemont, IL, on Tuesday, October 6 at 6 pm. The featured speaker will be Leo Kapural, MD of Cleveland Clinic. Other speakers include Ramsin Benyamin, MD, ASIPP President, and Tim Lubenow, MD, Illinois State Society President.
Click here for more information
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Save the Date: CASIPP Annual Meeting in May |
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Mark your calendar for the California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Annual Meeting May 14-16, 2010 in Santa Barbara.
Join Your CASIPP Colleagues On The American Riviera · Earn CME hours with distinguished faculty · Stay at the storied Biltmore Four Seasons in Santa Barbara, one of the country's most luxurious hotels · Book Now! Special Room Rate for early registrants · For more information contact sbcme2010@aol.com or by phone at 661-435-3473
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