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Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Course: Waiver Qualifying - July 26, 2017!
Learners will be able to:
- Apply for a wavier to prescribe buprenorphine to their patients with opioid use disorders
- Identify and assess patients who are appropriate for treatment with medications
- Have specific knowledge concerning the use of medications to manage patients with addiction involving opioid use
- Discuss the psychiatric and medical co-morbidities associated with opioid addiction
This course is SAMHSA-supported and meets the requirements needed to obtain the waiver to prescribe buprenorphine in office-based treatment of opioid use disorders.
This is an 8-hour blended course combining 4 hours of online learning followed by 4 hours of live learning. The live portion of the course builds off the content delivered in the online portion. Course faculty are expecting you to come to the live course with the online portion completed.This is an 8-hour blended course combining 4 hours of online learning followed by 4 hours of live learning. The live portion of the course builds off the content delivered in the online portion. Course faculty are expecting you to come to the live course with the online portion completed.
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2017 ASIPP Washington Legislative trip Set for Sept 12-13, 2017
At no other time in the history of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians has it been more important for you, as members, to get involved in our advocacy efforts. Our specialty has been gravely affected by drastic and severe coverage cuts. These cuts so radical, they have hurt more than just our bottom lines; some practices and surgery centers have been forced to close their doors.
The election of President Trump and his appointment of Representative Tom Price as Health and Human Services Secretary and Seema Verma to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have given us some hope and an opportunity to achieve some of our goals, and possibly reverse these cuts retroactively and reinstate the previous reimbursement or even improve reimbursement for 2018.
Now is our chance! Let your voices be heard!
We have scheduled a legislative conference September 12 and 13. To participate in this conference, you must to be in Washington on Tuesday, September 12 in order to attend the preparation session. Wednesday, September 13, we will head to Capitol Hill to hear speeches and meet with Senators and Representatives. Some appointments may continue through Thursday. If you would like to leave on Wednesday, please do not plan on leaving before 6 pm.
Each member is expected to visit two senators and one member of Congress for a total of three visits.
ASIPP will be booking a block of rooms for those who choose to attend. You will be responsible for travel expenses.
Please let us know as soon as possible if you will be attending so that we can begin making the appointments. Contact Kasi Stunson kstunson@asipp.org.
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The Senate Republican Obamacare Repeal and Replace Bill Will Not Reduce the Cost of Health Insurance
At the core of Republican objectives for the "repealing and replacing" of Obamacare is bringing down the cost of health insurance––not just the premiums but the out-of-pocket costs people pay as well.
If implemented, the Senate Republican bill may actually end up increasing costs compared to Obamacare.
Clearly, if Republicans cut $408 billion in current tax credits and other insurance assistance, as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated, someone is going to be getting less and their net cost will be more.
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MACRA shows CMS is all-in on value
The rule gives physicians a break in electronic health record requirements, a reprieve that does not apply to hospitals.
Hospitals waiting for clarity from the federal government now know where they stand on MACRA requirements and a new administration's view of value-based care, according to two experts interviewed. On Tuesday afternoon, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its revised rules for the Medicare Access and
CHIP Reauthorization Act. Since MACRA received wide, bipartisan support when Congress passed it two years ago, it was never threatened when a new administration came to power.
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Secy. Price: HHS Won't Dictate to Docs
Promises flexibility in pushing value-based payment; fee-for-service may remain for some situations
SAN DIEGO -- The Trump administration won't impose a one-size-fits-all strategy on doctors in their transition from volume to value, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price, MD, told a Saturday conference of physicians in accountable care practices. And while payment reform efforts under MACRA, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, are "truly laudable," many challenges remain in standardizing measures of value "when every patient is unique," and doctors practice in widely varying settings and circumstances, he said.
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The Senate Saves the 10th Amendment
The health-care bill would liberate states to bypass ObamaCare rules and better manage Medicaid.
For decades American conservatives have sought to restore meaning to the 10th Amendment, which recognizes the states’ right to manage their affairs free from Washington’s interference. Passing the Republican Senate’s health-care bill would represent historic progress toward that goal. In nearly every state, Medicaid is either the largest or second-largest budget line, as well as the fastest-growing category. Every year state lawmakers, trying to carry Medicaid’s heavy burden, are forced to make difficult choices about what else to cut: education, roads, public safety. Especially frustrating is that state officials have little control over how to manage their Medicaid programs. The 1965 Medicaid law contains dozens of limits on what states can do to avoid waste, fraud and abuse. In the half-century since, Washington has added to that burden with more laws and regulations.
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Department of Justice News
Dr. Anindya Sen and Patricia Posey Sen will pay $1.208 million to resolve state and federal False Claims Act allegations that their medical practice billed Medicare and Tennessee Medicaid (TennCare) for anticancer and infusion drugs that were produced for sale in foreign countries and not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for marketing in the United States, the Department of Justice announced today. Dr. Sen owns and operates East Tennessee Cancer & Blood Center and East Tennessee Hematology Oncology and Internal Medicine located in Greeneville and Johnson City, Tennessee. Mrs. Sen managed Dr. Sen’s medical practice from 2009 through 2012. “Billing for foreign drugs that are not approved by the FDA undermines federal health care programs and could potentially risk patient safety,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Chad A. Readler of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “The Department of Justice is committed to maintaining the integrity of the health care system and ensuring that patient safety, not physician misconduct, determines health care decisions.”
Outbreak Was the Largest Public Health Crisis Ever Caused by a Pharmaceutical Product
The owner and head pharmacist of New England Compounding Center (NECC) was sentenced today to nine years in prison in connection with the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak, the Department of Justice announced today. Barry Cadden, 50, of Wrentham, Massachusetts, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to serve 108 months in prison and three years of supervised release, and forfeiture and restitution in an amount to be determined later. In March 2017, Cadden was convicted by a federal jury of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, mail fraud and introduction of misbranded drugs into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud and mislead.
Mobile, Alabama physician James M. Crumb, a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitative specialist currently practicing as Mobility Metabolism and Wellness, and local neurosurgeon group Coastal Neurological, have collectively paid $1.4 million to settle allegations of
False Claims Act violations through fraud schemes meant to "maximize payment" from Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. The United States filed suit in late December 2015, alleging the Defendants knowingly billed federal healthcare programs for "medically unreasonable and unnecessary ultrasound guidance used with routine lab blood draws, and with Botox and trigger point injections."
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Baby Boomers switch doctors at rate of 35 percent over past two years
Twenty percent of boomer patients are somewhat likely to change physicians in the next few years, following findings that 35 percent have already switched in the last two years, according to results of a new Solutionreach survey. When paired with Morgan Stanley estimates that boomers account for two to three times more healthcare spend than that of millennials, the financial risk for practices is significant. The study, which examines patient-provider communication dynamics across generations, shows that all generations, from boomers to millennials, want more convenient and effective communication options. Currently, 20 percent of boomers, 44 percent of Generation Xers, and 42 percent of millennials are likely to switch practices unless they get it.
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The opioid epidemic is so bad that librarians are learning how to treat overdoses
Philadelphia (CNN)A crowd hovered over the man lying on the grass as his skin turned purple. Chera Kowalski crouched next to his limp body, a small syringe in her gloved hand. Squeeze. The antidote filled the man's nostril. The purple faded. Then it came back. Kowalski's heart raced. "We only gave him one, and he needs another!" she called to a security guard in McPherson Square Park, a tranquil patch of green in one of this city's roughest neighborhoods.
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Former Pharma Reps Recruited by Health Insurers to Cut Costs
HealthDay News — Health insurers are recruiting former pharmaceutical company representatives to educate doctors and help save money on prescription medications, according to a report published in
Kaiser Health News.1 Noting that costs for
prescription drugs have been rising faster than those for any other health segment, health plans and others paying those costs are trying to address the increases. Capital District Physicians' Health Plan (CDPHP), an Albany, NY, insurer, is hiring former pharma representatives and staffing a sales force to develop cost-effective medicine. They have been able to address rising costs of prescription medications, such as Glumetza (
metformin hydrochloride), manufactured by Valeant Pharmaceuticals, which reached a price of $81,270 per year. When CDPHP doctors were informed of the price, most of the 60 plan members who were taking Glumetza were switched to the generic alternative, saving $5 million in one year.
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The Hedgehog or the Fox: Which Doctor Are You?
The fox, as the old story goes, knows many things. She's a generalist. Even when her skill set is only an inch deep, it's still a mile wide. She can see the other side of the argument. She can think outside the box. She's a holistic problem solver. She's a fantastic collaborator. She can strike an empathetic posture. Just ask the hens in the henhouse. The hedgehog, on the other hand, knows one thing — but he knows it well. He's a specialist. He didn't get to the top of his game by accident.
Medical Bag
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Interventional Pain Management Reports is an Open Access online journal, a peer-reviews journal dedicated to the publication of case reports, brief commentaries and reviews and letters to the editor. It is a peer-reviewed journal written by and directed to an audience of interventional pain physicians, clinicians and basic scientists with an interest in interventional pain management and pain medicine.
We would like to invite you to submit research case reports, brief commentaries and reviews to
Interventional Pain Management Reports
Journal. Your article will be published
‘FREE’ of charge.
Led by Editor in Chief: Kenneth Candido, MD, Chairman and Professor, Department of Anesthesiology , Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago, IPM Reports focuses on the promotion of excellence in the practice of interventional pain management and clinical research.
Interventional Pain Management Reports is an official publication of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) and is a sister publication of
Pain Physician.
Interventional Pain Management Reports
Interventional Pain Management Reports is an open access journal, available online with free full manuscripts.
The benefits of publishing in an open access journal that has a corresponding print edition journal are:
- Your article will have the potential to obtain more citations.
- Your article will be peer-reviewed and published faster than other journals.
- Your article can be read by a potentially much larger audience compared with traditional subscription-only journals.
- Open Access journals are FREE to view, download and to print.
So submit today your:
Case Reports
Technical Reports
Editorials
Short Perspectives
Click
HERE to read the Instructions for Authors for article submission
Click
HERE to submit a manuscript
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OHSIPP Meeting
August 25-27, 2017
The Ohio Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (OHSIPP) has set the dates for its 2017 meeting.
Dates are Friday Aug 25 thru Sunday Aug 27, 2017.
The meeting will be held in Cincinnati at the Westin Hotel, 21 E 5th St , at Fountain Square .
Contact Michelle Byers for more information MichelleHByers@gmail.com
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The NIPM-QCDR, a new offering from ASIPP®, is specifically tailored for interventional pain physicians. Your practice can use the NIPM-QCDR to fulfill the 2017 requirements of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
- Meet CMS MIPS mandates for Quality and Improvement Activities
- Receive credit toward Advancing Care Information
- Report on specialty-specific measures developed by ASIPP
- Understand and adjust your 2017 performance to optimize future CMS reimbursement with real-time reports available on-demand
- Be better prepared for CMS quality reporting in future years when penalties and incentives get even larger
- Improve the quality of patient care in the specialty of interventional pain managementLearn more and get started with 2017 reporting by visiting ArborMetrix.com/NIPM-QCDR.
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