123rd Annual Spring Scientific Convention |
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The 123rd annual Spring Scientific Convention was held in Southfield, Michigan, May 19-22. We would like to thank all of the attendees, speakers, the President and Executive Director of the American Osteopathic Association, and our sponsors for helping the MOA carry on a tradition dating back to 1899.
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AOA CEO Dr. Kevin Klauer, AOA President Dr. Joseph A. Giaimo,
and Dr. Bruce Wolf, AOA Trustee and past-president of the MOA
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) CEO Dr. Kevin Klauer and AOA President Dr. Joseph A. Giaimo, joined in the lectures and events surrounding the MIchigan Osteopathic Association (MOA) Spring Scientific Convention. Visiting various events and mingling with the attendees, each made themselves available to the attendees. Whether it was the lifetime physicians of the 49'ers Club or the Women of Excellence, the AOA certainly made it clear they are eager to stay connected to the MOA.
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Women of Excellence Committee Honors
Dr. Mary Goldman
The 2022 meeting of the Women of Excellence was held in conjunction with the MOA Spring convention. Each year the committee bestows an honor to recognize a female osteopathic physician who has provided exemplary leadership in the field of medicine.
The 2022 Women of Excellence was presented to Mary Goldman, DO.
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"The Women of Excellence Committee is so pleased to honor Mary Goldman, DO as this year's award recipient. She has been an advocate to the profession all her life. She continues to strive to educate the next generation of osteopathic physicians about the distinctiveness of osteopathy and lends her talents in teaching osteopathic manipulative medicine through her continued engagement in education. We are so grateful to her example. She embodies what it means to lead by example. Congratulations Dr Goldman! Thank you for all that you do!"
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MOPAC donations and pledges
Thank you to all who invested in their profession by donating to the Michigan Osteopathic Political Committee (MOPAC) during the House of Delegates and during Spring Convention.
Thank you to all who made pledges and have yet to donate.
For all of those who have not donated—know that donations are down, but unfortunately, the need for political action has not.
(Photo: Former State Rep. and MOA Past President, Dr. Edward “Ned” Canfield visiting MOA Lobbyist Kevin McKinney at the MOPAC booth at the MOA 123rd Annual Spring Scientific Convention)
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Spring Science Research Exhibit Competition
The Michigan Osteopathic Association held the annual Spring Scientific Research Exhibit competition as part of the 123rd Annual Spring Scientific Convention. The competitions provide osteopathic medical students, osteopathic residents, fellows and attending level physicians throughout Michigan an opportunity to present their medical and scientific research. Once again, the quality of the exhibits and oral presentations were amazing and the judges were tasked with divining winners through the extremely close scoring.
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Council of Interns and Residents |
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The Council of Interns and Residents booth at Spring Convention with (L/R) former Intern/Resident Board of Trustee Peter Habib, DO, CIR Events Coordinator Caitlin Flynn, DO, current Intern/Resident Board of Trustee Rebbecca Gorz, DO and Jared Lutsic, MOA Student Liaison.
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Public Health Over Politicians
The Michigan Osteopathic Association collaborated with Public Health Over Physicians (PHOP) to provide support to stop an effort by special interest groups to radically change the Public Health Act, removing decisions on community health from experts to politicians.
This effort failed. It was announced May 31 that Unlock Michigan 2.0 would not be submitting its petition signatures ahead of the required deadline. Michigan law currently authorizes the state health director to declare emergencies when he or she determines that control of infectious disease outbreaks is necessary to protect public health.
"I am glad that the efforts of Public Health Over Politicians (PHOP) was instrumental in leading an educational effort that encouraged voters to reject Unlock Michigan 2.0, which was a reckless and dangerous ballot initiative that would have hamstrung public health orders intended to save lives. I am glad that the MOA and MAOFP supported PHOP and were able to bring the physicians perspective to this effort.
—David Best, DO, Immediate Past President of the Michigan Osteopathic Association
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You have 3 weeks to transition to Blue Cross and BCN’s new provider portal
You need to act now to maintain access to online information for Blue Cross® Blue Shield® of Michigan and Blue Care Network. The last day to access Blue Cross and BCN’s Provider Secured Services and web-DENIS is June 21, 2022. Beginning June 22, these tools will be retired and no longer available.
Here’s how to find the information you need to register and learn how to use Blue Cross and BCN’s new provider portal, Availity Essentials.
Register
After registering, your Availity administrator will need to take additional steps for users to access e-referral and Health e-BlueSM. For more information, go to Blue Cross and BCN’s Register for web tools page and scroll down to Getting access to Blue Cross and BCN tools through our provider portal.
Train
After you’re registered, you can learn how to use Availity Essentials for Blue Cross and BCN one of two ways:
· Within Availity, you can click on Help & Training, then click on Get Trained and enter BCBSM into the search field at the top of the screen.
Get help
Here’s how to find help:
· Call Availity Client Services at 1-800-AVAILITY (282-4548) Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern time (excluding holidays).
· Within Availity, click on Help & Training and then click on Availity Support.
More information
Here’s where you can find it:
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network are nonprofit corporations and independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Availity is an independent company that contracts with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network to offer provider portal services.
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Strategic Partner Career Opportunity Spotlight:
McLaren Health
Team McLaren
Headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, McLaren Health Care is a fully integrated health network committed to quality, evidence-based patient care with locations in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
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The MOA has developed an online Learning Center to deliver CME in a virtual format. Our Spring and Autumn sessions were a tremendous success with over 900 attendees. These sessions can still be accessed, along with other CME sessions, all qualifying for AOA Category 1-A CME credits.
These sessions can be accessed at any time by clicking the link below. Evaluations are within the system and can be taken after you have viewed the program.
NOTE: On demand 2022 Spring Sessions will be available June 15, 2022
On Demand CME programs
Single session CME Credits
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Live Webinar—HIPAA 2022: You've have questions, Coverys has Answers
June 21, 2 to 3 p.m. ET
Although it was first published by the Department of Health and Human Services almost 23 years ago, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule is still resulting in questions, clarifications, and confusion.
Join us and moderator Marlene Icenhower, BSN, JD, CPHRM, as we discuss the common, and not-so-common, questions related to the Privacy Rule with attorneys Elizabeth Kastner and Chris Bennington from Epstein Becker Green. When they’re not taking questions from the audience, our panel members will discuss the Privacy Rule as it relates to minors, sensitive information, and deceased patients. The 2020 Ciox Health decision—and its impact on medical record copying charges—will also be discussed.
This webinar is complimentary to non-policyholders as well—please feel free to share this invitation with your colleagues! No discount code needed.
For questions or comments about the above-mentioned offerings, please call Med-IQ (toll free) at 866.858.7434 or email info@med-iq.com. The education is powered by Med-IQ, Inc., a Coverys company and a leading CME/CE-accredited risk management and clinical medicine education provider. Med-IQ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
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May 19, 2022, saw the passing of William A. Wagner, DO
May 17, 2022, saw the passing of James W. Cole, DO
May 5, 2022, saw the passing of MOA Life Professional, Robert Bakeman, DO
April 21, 2022, saw the passing of MOA Life Professional, Clifford Buchman, DO
March 12, 2022, saw the passing of Victor Gordon, DO
February 20, 2022, saw the passing of MOA Life Professional, Raymond Gadowski, DO
February 7, 2022, saw the passing of Robert Casmer Cyman, DO
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