June 9, 2010
Just 2 weeks until 12th Annual ASIPP Meeting |
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Register today to attend ASIPP's 12th Annual Meeting, June 26-30, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA.
The meeting features three separate sessions focused on the Future of Interventional Pain Management: Evidence-Based Medicine, Comparative Effectiveness, and Practice Management; as well as several prominent speakers including Dr. Roger Chou; Dr. Gabor Racz; Medical Economist CEO, J.D. Kleinke; Founder and President of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review; Deputy Assistant Administrator, and many others.
The meeting also offers a practice management series of presentations, which will cover the essential coding and compliance lectures. This series is ideal for physicians and is invaluable for their staff.
Get out your dancing shoes for Sunday's gala celebration themed An Evening in the Windy City. The evening will start with a cocktail mixer and move right into dinner, a brief business meeting, awards, and then entertainment from comedian and hypnotist, Flip Orley. After this, we will crank-up the fun and begin an evening of socializing, dancing and celebrating.
Then on Monday, politics comes to the forefront with the cosponsored ASIPP and NANS legislative session.
As an added incentive, those who participate in the Capitol Hill sessions will receive a $100 discount on the meeting fee and will be reimbursed for the two-night hotel stay (Monday and Tuesday) required for the Capitol Hill visits. As always special rates are offered to fellows and medical students.
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NANS and ASIPP Join Forces for Legislative Session |
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New this year, the North American Neuromodulation Society and the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians are joining forces to bring to you the 12th Annual Legislative Session.
ASIPP's 12th Annual Meeting turns its focus to Capitol Hill beginning Monday, June 28, and culminating with visits from and to legislators Tuesday and Wednesday, June 29 and 30.
On Monday, June 28, make plans to attend the legislative prep sessions that will arm you with the knowledge and know-how to take our key issues to your legislative leaders. Tuesday morning beginning with breakfast on the Hill followed by visits from several Senators and Representatives.
As an added incentive, those who participate in the Capitol Hill sessions will receive a $100 discount on the meeting fee and will be reimbursed for the two-night hotel stay (Monday and Tuesday) required for the Capitol Hill visits. An additional $50 discount will be given if you register before June 5. As always special rates are offered to fellows and medical students.
All NANS members may register at ASIPP membership rates for the 12th annual meeting and Legislative Session.
For Capitol Hill security purposes, if you plan to attend the Legislative sessions, please inform our office and provide your name and address. This pertains to those who are just coming to the congressional speeches as well as those who will have scheduled meetings with their state's government officials. Call or e-mail Cindy Rogers: 270-554-9412 ext 208 or crogers@asipp.org
You won't want to miss this historical event. With NANS and ASIPP as cosponsors, this year promises to be the best and most productive meeting to date. Register today to secure your place in this event!
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Overtreated: Surgery Too Often Fails for Back Pain |
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WASHINGTON - "Why did they cut you?" The shocking question came from a respected spine surgeon tracked down by Keith Swenson, who was still in severe pain after an earlier back operation.
He didn't know what to believe. Two other surgeons had urged more operations, different ones. And Swenson, who's from Howard Lake, Minn., is far from alone. Even though only a fraction of people with back pain are good candidates for surgery, complicated spine operations are on the rise. So is the hunt for any relief.
Associated Press |
Documentation, Billing, Coding Webinar Tomorrow |
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Make plans today to attend Practical Documentation, Billing, and Coding for Interventional Techniques: A Sensible, Safe Approach from 10 am to 1130 am CST June 10.
This webinar is intended to present interventional pain management specialists, billing and coding personnel, and other health care providers an in-depth review of interventional pain management documentation, billing, and coding.
Dr. Laxmaiah Manchikanti will address the following key points:
- Discuss documentation
- Review practice management topics
- Discuss coding and billing
- Examine compliance issues
Cost for the webinar is $165. The Institute for Medical Studies designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Join Us in Chicago in August: 3 Courses, One Location |
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It's time to make plans to attend ASIPP's Comprehensive Pain Medicine and Interventional Pain Management 2010 Board Review Course to be held in the Windy City August 9-14. Meetings will be held at the Renaissance Chicago Hotel.
Comprehensive Pain Medicine and Interventional Pain Management 2010 Board Review Course August 9-13, 2010 - Chicago, IL Register | Brochure
Comprehensive Review in: Controlled Substance Management August 9-10, 2010 - Chicago, IL Coding, Compliance, and Practice Management August 12-13, 2010 - Chicago, IL Register | Brochure
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Study: Lax Infection Control at Surgery Centers |
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CHICAGO - A new federal study finds many same-day surgery centers - where patients get such things as foot operations and pain injections - have serious problems with infection control.
Failure to wash hands, wear gloves and clean blood glucose meters were among the reported breaches. Clinics reused devices meant for one person or dipped into single-dose medicine vials for multiple patients.
The findings, appearing in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, suggest lax infection practices may pervade the nation's more than 5,000 outpatient centers, experts said.
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Registry Data Point to Diclofenac as Deadliest NSAID |
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Use of diclofenac (Cataflam, Voltaren) is associated with 91% increase in the relative risk of a fatal heart attack or stroke in healthy adults, and the risk was greater at higher doses, Danish researchers reported.
Based on registry data from more than a million users of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) from 1997 through 2005, the two NSAIDs with the greatest increased risk of cardiovascular events were diclofenac and rofecoxib (Vioxx), which was withdrawn from the market in September 2004.
MedPage Today |
Report Second-Guesses Health Reform Laws but Finds Good Bang for the Buck |
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Could health reform laws have been structured differently to enable more than 28 million people to become newly insured by 2016, and spend less federal money? Yes, say RAND Health researchers in a new report.
But the consequence would have been politically messy and infeasible, according to the report.
HealthLeaders Media |
Editorial: The Doctor Payment Follies |
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The formula that is used to pay doctors who treat Medicare patients is producing increasingly absurd results. If it were to be followed this year, doctors would face a 21 percent cut in payments for the tests, procedures, office visits and other services they provide to elderly Americans.
That would be a disaster, driving many doctors to stop accepting Medicare patients. Luckily, nobody is seriously contemplating that. As it has done repeatedly in recent years, Congress is readying a short-term fix that would provide a modest increase in physician fees for the next 19 months.
NY Times |
The Doctor's In-Box |
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The doctor-patient relationship is moving online. With 68% of American adults now using the Internet to search for healthcare information, it's no surprise that many also want digital access to their doctor. Whether they have that option will depend heavily on doctors' ability to get paid for the service.
Online physician consultations, also called e-visits, are already being used to treat patients for non-emergency conditions and to answer questions about minor ailments, symptoms or medications. According to Meredith Ressi, vice president of research at the health information firm Manhattan Research, about 42% of U.S. physicians say they've discussed clinical symptoms online with patients, and more than 9 million consumers report having had e-mail communication with their physician.
LA Times |
Recorded ASIPP Webinars Available |
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If you missed a previous ASIPP Webinar, you can still view it online or order the CD at http://asipp.peachnewmedia.com/store/provider/provider09.php?. If you had previously registered for the webinar and missed it there will be no additional charge and you can view it at your convenience. The pdf document of the powerpoint presentation is also available. If you need help to access the recorded version you can click HERE to contact our customer support team or call us at 1-866-702-3278.
If you did not register previously, you may order the recorded webinar and view it online at your convenience or order the CD. The pdf document of the presentation will be available, as will the CME and/or CEU credit certification.
Each new webinar will be archived for future reference or purchase. Current webinar topics available are:
- Staying Ahead Of Government Enforcement Efforts. Speaker: Vicki Mykowiak, JD
- Evidence-Based Interventional Techniques: An Algorithmic Approach To Keeping It Simple, Safe, and Successful. Speaker: Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, ASIPP CEO and Chairman of the Board
- Coding: Be Prepared for 2010. Speaker: Joanne Mehmert CPC, CCC-PM, ACS-PM
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Open Records Pilot Project Looks To Reinvigorate Patient-Physician Dialogue |
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Allowing patients access to their personal medical records is a decades-old idea that predates electronic medical records. Yet, the idea has yet to catch on.
Susan Frampton, president of Planetree, says the association of patient-centered care healthcare providers has for the last 20 years asked its members to allow patients access to their medical records, but with limited results. Of the 150 acute care hospitals in Planetree, only about 25% have opened their records to patient scrutiny.
HealthLeaders Media |
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