“Meaningful Use” of Your Time: The BOG AM Events
Denis C. Lafreniere, MD, BOG, Chair-Elect The BOG helps members understand the changes coming to healthcare The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (2010), and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (2009) present us as providers with challenges as we consider the move to the not-yet-fully defined future of medicine. The Board of Govenors (BOG) is working to represent our members and provide information as the issues of healthcare reform come to the fore in our individual states and regions. The BOG has been working this year to update local society representatives on issues, such as the implementation of electronic medical records and achieving meaningful use criteria. The AAO-HNSF 2012 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO will take place September 9-12 in Washington, DC, in the midst of election-year excitement. Your BOG is poised to provide you with opportunities to become informed on myriad issues that may influence our professional futures. The BOG committee meetings begin on Saturday, September 8, and will be open to all members. The meetings will address regulatory, legislative, and third party payer issues that will affect all of our practices. The BOG’s Socioeconomic & Grassroots Committee is working to improve regional representation nationwide. Regional reports will be presented from society representatives on timely issues, such as maintenance of certification and maintenance of privileges and licensure. The Legislative Representatives Committee will report on legislative and political issues that have an influence on national policy and local legislation that may influence not only the state where the legislation is proposed, but possibly other states, too. BOG member societies can learn from our colleagues in other states. When a particular state deals with a legislative issue, such as scope of practice expansion, they will often share their experience to help resolve another society’s local issues. The BOG General Assembly will meet on Monday, September 10, and we encourage all local society governors, legislative representatives, and public relations representatives to attend. The BOG elections will occur during this meeting. One of the highlights of the annual meeting for the BOG will be the miniseminar on Tuesday, September 11. The miniseminar, “Hot Topics,” will focus on the changing landscape of the practice of medicine in the era of healthcare reform. The future development of Accountable Care Organizations will have a significant influence on the house of medicine. The relationship between the hospital and physician will undergo a lot of change as new healthcare reform regulations are implemented. Key federal healthcare regulations will be highlighted with specific attention to those federal laws that affect our practice of medicine and to how the AAO-HNS and BOG are working to shape these regulations. Raymund C. King, MD, JD, is an otolaryngologist and practicing attorney in Dallas. He has lectured extensively on medicolegal topics and issues related to physician-hospital joint ventures. As portions of the new healthcare law become implemented, hospital-physician joint ventures will be a common trend. Dr. King will present on the legal implications of such alliances. Darlene Burgess is vice president for corporate government affairs in the Henry Ford Health System (HFHS), one of the nation’s leading comprehensive, integrated health systems. In 2010, HFHS had revenues of $4.08 billion with net income of $60.1 million and uncompensated care totaling $200 million. Burgess will discuss how hospitals and physicians can form these joint ventures in ways that are financially feasible for both parties, while providing high-level, quality care to patients. Healthcare accounts for one-sixth of the U.S. economy. Practicing physicians need to understand transformations in healthcare that are influenced by national policy changes. The political dynamics of deficit reduction can have a significant effect on healthcare economics. Joy Trimmer, JD, our Academy’s Senior Director of Government Affairs, will update our group on ongoing legislative issues affecting the practice of ENT. Wendy B. Stern, MD, chair of the Academy’s Media and Public Relations Committee and BOG secretary, will discuss opportunities for our members to participate in shaping the policies to optimize otolaryngologic care in the United States. This year’s annual meeting in Washington, DC, comes appropriately during an election year. The AAO-HNS and your BOG are working to create an educational opportunity that we hope will allow you, our members, to derive “meaningful use” from your time in our nation’s capital.
Denis C. Lafreniere, MD, BOG, Chair-Elect
The BOG helps members understand the changes coming to healthcare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (2010), and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (2009) present us as providers with challenges as we consider the move to the not-yet-fully defined future of medicine. The Board of Govenors (BOG) is working to represent our members and provide information as the issues of healthcare reform come to the fore in our individual states and regions. The BOG has been working this year to update local society representatives on issues, such as the implementation of electronic medical records and achieving meaningful use criteria.
The AAO-HNSF 2012 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO will take place September 9-12 in Washington, DC, in the midst of election-year excitement. Your BOG is poised to provide you with opportunities to become informed on myriad issues that may influence our professional futures.
The BOG committee meetings begin on Saturday, September 8, and will be open to all members. The meetings will address regulatory, legislative, and third party payer issues that will affect all of our practices. The BOG’s Socioeconomic & Grassroots Committee is working to improve regional representation nationwide. Regional reports will be presented from society representatives on timely issues, such as maintenance of certification and maintenance of privileges and licensure. The Legislative Representatives Committee will report on legislative and political issues that have an influence on national policy and local legislation that may influence not only the state where the legislation is proposed, but possibly other states, too. BOG member societies can learn from our colleagues in other states. When a particular state deals with a legislative issue, such as scope of practice expansion, they will often share their experience to help resolve another society’s local issues.
The BOG General Assembly will meet on Monday, September 10, and we encourage all local society governors, legislative representatives, and public relations representatives to attend. The BOG elections will occur during this meeting.
One of the highlights of the annual meeting for the BOG will be the miniseminar on Tuesday, September 11. The miniseminar, “Hot Topics,” will focus on the changing landscape of the practice of medicine in the era of healthcare reform. The future development of Accountable Care Organizations will have a significant influence on the house of medicine. The relationship between the hospital and physician will undergo a lot of change as new healthcare reform regulations are implemented. Key federal healthcare regulations will be highlighted with specific attention to those federal laws that affect our practice of medicine and to how the AAO-HNS and BOG are working to shape these regulations. Raymund C. King, MD, JD, is an otolaryngologist and practicing attorney in Dallas. He has lectured extensively on medicolegal topics and issues related to physician-hospital joint ventures. As portions of the new healthcare law become implemented, hospital-physician joint ventures will be a common trend. Dr. King will present on the legal implications of such alliances. Darlene Burgess is vice president for corporate government affairs in the Henry Ford Health System (HFHS), one of the nation’s leading comprehensive, integrated health systems. In 2010, HFHS had revenues of $4.08 billion with net income of $60.1 million and uncompensated care totaling $200 million. Burgess will discuss how hospitals and physicians can form these joint ventures in ways that are financially feasible for both parties, while providing high-level, quality care to patients.
Healthcare accounts for one-sixth of the U.S. economy. Practicing physicians need to understand transformations in healthcare that are influenced by national policy changes. The political dynamics of deficit reduction can have a significant effect on healthcare economics. Joy Trimmer, JD, our Academy’s Senior Director of Government Affairs, will update our group on ongoing legislative issues affecting the practice of ENT. Wendy B. Stern, MD, chair of the Academy’s Media and Public Relations Committee and BOG secretary, will discuss opportunities for our members to participate in shaping the policies to optimize otolaryngologic care in the United States.
This year’s annual meeting in Washington, DC, comes appropriately during an election year. The AAO-HNS and your BOG are working to create an educational opportunity that we hope will allow you, our members, to derive “meaningful use” from your time in our nation’s capital.