Join us Tuesday, May 22 at 6:00PM

ACMS Building
713 Ridge Avenue (Pittsburgh’s North Side)

Barriers to effective communication and positive change

• Identifying Needs
• Maintaining Change
• Financial Barriers

Ways to move the “Status Quo” in a positive direction

• Goal Setting
• Creating Effective Teams
• Celebrating Success
• Creating Positive Work Environments

Leadership Styles

• Importance of Differing Styles
• Appreciation of the Styles of Others
• Blending

Finding Your Passion

Speaker: Robert Cicco, MD

Dr. Cicco has practiced in Pittsburgh for more than 30 years and is associate director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at West Penn Hospital.

Dr. Cicco is a well-known advocate for children’s health, having published numerous op-ed pieces in support of health insurance coverage for all children.  He has given numerous presentations and public testimony across the country on the issues of parent/professional partnerships, family centered care, humor in the healthcare setting and developing leadership skills.

Join us at 6:00 for networking, appetizers and assorted sliders.

Attendance is free but registration is required to ensure we have space for all.

Register online at www.acms.org/events or call 412-321-5030 to register by phone.

Sponsored by:

Friday, May 11, 2012

• Identify areas within a physician practice that will be directly impacted
• Using real life case samples, discuss key changes with ICD-10 which will enable you to identify and mitigate documentation and workflow issues in the practice
•  Implications of the ICD-10 delay for providers; opportunities and challenges
•  Question and answers from your practice

Have a specific questions or a topic you’d like Lara to address? Send it to:
npopovich@acms.org by May7th for inclusion in the program.

Attendance is free for member practices and practice managers, but registration is required to ensure we have space for all.

Register by phone at 412-321-5030 or online at www.acms.org/events

Join us at 8:00 AM for hot breakfast selections and an opportunity to network with your colleagues from around the area.

Presenter:
Lara Brooks

Lara Brooks, CPC, Associate Director in the Practice Economics and Payer Relations division of the Pennsylvania Medical Society provides advisory services in all aspects of practice management, including regulatory, medical policy, coding and reimbursement.

Ms. Brooks has over 20 years of healthcare management experience in both the physician and insurance environments. Prior to joining the medical society in 2008, Lara was a practice administrator for a primary care practice.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 7:30 AM

Registration Fee $50.00, $45 each additional participant.

Register Online

Speakers

Teresa Silvaggio, M.D., MPH
Moderator

Bruce W. Dixon, M.D.
Director
Allegheny County Health Department

Anthony M. Gaglierd
Environmental Health Administrator Allegheny County Health Department

Maria J. Healey, MS
Industrial Hygienist
U.S. Department of Labor/OSHA
Pittsburgh Area Office

Schedule

7:30 am – 8:00 am
REGISTRATION

8:00 am – 9:00 am
BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS
Maria J. Healey, MS

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Occupational Exposure to
Cleaning Products
Anthony M. Gaglierd

10:00 am – 10:15 am
BREAK

10:15 am – 11:15 am
Communicable Diseases:
Impact on the Workplace
Bruce W. Dixon, M.D.

11:15 am – 12:15 pm
OSHA MEDICAL OFFICE UPDATE
Maria J. Healey, MS

Photographs from the evening are now available online.

2012 ACMS Foundation Gala Photo Album

Join other residents, fellows, and medical students to learn about and discuss key legislative issues that will undoubtedly affect your future by attending the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s (PAMED’s) annual Advocacy Day.

Meet with elected officials in Harrisburg and share your opinions on issues like:

Student loan debt
Fair employment contracts
Growing concern about Marcellus Shale health impacts
The projected shortage of primary care physicians
Why Pennsylvania can’t retain its young physicians

Discounted hotel rates are available at The Crowne Plaza for Advocacy Day attendees. Reserve your space online and use Group Code “PAM.” Or call (800) 2CROWNE.

Questions? Contact Theresa Phillips at
(800) 228-7823, ext. 2621 or tphillips@pamedsoc.org.

Schedule of Events

Monday,
April 30

7:00-9:00 PM

Pre-Event Social & Panel Discussion
(The Crowne Plaza)
Network with your peers and join a panel discussion with some key political commentators

Tuesday,
May 1

7:30-8:30 AM

Breakfast & Briefing
(The Crowne Plaza)

8:30-9:00 AM

Walk to the Capitol

9:00-11:45 AM

Private Discussions with Key Legislative Leaders
(State Capitol)

11:45 AM-12:00 PM

Walk Back to The Crowne Plaza

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Keynote & Lunch
(The Crowne Plaza)
Sen. Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland) will present “A Physician Spouse—How I Influence Health Care Policy—The Real World”

The ACMS has partnered with Total ID Solutions to provide professionally printed plastic ID badges.  The cost for a ready to wear badge complete with clip is $ 4.95 per badge plus shipping.

Additional resources

• Badge Ordering Information
• Pennsylvania Department of Health Interim Regulation
• Pennsylvania Medical Society ID badge information page
• PA Academy of Dermatology ID information page
• Sample badge formats
• AMNews Article – “New Pennsylvania law requires physicians to wear photo IDs” – 12/20/2011

County Executive

Allegheny County Courthouse

436 Grant Street, Room 101

Pittsburgh, PA   15219

Dear Mr. Fitzgerald:

With the change in leadership of the Allegheny County Health Department, the Allegheny County Medical Society suggests criteria and qualities that we believe are important to identify in the individual chosen to serve as Director.

Given the scope of responsibilities embodied in the Department, it is critical that a well qualified individual be selected to lead and provide direction to the Department.  The Health Department has a wide area of responsibility and has been well regarded by physicians from a medical viewpoint for the work that they do.  The Department plays an important role in safeguarding and improving the public health of the citizens of our community.

A wide range of health experience, including epidemiology, child and maternal health, cancer control, immunization, sexually transmitted diseases, public sanitation, food safety, and environmental toxins  will be vital to the Director’s ability to effectively lead the Department.  The impact of the gas drilling industry has placed an added emphasis on the need to understand the issues involved and possible effect upon the region’s air and water supply.

The Director is required to work with a wide variety of people, often with conflicting objectives.  It will be important that this individual understand the scientific and medical literature and have the ability to
translate that information into a realistic approach to solving real life problems in a manner that protects public health.  A collegial and collaborative approach is highly desirable, as well as a knowledge of, and willingness to engage with, the research and scientific knowledge base that we are fortunate to have in Allegheny County.

Please consider the Society a resource to the Board of Health and the Director.  We are available to assist you and the Department.

Dr. Dixon has been well regarded by physicians for his clinical and scientific knowledge, and as an educator.  He has served the County and the citizens of the region well in many areas over a long career. He has been widely recognized for the leadership and many positive accomplishments of the Department.  We believe that it would be appropriate to recognize that service, and hope that you will consider doing so.

Sincerely,

Rajiv R. Varma, MD

President

• Learn to manage your finances from a fellow physician
• Get the basics of investing for your future
• Dinner and good cheer will be provided
• Meet and connect with colleagues from around the area

Please be sure to invite your fellow physicians.

Attendance is free, but registration is required to ensure we have space for all.

Presented by:
Gary S. Weinstein, MD, FACS

Dr. Weinstein, a retired oculoplastic surgeon, teaches investing for Carnegie Mellon University’s Osher program and has co-authored a retirement planning chapter in J.K. Lasser’s Expert Financial Planning. Dr. Weinstein also serves as associate editor of the ACMS Bulletin.

 Register to attend

On New Year’s Eve 2012, some ACMS MDs won’t be looking forward to a new start; they’ll be regretting not completing activities to earn 12 patient safety or risk management CME credits.

Now is the time for physicians to familiarize themselves with the requirements for renewing their licenses.
The ACMS and the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) offer this list to help you start to prepare:

1. Make sure you know your username and password for www.pamedsoc.org so you have access to free CME activities, all designed to meet patient safety and risk management requirements.
2. Familiarize yourself with the state requirements. Check out answers to frequently asked questions about state license requirements for MDs and DOs at www.pamedsoc.org/cmefaq.
3. Get acquainted with CME Tracker, the online credit tracking and organizing tool exclusively for PAMED and COUN TY members. Find it at www.pamedsoc.org/tracker.
4. Start organizing your paper trail for CME credits. You can use PAMED’s free, member-only CME Tracker Companion filing system. Order one at www.pamedsoc.org/store.
5. Receive email alerts when a new PAMED CME activity is available. Simply sign up at www.pamedsoc.org/subscribe.

If you have questions, call PAMED’s CME office at (800) 228-7823. You can also email PAMED at stat@pamedsoc.org.

ARTICLES  
Feature
2011 Award Winners
Christina E. Morton

Materia Medica
Lipid Update: Recent Debates and Diseaseoriented
versus Patient-oriented Evidence
Venkateswarlu Muvva, MD
Susan Kidd, PharmD

Legal Report
Sunlight, Transparency, Required Disclosures
William H. Maruca, Esq

Financial Health
Understanding the Language of Investing
Charles J. Stout

Practice Management
Auditing Madness…But I’m Not Paranoid!
Mary Ellen Corum

PERSPECTIVES
Miller Time
Running on Empty
Scott Miller, MD, MA

Editorial
A Christmas Miracle? Well, Maybe Yes,
Maybe No…
Frank Vertosick, MD

Resident Reflections
Office PGY-1
Romeo Abaya, MD

Foundation Gala Committee
ACMS Foundation Gala
John F. Delaney Jr., MD, MPH, DrPH

Academic Perspective
Great Science, Great Medicine, Great Business
Arthur S. Levine, MD

DEPARTMENTS
Society News
♦ Ophthalmology, January meeting
♦ Geriatric medicine clinical update
♦ New homes for olde laptops
Activities & Accolades
Community Notes
In Memoriam
John P. Eichmiller, MD
Arthur I. Murphy Jr., MD
Robert C. Sabatelle, MD
Russell A. Spanard, MD

Continuing Education Calendar
Reportable Diseases
Classifieds