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ACMEC/Planned Giving
As the decision for year-end giving begins to approach keep ACMEC in mind for a possible donation. ACMEC is a 501C-3 non-profit and can take donations as a dollar tax donation. Donations received are used in our speaker fund and are not used for day-to-day expenses. So just in case you've an estate to liquidate or just want to help bring in our speakers think ACMEC for a possible year-end donation.
Commercial Support?
Current status of CME support came into focus at the Senate Special Committee on Aging. Murray Kopelow, M.D., CEO for our accrediting council (ACCME) "Senators, ACCME is the firewall between promotion and education," he said. "Accredited CME is independent from the influence of commercial interests." The total revenues of CME providers are about $2 billion, half from learners, half from commercial interests, Kopelow said. However, the relative proportion of CME supported by industry dollars has been in a downward slide since 2003, and in 2008, total commercial support dollars fell by $200 million. He emphasized that while 80 percent of providers accept commercial support, 15 percent of providers receive 80 percent of that support it's not distributed evenly across the CME enterprise.Half of the CME in this country is not commercially supported, Kopelow added. "Most CME is happening in small hospitals and county and state medical societies, and it's not commercially supported. It's independent." When Sen. Franken asked if ACCME wouldn't mind making the distinction between promotion and education clear for the other half that is commercially supported, Kopelow was quick too shoot back: "The line is not blurred in our CME enterprise. Those stories you've heard, that was another time and another place. Our accredited providers clearly draw the distinction and separation between promotion and education." Hear, Hear…!
Upcoming Meetings
November 7 Idaho Academy of Family Physicians, Jackpot, Neva Santos, 323-1156
January 14-17 VA Winter Retreat, McCall, Nancy Williams, 422-7643
February 26-28 ACMS Winter Clinics, McCall, Don Bich, 336-2930
Wednesday, 8:00 a.m. - Anderson Center
Wednesday, 12:15 p.m. - Winter Room
Friday, 8:00 a.m. - McCleary Auditorium
St Luke's RMC
Tumor Board - Tuesday, 12:00 noon
Anderson Center - Ada -2; CHEERS (Children's Hospital Education Enrichment Review) - 1stThursday, 8 am; MATCH 2nd Thursday, 8 am
MEMBERSHIP:
Upcoming Events:
December 2009
30 NO CONFERENCE
January 2010
(Wednesday, 8:00am/St. Luke's RMC; Wednesday, 12:15pm/Mercy Medical Center; Friday, 8:00am/Saint Alphonsus RMC)
Anderson Center, St. Luke’s RMC, Wednesday 8:00 a.m.
Winter Room, Mercy Medical Center, Wednesday 12:15 p.m.
AW Horsley, VA Medical Center, Thursday 8:00 a.m.
McCleary Auditorium, Saint Alphonsus RMC, Friday 8:00 a.m.
OTHER REGULARLY SCHEDULED CONFERENCES
Breast Tumor Board - Thursday, 7 a.m.
MSTI Pediatric Tumor Board - 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 12 noon
Meridian Tumor Board - 1st & 3rd Thursday, 12 noon
Mercy Medical Center; Tumor Board - Tuesday, 12 noon
West Valley Medical Center; Tumor Board - Monday, 12:30 pm
Saint Alphonsus RMC; Tumor Board - Thursday, 12 noon, Breast Care Panel, Tuesday, 7:00 am
NEW ACMS PHYSICIAN MEMBERS THIS MONTH: Lindsay Tverdy, M.D.; Matthew Campbell, M.D.; Elizabeth Prier, M.D.;
Brook Thomson, M.D.; Toby Davis D.O.; Cody Heiner, M.D.; Christopher Hirose, M.D.;
Lisa Nelson, M.D.; Jason Robison, M.D.; Suzanne Lee, M.D.
November 17, 2009 ACMS Legislative Night, Red Lion Downtowner Hotel, Boise; 6:00 P.M.
December 3, 2009 Winter Lights A Glow, Idaho Botanical Gardens
February 25-28, 2010 ACMS Winter Clinics, Shore Lodge, McCall
2 Gastric Parasite, Dan Toweill, MD
4 Idaho Health Data Exchange And Meaningful Use, Julie Foote, MD
9 Topic TBA, Heidi Orme, MD
11 Pituitary Disease, Ann Marie Yost, MD
18 Facial Pain, Phillip Berryhill, MD
23 NO CONFERENCE
25 NO CONFERENCE
1 NO CONFERENCE
6 Idaho Epidemiology Update, Chris Hahn, MD
8 Idaho Epidemiology Update, Chris Hahn, MD
13 TBA
15 Crowe Lectures in Dermatology
20 St. Luke's Children's Hospital Grand Rounds, Pediatric Surgery: Pectus Surgery, Ellen Reynolds, MD
29 Critical Care Case Conference, Denise Wurth, MD
4 TB Update, Clay Roscoe, MD
11 Idaho Health Data Exchange and Meaningful Use, Julie Foote, MD
18 St. Luke's Children's Grand Rounds, Newborn Screening, Cary Harding, MD
25 NO CONFERENCE
4 TB Update, Clay Roscoe, MD
11 Idaho Health Data Exchange and Meaningful Use, Julie Foote, MD
18 Newborn Screening, Cary Harding, MD
25 NO CONFERENCE
5 TBA
12 Shoulder Pathology, Michael Curtin, MD
19 Topic TBA, Bill Wepner, MD
26 NO CONFERENCE
6 Psychiatry and Cinema, Alex Reed, PsyD
13 Critical Care Case Conference, Denise Wurth, MD
20 Ankle Fractures: A Comparison between Healthy and Diabetic, Christopher Hirose, MD
27 NO CONFERENCE
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