February 19, 2018
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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AMA Advocacy Conference Highlights High Drug Costs, Regulatory Relief and Coverage Concerns
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MMA Board to Address Several Critical Issues at Annual President's Retreat in March
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Use EMR System Defaults to Reduce Opioid Prescribing
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CMS Projects Health Care Spending to Increase Significantly in Next Decade
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Purdue Pharma Announces Cessation of Marketing Oxycontin to Prescribers
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Health Access Network Names New Chief Executive Officer
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Notes from the American Medical Association
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3 Ways to Maximize Employer Diabetes Prevention Tools for Your Patients
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128TH MAINE LEGISLATURE
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Legislative Call This Tuesday, February 20th
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Legislative Report: "Conversion therapy" and More
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Healthcare Suicide Prevention Protocol Development Training - half day workshop - March 2
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28th Annual Winter Conference - Contemporary Topics in Orthopedics - March 16-18
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QC2018: Building Communities of Practice through Innovation - Wednesday, April 4, 2018
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MMA and Jackson Laboratory Seeking Volunteers to Assist with 2018 Maine Cancer Genomics Initiative Forum
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New Free CME on Alzheimer's Risk, Detection, and Management
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Peer Navigation Program from Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE)
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Online Learning Opportunities Offering CME Credits - from the Northern New England Practice Transformation Network
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HEALTHCARE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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Associate Director/Director of Compliance, Privacy, Risk and Legal Affairs for Penobscot Community Health Care in Bangor, Maine
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MD/DO - Lewiston, ME
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Chief Executive Officer – CEO at Greater Portland Health
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Outpatient Internal Medicine Physician – Bangor, Maine
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Relocate to Beautiful Southwestern Maine - Medical Director/Family Practice Physician
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Clinical Cardiology Opportunity
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Outpatient Only - Internal Medicine with Loan Repayment & Sign-on Bonus
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Opportunities at the VA for Volunteer Physicians
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CMS Projects Health Care Spending to Increase Significantly in Next Decade
In addition to increasing expenditures, CMS has also projected the insured rate would drop from 91% to 89.3%, partially the result of repealing the individual mandate established in the Affordable Care Act. Spending is expected to increase 5.3% in 2018, which would represent a significant increase from the 4.6% increase in 2017. The total spend is expected to be nearly $3.5 trillion.
If the projections turn out to be accurate, health care spending in 2026 would make up 19.7% of the U.S. economy.
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