Maine Medicine Weekly Update - 08/06/2018  (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
•  MMA Board Votes Opposition to Question One
•  Watch for Next Issue of Maine Medicine
•  CMS Rule Changes Advance Price Transparency & EHR
•  Maine Reinsurance Program Gets 1332 Waiver
•  MaineGeneral Offers X-waiver Training
•  California Insurance Commissioner Opposes CVS-Aetna Merger
•  CMS Releases Proposed 2019 Medicare Payment Rule
•  Licensing Boards Discuss Nursing Home Exception to Opioid Requirements
•  Prescription Monitoring Program User Survey
•  Time to Volunteer for an MMA Committee
128th MAINE LEGISLATURE
•  MMA Presentation on Healthcare Issues Considered by 128th Legislature Now Available
UPCOMING EVENTS
•  Maine Quality Counts Offers Project ECHO Medication Assisted Treatment Course
•  Upcoming Specialty Society Meetings
•  MICIS 3-hour Opioid CME Presentations - registration open for August 21 in Brewer
•  17th Annual Downeast Ophthalmology Symposium - September 21-23, 2018
•  Hanley Center Offers New PELI Course Beginning in October
•  Northern New England Society of Addiction Medicine 2018 Annual Conference & Meeting - Nov 2-3
•  Division of Disease Surveillance Annual Infectious Disease Conference - November 14th
•  Hanley Center Offers Next Level Leadership Seminar Series and Advanced Practice Provider Leadership Institute
•  Advanced Hanley Center Training Available for PELI and HLD Alumni
HEALTHCARE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
•  Family Nurse Practitioner - Ellsworth
•  Behavioral Health Consultant
•  Clinical Cardiology Opportunity
•  Internal Medicine Outpatient Physician
•  Nurse Practitioner - Nasson Health Care
•  Medical Board Physician
•  Medical Director/Family Practice Physician - Relocate to Beautiful Southwestern Maine
•  Outpatient Internal Medicine Physician – Bangor, Maine
•  Maine's Largest FQHC in need of Physician for Geriatric Program
•  Multiple Family Med Opportunities in Beloved Community Health Centers
•  Opportunities at the VA for Volunteer Physicians

 

MaineGeneral Offers X-waiver Training

MaineGeneral is offering a “half and half” waiver training on Saturday, September 22, 2018 in Augusta.

 

Please share the attached flyer with your provider networks. It is free and open to all medical staff. People can register (as well as get on the waitlist for the next training) by emailing Shane Gallagher at Shane.Gallagher@mainegeneral.org .