Maine Medicine Weekly Update - 12/31/2019  (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
•  Dr. John Yindra to Step Down from MMA Committee for Physician Quality
•  Licensing Boards Propose Rule Changes for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Pain Prescribing
•  Human Genome Editing is Here. How Should It Be Governed?
•  Five Big Medical Court Cases that Made a Difference in 2019
•  Agreement Reached On FY 2020 Federal Funding and Extender Package
•  This Week's Public Health Updates from the AMA
•  Vaccine Vote Update: Healthcare Advocates File Citizens' Guide Statements
•  Latest ACA Ruling: What it Means Now For Doctors, Patients
•  Opioid Related Webinars Offer CME Credit
•  Resources From The Alzheimer's Association
129th MAINE LEGISLATURE, SECOND REGULAR SESSION
•  MMA Legislative Calls Will Begin Tuesday, January 14th
•  Maine Legislature's List of Bill Titles for 2020 Session: Initial Approval List
UPCOMING EVENTS
•  Upcoming Specialty Society Meetings
•  8-Hour Free Live Course for Buprenorphine Waiver Training @MMC - January 27th
•  MMA partners with the Maine Suicide Prevention Program and the Maine CDC/Sweetser to offer training for clinicians.
•  10th Annual Maine Patient Safety Academy - March 30, 2020
HEALTHCARE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
•  Orthopedic Surgeon Opportunity in Beautiful New England
•  Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital seeks a BC/BE General Surgeon
•  Family Medicine Physician
•  Family Medicine Opportunity in Beautiful Western Maine
•  BC/BE Family Medicine or Internal Medicine Physician
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
•  Opportunities at the VA for Volunteer Physicians
•  Volunteer Opportunity with Partners for World Health - Portland, ME

Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital seeks a BC/BE General Surgeon

Bread and butter surgery, with high volume elective surgery and low volume emergency surgery. Upper and lower endoscopy ability required. Breast surgery preferred, but not required.

Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital seeks a BC/BE General Surgeon. Bread and butter surgery, with high volume elective surgery and low volume emergency surgery. Upper and lower endoscopy ability required. Breast surgery preferred, but not required.

Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital is a progressive, Joint Commission accredited, 25-bed Critical Access Hospital in Pittsfield, Maine that serves an area encompassing 40,000 people throughout the central region. Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital is a member of Northern Light Health, an integrated statewide health delivery system that is raising the bar with no-nonsense solutions that are leading the way to a healthier future for our state.

Why Northern Light Health?

• Robust compensation and benefits package  

• Student Loan Reimbursement Programs 

• Relocation Bonus  

• Sign on Bonus  

• Flexible schedules and exceptional work/life balance  

• Generous PTO benefits   

For confidential consideration, please submit CV to: Providerjobs@northernlight.org

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