Maine Medicine Weekly Update - 12/23/2020  (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
•  Maine’s COVID Vaccine Rollout Ramping Up; With Little Detail
•  The MMA Wishes Happy Holidays for All
•  Congress Passes New COVID Relief Bill
•  AMA Releases Revised 2021 E&M Codes
•  Governor Mills Extends Civil Emergency to 2021
•  Maine DHHS Launches Text Notifications to People Testing Positive for COVID-19
•  BinaxNOW DHHS Guidance Update
•  Maine CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) Fact Sheets/VIS Form
•  News of an Emerging Variant of COVID-19
•  Maine Physicians In The Media
•  Maine CDC Physicians To Host Regular Clinician COVID Vaccine Info Sessions
•  PPE Available Through the MMA & ActionPPE
•  Maine Medical Association Enduring Education Opportunity
•  MICIS Opioid Prescribing Presentation & Individual Academic Detailing Sessions
•  Hanley's PELI Advanced Course Enrollment is OPEN!
•  A Message from Maine Responds: Volunteer Opportunity
MAINE LEGISLATURE
•  State Legislative Committees Announced
UPCOMING EVENTS
•  Upcoming Specialty Society Meetings
•  Webinar: “Radon Risk Reduction: The Current Policy Landscape in the US and the Maine Perspective” January 12, 2021
•  Maine Concussion Management Level 1 & 2 Training Via Zoom - January 15, 2021
•  Caring for LGBTQ+ Youth in Maine - Emphasis on the 'T' - Half-day Symposium on Saturday, January 23
•  MOA VIRTUAL Midwinter Symposium - Feb 12-14, 2021
•  Maine CDC Annual Prevention Professionals Conference - March 2-3, 2021
HEALTHCARE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
•  Behavioral Health Clinician
•  Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
•  Physician (BC/BE in Family Medicine)

Caring for LGBTQ+ Youth in Maine - Emphasis on the 'T' - Half-day Symposium on Saturday, January 23

Caring for LGBTQ+ Youth in Maine: Emphasis on the 'T'  Join expert speakers from Maine Medical Center, Northern Light Health, the Maine CDC, OUT Maine and the Hasbro Children’s Hospital on topics including Supporting Transgender Youth in Maine; Providing Support to Transgender Youth and Families; Mental Health Needs of Transgender, Gender Diverse, and Gender Questioning Youth; Data-Driven Policy on School Based Services for Sexual Minority Youth; and Clinical Care for Gender Transitioning Youth. To read about the speakers and register for the program, visit http://www.maineaap.org/conferences   

Other programs in January include a Town Hall 'Adolescent Mental Health and Suicide Risk' on Thursday, January 7th at 7pm featuring speakers David Walter, DO, Medical Director at Spurwink; Amy Mayhew, MD, Psychiatrist, Maine Medical Center; Greg Marley, LCSW, Clinical Director at NAMI Maine and Deborah Hagler, MD, President of the Maine AAP, Pediatrician and Director of Wellness at MidCoast Hospital as they discuss the escalating mental health challenges and suicide risk among Maine youth during this pandemic. register here and a Town Hall 'Oral Health and Kick-off to Dental Health Month (February) - more details soon.