This message was sent to ##Email## February 13, 2019       Home  |   About  |   Membership  |   EMpulse   |   Support Subscribe  |   Archive  |   Advertise    FCEP MEMBERSHIP NEWS FCEP Committee Meetings Are Today! Wednesday, February 13, 2019 EMLRC in Orlando, FL Schedule: 9:00 am to 10:00 am: EMS/Trauma 10:00 am to 11:00 am: Education & Academic Affairs 11:00 am to 12:30 pm: Medical Economics & Gov't Affairs 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm: Lunch 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm: Membership & Professional Development (MPD) 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm: EMRAF Committee meetings are open to all members. Call-in: 866.453.5550 Passcode: 486231# Free EMLRC Webinars This Month Using Toxidromes to Identify Newer Street Drug Use in the Field February 19, 2019 at 1:00 pm EST (live) By Paula Mueller, MD 1 hour | 1.0 CE | Free! Accredited by ACCME | FBON | FPA | FEMS | CAPCE Register Now Management of Critically Ill Overdose Patients Available until March 4, 2019 (playback) By Sara Baker, MD 1 hour | 1.0 CE | Free! Accredited by ACCME | FBON | FPA | FEMS | CAPCE Watch Now Register for Emergency Medicine Days 2019 FCEP's premier advocacy event is one month away and our hotel block is already full. 30th Annual Emergency Medicine Days March 11-13, 2019 Hotel Duval in Tallahassee, FL Register Now Read the Emergency Medicine Days 2019 proclamation from Governor Ron DeSantis by clicking here. Make Sure Your DOH Profile is Up-to-Date The Florida Department of Health (DOH) is preparing to send non-compliance letters to thousands of providers who did not complete a 2-hour course on opioid prescribing by the Jan. 31 deadline. If DOH does not receive a response within 15 days from receipt of notice, a formal complaint will be initiated. Now is a good time to check your contact information on your DOH profile. DOH and the Florida Board of Medicine rely on self-reported data to keep in touch with physicians. Make sure they have the correct information on file so you are not penalized with a formal complaint due to miscommunication. Update Your Profile Now Take Our Safe Opioid Prescribing for Acute Pain Course Now     .  SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT     Free Training on Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Tampa The Florida Department of Children and Families' Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) and the Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association (FADAA) invite you to a free training this month: Pathophysiology of Addiction and Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Friday, February 22, 2019 Agency for Community Treatment Services (ACTS) 4612 N 56th Street Tampa, FL 33610 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM This training is for physicians, nurses and medical staff who work with medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, as well as emergency room and primary care physicians who are initiating work with OUD patients. Participants will learn about the evidence-based medications and the accompanying psychosocial treatments that are being utilized to combat opioid use disorder. Register Now Upcoming Training Programs on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Florida is seeing significant growth in the number of babies born exposed to opioids or illicit drugs during the prenatal period. Decreasing the number of newborns experiencing NAS is a goal under the Florida State Health Improvement Plan and is a priority of the Florida Medicaid Program, with Medicaid managed care organizations charged with reducing the number of Medicaid funded NAS babies by 15 percent. The FHA has partnered with the Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative to provide two key training programs on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS): NAS Definitions, Coding and Reporting Feb. 20, 2019 at 12:30 to 1:00 p.m. | Register Now Feb. 26, 2019 at 4:00 to 4:30 p.m. (REPEAT) | Register Now Tools and Resources to Care for NAS Babies Feb. 27, 2019 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Register Now Free Event for Physicians in Daytona Beach This Month The Volusia County Medical Society (VCMS) and the FSU College of Medicine are hosting a free event for physicians of all ages and specialties. Healing Our Healers: Loving Your Life as a Doctor Thursday, February 28, 2019 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Museum of Arts and Sciences 352 S. Nova Road, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 Featuring speaker Pam Wible, MD and special guests Clayton Wittman & Delicia Haynes, MD Light refreshments | cash bar | guests welcome RSVP Here by Feb. 24 AHCA Stakeholder Meeting Discussed Strategies for Medicaid Plans AHCA has set forth bold goals for Medicaid plans: to reduce preventable events (admissions, readmissions and ED visits) and improve birth outcomes. A public meeting was held on January 25, 2019 to discuss strategies for achieving these Statewide Medicaid Management Care (SMMC) Quality Initiatives. This PowerPoint presentation shows the overall rates for the Medicaid program and outlines strategies. While some interventions will vary by plan and by focus area, there were common themes of increased member and caregiver education, care coordination, risk stratification, access to alternative sites of care, complex case management, transitions of care initiatives and pay for perform programs. If you have questions about this AHCA stakeholder meeting, please contact Kim Streit at the Florida Hospital Association (FHA) at kims@fha.org. Registration Open for ACEP's Leadership & Advocacy Conference This conference sells out fast every year! Don't wait to register. ACEP's Leadership & Advocacy Conference May 5-8, 2019 Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. Register Now  UPCOMING FCEP & EMLRC EVENTS DATE EVENT LOCATION FEB. 13, 2019 FCEP Committee Meetings — 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Orlando FEB. 19, 2019 FEMF Board Meeting — 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Orlando MARCH 11-13, 2019 Emergency Medicine Days 2019 — Learn more Tallahassee MAY 22, 2019 FCEP Committee Meetings — 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Orlando MAY 23, 2019 FCEP Board Meeting — 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Orlando JULY 16-20, 2019 CLINCON: The Premier EMS/Fire Conference Orlando AUG. 1-4, 2019 Symposium by the Sea 2019 Boca Raton To see the full calendar, click here. MISSED AN ISSUE OF THE FCEP EMNEWS? VISIT AND SEARCH THE ARCHIVE TODAY.  NATIONAL EM NEWS Access to federally qualified health centers does not translate into lower rates of ED use Medical Xpress There is no association between access to federally qualified health centers and emergency department visits for either uninsured or Medicaid-insured patients. That is the conclusion of a study to be published in the February 2019 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine. The study underscores the importance of investigating additional intervention points beyond nonspecific primary care access in the effort to reduce emergency department overuse among vulnerable populations.  READ MORE Study examines trends in healthcare Yale Daily News A recent Yale-directed study published in HealthAffairs explored how patients are seeking healthcare. The study was a collaborative effort involving researchers from the Yale School of Medicine, Northwestern University's School of Medicine and the Brigham and Women's Hospital located in Boston. Arjun Venkatesh, emergency medicine professor at the School of Medicine and one of the head authors of the study, said that the paper focused on the treatment of what he calls "acute unscheduled care needs," or unexpected ailments like a broken ankle or chest pain. According to the study, acute care needs differ from those that arise from preexisting conditions like diabetes, where a patient can anticipate their doctor visits. The study found that the perception that emergency room visits are out of control is overblown.  READ MORE Study: Patients experiencing high trauma from hospitalizations had more readmissions, ED visits By Lynn Hetzler Hospitalization can be traumatizing for patients. Previous research shows that 1 in 3 patients who survived an ICU stay for an acute lung injury suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Disturbances in patients' sleep, nutrition, mobility and mood are common in medical inpatients, and these disturbances can be traumatic for patients. Traumatic hospitalization can also increase the risk of readmissions and emergency department visits. The results of a new study, published in JAMA, show that patients who experience high trauma of hospitalization may have a greater risk of an ED visit or readmission within 30 days compared with patients with low trauma exposure.  READ MORE Ideas to curb surprise medical bills percolate with rare bipartisan push Kaiser Health News via HealthLeaders Media Surrounded by patients who told horror stories of being stuck with hefty bills, President Donald Trump recently waded into a widespread health care problem for which almost everyone — even those with insurance — is at risk: surprise medical billing. Trump's declaration that taming unexpected bills would be a top priority for his administration echoed through the halls of Congress. On Jan. 28, ACEP released a framework of proposed solutions to protect emergency patients from out-of-network issues.  READ MORE Machine learning could improve clinical predictions in emergency departments AI in Healthcare Machine-learning models could be used to help improve the prediction ability of emergency department triage methods after a JAMA study showed the technology was better at making clinical predictions than traditional approaches. The findings could help improve clinical prediction methods used for triaging and improve resource allocation at emergency departments.  READ MORE Asthma management failure in emergency department linked to genetic factors Pulmonology Advisor Management failure in emergency departments in children with asthma has been associated with three single nucleotide polymorphisms, according to a study published in Pediatric Pulmonology. These genetic factors can supplement clinical predictors in assessing emergency cases in pediatric asthma. This prospective study included 491 children with moderate to acute asthma, all of whom were white and whose ages ranged between 1 and 17 years.  READ MORE Bouncing from 'jump park' trampolines into the ED HealthDay News via U.S. News & World Report Bouncing around at a trampoline park can be great fun, but a new study warns it can also be an invitation to sprains, strains and broken bones. Nationwide, more than 100,000 emergency department visits were related to trampoline injuries in 2014, according to the latest data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Injuries that occur at a jump park are typically more severe than those that happen on a home trampoline.  READ MORE Anthem's emergency department coverage denials draw scrutiny Atlanta Journal-Constitution Paul Sweatman was back at the emergency department. It was fall 2017 and a week before his left ankle had swollen to three times its normal size. His first stop, an urgent care clinic, said the problem was out of its league and to get to a hospital. At Atlanta Medical Center, caregivers spoke of a mystery bacterial infection and possibly having to amputate. But they kept him three days, tested and treated it. All seemed well, until the swelling returned.  READ MORE How pulling an all-nighter affects your brain Refinery29 A good night's sleep is a reset process for the brain and body the next day, says Alexis Halpern, MD, emergency medicine physician at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. As an emergency medicine doctor, Dr. Halpern has experience staying up all night to work a night shift in the ER. She believes you can never really "catch up" on sleep, but there are a few things she does it make her necessary all-nighters less miserable.  READ MORE 91 percent of physicians say prior authorizations negatively impact care Health Payer Intelligence Prior authorizations are causing significant delays in care and adding unsustainably to the administrative burdens of physicians, according to a new survey published by the American Medical Association. The majority of physicians stated that prior authorizations negatively impact the care process by extending waiting periods for treatment and increasing treatment abandonment among patients.  READ MORE   FCEP EM News Now Connect with FCEP Recent Issues | Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Advertise | Web Version  Colby Horton, Vice President of Publishing, 469-420-2601 | Download media kit Tory Barringer, Content Editor, 469-420-2660 | Contribute news Florida College of Emergency Physicians 3717 South Conway Road | Orlando, FL 32812 | 407-281-7396 | Contact Us  Learn how to add us to your safe sender list so our emails get to your inbox. 7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063