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June 25, 2018

NAM Night at the Ballpark

Join the Nashville Academy of Medicine Thursday, August 2, for an evening of baseball, food, and fun with your colleagues and family as we watch the Nashville Sounds take on the Fresno Grizzlies! Get your discounted tickets here before the July 2 order deadline. NAM Night at the Ballpark is sponsored by First Tennessee Medical Private Banking and SVMIC.

$25 NAM Members – Practicing & Retired ($44 value!)

$15 Resident, Fellow, & Student Members, & Children of Members (17 & under)

Members may purchase one additional adult ticket at their price for a guest.

General Admission Seating
All-you-can-eat Picnic
Non-alcoholic Beverages & Discounted Beer

Advance purchase of tickets is required.

Tickets will be emailed the week of the July 30th.

TennCare Pauses Episodes of Care Rollout

TennCare has announced it will temporarily stop designing new episodes of care for its episode payment model so the Bureau can dedicate more resources to maintaining and improving the 48 episodes already in place.

NAM has worked with TMA for years to represent physicians' interests and push the state to address serious flaws in the TennCare episodes program design and implementation. We still have concerns about the transparency, accuracy, and effectiveness of the program but are encouraged by the state's agreeing to the pause-and-fix approach we requested last fall.

Physicians Participating in Ingram Institute for 2018

A group of 12 physician leaders from around the state will meet on Monteagle next month to learn about collaboration, influence, conflict management, and negotiation through a leadership training program offered by the Tennessee Medical Association. The following three NAM members were selected to participate in the 2018 class of the Leadership Immersion Program, part of the John Ingram Institute for Physician Leadership:

Dr. Kenya Miles
Dr. Nefeteria Coffee
Dr. John Scott Major

Update on Opioids

The medical community, and more specifically NAM and TMA, have been working for several years to turn back the dial on what physicians initially thought were safe drugs, so we can curb the initial supply and help prevent misuse and abuse. Due to the opioid epidemic in Tennessee, state legislators have also been working to scale back opioid use. For more information, visit the TMA Law Guide topics on opioid prescribing, which includes updates to reflect the changes in the law.

Additionally, NAM members can access TMA's Opioid Resource Center, which includes many great resources, such as a reference sheet to help answer some quick questions about the new law and a template informed consent form adapted from the American Academy of Pain Medicine. Physicians and other prescribers are advised to have this form reviewed by legal counsel prior to use and regularly reviewed thereafter. Explore these resources and help fight Tennessee’s opioid epidemic. If you need assistance logging into the resource center, please contact Nikki Ringenberg at nringenberg@nashvillemedicine.org.

New Laws Effective July 1

Several new laws affecting physicians and the practice of medicine were passed by the 2018 General Assembly and will take effect July 1, including two concerning opioids. Click here to find more information on all the bills. Contact the TMA Legal Department at (800) 659-1862 or legal@tnmed.org with any questions.

Upcoming Deadlines and Events:

Workers' Comp E-Billing Takes Effect July 1

The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s Rules regarding Electronic Medical Billing for Workers' Compensation Claims have been filed with the Secretary of State and will become effective July 1, 2018. Learn more here.

Thank you to
our sponsors:

2018 Board of Directors:

Ralph Atkinson, MD
Chair
M. Kevin Smith, MD
President
V. Seenu Reddy, MD
President-elect
Richard Soper, MD
Secretary / Treasurer
Susan Briley, MD
Rodney Lewis, MD
Jim Powers, MD
Robin Williams, MD

Contact Us:

General Inquiries
info@nashvillemedicine.org
Phone: (615) 712-6236

Project Access Nashville
Specialty Care
PANInfo@nashvillemedicine.org
Phone: (615) 712-6237

Rebecca Leslie
Chief Executive Officer
rleslie@nashvillemedicine.org

Nikki Ringenberg
Senior Director
of Membership and Grants
nringenberg@nashvillemedicine.org

Claire Wisely
Director of Project Access Nashville Specialty Care
cwisely@nashvillemedicine.org

Taylor Crawford
Manager of Health Outreach Initiatives
tcrawford@nashvillemedicine.org

Jasmine Williams
PANSC Program Coordinator
jwilliams@nashvillemedicine.org

Catherine Knight
Health Outreach and Membership Coordinator
cknight@nashvillemedicine.org

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