THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

jointly sponsors with

THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY – HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

 

Healthcare in 2010: Where are we going?

Thursday, November 19, 2009

5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Massachusetts Medical Society Headquarters

860 Winter Street

Waltham, Massachusetts

 

 

5:30 p.m. Registration & Exhibits

6:00 p.m. Dinner

6:20 p.m. Welcome & Introduction

John B. Lazor, MD, MBA

MSO-HNS President

6:30 p.m. Payment Reform: Medicare and Massachusetts?

Nancy Kane, DBA

Professor of Management and the Associate Dean for Educational Programs

Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health

7:30 p.m. Break

8:00 p.m. Electronic Medical Records: The What, the How and the HITECH Act

Daniel Newman, MD

Chief Medical Information Officer for BMC

9:00 p.m. Meeting Adjourned

 

Program Description:

The first session will be an update on healthcare reform for both Massachusetts and the United States. A focus on what it

means for Medicare and Massachusetts if the system is unchanged. The second session will focus on how to select an electronic

medical record system for your practice and how to use it efficiently to improve patient outcomes. Attendees will become more

proficient in EMR use and better understand the scope of use of EMR.

Program Objectives:

1. Apply updated knowledge of the use of EMR

2. Improve clinical practice by incorporating EMR

3. Understand current healthcare policy and reform

Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation

Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the American College of Surgeons and the

Massachusetts Society of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the

ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM

The American College of Surgeons designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.

Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

 

Please complete the registration form and mail or fax to:

Massachusetts Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

P.O. Box 9127

Waltham, MA 02454-9127

Fax: 781-893-2105

Name: ________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________

Telephone: _____________________________________________

Please include your email address: ____________________________

 

Please contact the MSO Chapter Administrator, Lynda Layer, with any questions at 781-434-7317 or by e-mail at

llayer@mms.org.

 

Registration fees:

MSO/AAO Member $20.00

Office staff of member $10.00

Resident/Student Free

Non-member (new price) $45.00

 

DIRECTIONS

 

From Boston:

West on the Mass. Pike/I-90 to Exit 15. Keep right beyond the toll booth and follow the signs for I-95/128 North. Follow 95/128 North

for approximately 2 miles to Exit 27B (Wyman Street/Winter Street). Stay to the right on Wyman, then turn right at the lights onto

Winter Street. Remain in the right lane and cross over Route 128. Stay in the right lane and follow Winter Street. (See “All” below.)

 

From the West:

East on the Mass. Pike/I-90 to Exit 14. Keep left beyond the tollbooth and follow the signs for I-95/128 North. Follow 95/128 North for

approximately 2 miles to Exit 27B (Wyman Street/Winter Street). Stay to the right on Wyman, then turn right at the lights onto Winter

Street. Remain in the right lane and cross over Route 128. Stay in the right lane and follow Winter Street. (See “All” below.)

 

From the North:

South on Route 128/I-95 to Exit 27B (Winter Street). When coming off the exit, stay in the far right lane and follow Winter Street. (See

“All” below.)

 

From the South:

North on Route 128/I-95 to Exit 27B (Wyman Street/Winter Street). Stay to the right on Wyman, then turn right at the lights onto Winter

Street. Remain in the right lane and cross over Route 128. Stay in the right lane and follow Winter Street. (See “All” below.)

 

All:

Remain in the right lane through two sets of lights. After second light, travel around the Cambridge Reservoir (on right) for

approximately .5 miles. Turn left at granite sign announcing HealthPoint and Waltham Woods Corporate Center. Travel up the gradual

hill for approximately .3 miles following the green signs to Waltham Woods Corporate Center. There will be a second granite sign for

Waltham Woods (860-890 Winter Street) on the left. Immediately after the sign, turn left into the parking lot for the Massachusetts

Medical Society. Please park in the proximity to the Conference Center side entrance.

If you are a person with a disability or special needs, please contact Lynda Layer at (781) 434-7317 or via e-mail at

llayer@mms.org so she can arrange to make your attendance as convenient and comfortable as possible.

P.O. Box 9127

Waltham, MA 02454-9127

2009 Fall Education Program