CEU: Treating Opioid Addiction in Rural Family Practice

Treating Opioid Addiction in Rural Family Practice

This interview is part of a new collaborative series made possible by Business of Healthcare and the North Carolina Medical Group Management Association. These interviews further our mission to provide high-level content for continuing education for our members while highlighting key players and issues in North Carolina’s healthcare industry.

In This Interview:

Karen L. Smith, MD, FAAFP
Owner and Family Practice Physician
Karen L. Smith, MD, PA (Raeford, NC)

Karen L. Smith, MD, FAAFP, kept discovering opioid addiction in the families she served in her independent, rural primary care practice. With growing need and few referral options, Smith began providing medication-assisted treatment (MAT). MAT uses medication, counseling and behavioral therapies to treat substance use disorders and sustain recovery. Smith shares patient stories which led her to take on this challenge and the barriers a physician must overcome to provide MAT.

Follow this link to view the interview video

Continuing Education Credit

By reading, watching or listening to the full interview, you may self-report to earn 0.5 hours Continuing Education Credits for Certified Medical Practice Executive (CMPE) or Fellow of the American College of Medical Practice Executives (FACMPE) credentials.

NCMGMA and BOH thank Mako Medical Laboratories and Project OBOT
for helping to make this interview possible.

About the Business of Healthcare

BOH was founded as a forum and information exchange for the 40,000 decision makers leading hospitals and health systems, physician practices, pharma, device, and senior living as well as government and commercial payers. These leaders, and innovators serving them, join Business of Healthcare interviews to solve the complex issues they face together.

Hosted by Matthew Hanis, each interview balances Margin & Mission: making good healthcare accessible to all. New subscribers come to BOH through your referrals. Please share our content with your colleagues and invite them to join our expert community.

Interested in Participating?

If you are interesting in being interviewed or have a tip on someone who would be a great interview candidate, please contact Melissa Klingberg in the NCMGMA offices at melissa@ncmgm.org.

Upcoming NCMGMA Events

Regional Education Day and NCMGMA Business Meeting
September 26, 2019
Harris Conference Center, Charlotte, NC
Watch the NCMGMA website and your email because we’re bringing education to your area in fall of 2019. These single-day events will be filled with networking opportunities and healthcare management education.

Regional Education Day
November 1, 2019
JB Duke Hotel, Durham, NC
Watch the NCMGMA website and your email because we’re bringing education to your area in fall of 2019. These single-day events will be filled with networking opportunities and healthcare management education.

Monthly Webinars
Offered throughout 2019
The North Carolina Medical Group Management Association and the North Carolina Medical Society have partnered to bring you monthly webinars, most at no additional cost to NCMGMA members, to help you stay on top of what is happening in healthcare and practice management.

Visit https://www.ncmgm.org/events to learn more about upcoming events.

How Wilmington NC Leaders Triggered Scalable Opioid Use Disorder Interventions

How Wilmington NC Leaders Triggered Scalable
Opioid Use Disorder Interventions

This interview is part of a new collaborative series made possible by Business of Healthcare and the North Carolina Medical Group Management Association. These interviews further our mission to provide high-level content for continuing education for our members while highlighting key players and issues in North Carolina’s healthcare industry.

In this interview:

Philip M. Brown, Jr., MD, FACS
Chief Physician Executive
New Hanover Regional Medical Center (Wilmington, NC)

In 2016, Wilmington, NC had the highest concentration of opioid use disorder among US cities. Community leaders including regional health system chief physician executive Philip M. Brown, MD, FACS, helped intervene. Brown describes the moment a national report triggered awareness of the local opioid epidemic. He and his fellow leaders undertook multi-faceted interventions to change prescribing habits, impact social determinants and, most importantly, de-stigmatize addiction.

• Follow this link to view the interview video

Continuing Education Credit

By reading, watching or listening to the full interview, you may self-report to earn 0.5 hours Continuing Education Credits for Certified Medical Practice Executive (CMPE) or Fellow of the American College of Medical Practice Executives (FACMPE) credentials.

NCMGMA and BOH thank the NC Medical Society Foundation and Mako Medical Laboratories for helping to make this interview possible.

About the Business of Healthcare

BOH was founded as a forum and information exchange for the 40,000 decision-makers leading hospitals and health systems, physician practices, pharma, device, and senior living as well as government and commercial payers. These leaders, and innovators serving them, join Business of Healthcare interviews to solve the complex issues they face together.

Hosted by Matthew Hanis, each interview balances Margin & Mission: making good healthcare accessible to all. New subscribers come to BOH through your referrals. Please share our content with your colleagues and invite them to join our expert community.

BOH-NCMGMA Interviews

Interviews published in the Business of Healthcare (BOH) and North Carolina Medical Group Management Association (NCMGMA) interview series contains the expressed opinions and experiences of the interview subjects and do not necessarily represent the position of NCMGMA.

Interested in Participating?

If you are interested in being interviewed or have a tip on someone who would be a great interview candidate, please contact Melissa Klingberg in the NCMGMA offices at melissa@ncmgm.org.

Physician Practice Helping Employers Manage Medical Cost, Quality

Physician Practice Helping Employers
Manage Medical Cost, Quality

This interview is part of a new collaborative series made possible by Business of Healthcare (BOH) and the North Carolina Medical Group Management Association (NCMGMA). These interviews further our mission to provide high-level continuing education content for our members while highlighting key players and issues in North Carolina’s healthcare industry.

In this interview:
Physician Practice Helping Employers Manage Medical Cost, Quality

Jeff James, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Wilmington Health

Large employers provide health insurance for about half of insured Americans but face enormous barriers managing medical costs. Wilmington Health CEO Jeff James joined BOH to describe how they help large employers overcome these obstacles to achieve better cost and quality. The interview was part of a series co-sponsored by the North Carolina Medical Group Management Association.

Follow this link to view the interview video

Continuing Education Credit

By reading, watching or listening to the full interview, you may self-report to earn 0.5 hours Continuing Education Credits for Certified Medical Practice Executive (CMPE) or Fellow of the American College of Medical Practice Executives (FACMPE) credentials.

NCMGMA and BOH thank Mako Medical Laboratories
for helping to make this interview series possible.

About the Business of Healthcare

BOH was founded as a forum and information exchange for the 40,000 decision-makers leading hospitals and health systems, physician practices, pharma, device, and senior living as well as government and commercial payers. These leaders, and innovators serving them, join Business of Healthcare interviews to solve the complex issues they face together.

Hosted by Matthew Hanis, each interview balances Margin & Mission: making good healthcare accessible to all. New subscribers come to BOH through your referrals. Please share our content with your colleagues and invite them to join our expert community.

BOH-NCMGMA Interviews

Interviews published in the Business of Healthcare (BOH) and North Carolina Medical Group Management Association (NCMGMA) interview series contains the expressed opinions and experiences of the interview subjects and do not necessarily represent the position of NCMGMA.

Interested in Participating?
If you are interested in being interviewed or have a tip on someone who would be a great interview candidate, please contact Melissa Klingberg in the NCMGMA offices at melissa@ncmgm.org.

North Carolina’s Move to Medicaid Managed Care

This interview is part of a new collaborative series made possible by Business of Healthcare (BOH) and the North Carolina Medical Group Management Association (NCMGMA). These interviews further our mission to provide high-level continuing education content for our members while highlighting key players and issues in North Carolina’s healthcare industry.

In this interview:

Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
State of North Carolina

Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services for North Carolina, spoke with Business of Healthcare about the state’s transition to Medicaid managed care as well as efforts to impact social determinants of health and curb opioid abuse. The interview was recorded live with 200 physician practice leaders at the North Carolina Medical Group Management Association Fall Conference. Dr. Cohen will also be one of our Advocacy Days speakers on March 13, 2019 in Raleigh, NC.

Follow this link to view the interview video

Continuing Education Credit

By reading, watching or listening to the full interview, you may self-report to earn 0.5 hours Continuing Education Credits for Certified Medical Practice Executive (CMPE) or Fellow of the American College of Medical Practice Executives (FACMPE) credentials.

NCMGMA and BOH thank Mako Medical Laboratories
for helping to make this interview series possible.

About the Business of Healthcare

BOH was founded as a forum and information exchange for the 40,000 decision makers leading hospitals and health systems, physician practices, pharma, device, and senior living as well as government and commercial payers. These leaders, and innovators serving them, join Business of Healthcare interviews to solve the complex issues they face together.

Hosted by Matthew Hanis, each interview balances Margin & Mission: making good healthcare accessible to all. New subscribers come to BOH through your referrals. Please share our content with your colleagues and invite them to join our expert community.

Upcoming Interviews

Upcoming interviews in the series feature Jeff James, Chief Executive Officer of Wilmington Health.

Interested in Participating?
If you are interested in being interviewed or have a tip on someone who would be a great interview candidate, please contact Melissa Klingberg in the NCMGMA offices at melissa@ncmgm.org.

Can Physicians Fix Healthcare by Becoming Independent Again?

This interview is part of a new collaborative series made possible by Business of Healthcare and the North Carolina Medical Group Management Association. These interviews further our mission to provide high-level content for continuing education for our members while highlighting key players and issues in North Carolina’s healthcare industry.

In this interview:

K. Dale Owen, Jr., MD
Chief Executive Officer and Cardiologist
Tryon Medical Partners (Charlotte, NC)

Cardiologist and Tryon Medical Partners CEO Dale Owen, MD, and his 88 physician partners recently separated their practice from a large health system. In a BOH interview available as podcast and video at www.BOHSeries.com, Owen explains why he and his partners made this change, why plans to take on population health risk is critical to physician engagement and how challenging it is to stand up a 75,000-patient practice in weeks.

Follow this link to view the interview video

Continuing Education Credit

By reading, watching or listening to the full interview, you may self-report to earn 0.5 hours Continuing Education Credits for Certified Medical Practice Executive (CMPE) or Fellow of the American College of Medical Practice Executives (FACMPE) credentials.

NCMGMA and BOH thank Mako Medical Laboratories for making this series
on independent physician practice possible.

About the Business of Healthcare

BOH was founded as a forum and information exchange for the 40,000 decision makers leading hospitals and health systems, physician practices, pharma, device, and senior living as well as government and commercial payers. These leaders, and innovators serving them, join Business of Healthcare interviews to solve the complex issues they face together.

Hosted by Matthew Hanis, each interview balances Margin & Mission: making good healthcare accessible to all. New subscribers come to BOH through your referrals. Please share our content with your colleagues and invite them to join our expert community.

Upcoming Interviews

Upcoming interviews in the series feature Mandy Cohen, MD, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, and Jeff James, Chief Executive Officer of Wilmington Health.

Interesting in Participating?
If you are interesting in being interviewed or have a tip on someone who would be a great interview candidate, please contact Melissa Klingberg in the NCMGMA offices at melissa@ncmgm.org.

Join us at the Fall Conference in Historic Charleston

Registration is Now Open
Join us in Historic Charleston, SC

October 17-19, 2018
Charleston Marriott | Charleston, SC

NCMGMA is heading back to Charleston, South Carolina for our 2018 Fall Conference. Scheduled for October 17-19, we will be at the Charleston Marriott, located just blocks from historic downtown Charleston. Start making your plans to join us for this exciting healthcare industry event: registration is now open so sign up today!

Browse this email for details on our Thursday keynote presentations, registration, nominations for Practice of the Year, and more! For complete details about this year’s Fall Conference, visit the NCMGMA website here.

Thursday Keynote Presentations

Britt Berrett, PhD, FACHE
Program Director / Clinical Faculty
Univ. of Texas Dallas Jindal School of Management
SESSION: Patients Come Second: Leading Change
by Changing Parts I and II

Britt Berrett currently serves as the Program Director of Healthcare Management in the Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. His depth and breadth of professional and academic experience provides a tremendous foundation in the preparation for the next generation of healthcare leaders.

He is an Executive Coach with MEDI and has more than 25 years of experience as a hospital president and CEO. In 2013, Dr. Berrett co-authored a New York Times Best Selling book on leadership in healthcare entitled, “Patients Come Second – Leading Change by Changing How You Lead.”

Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH
Secretary
NC Dept. of Health and Human Services
SESSION: An In-depth Interview with Dr. Mandy Cohen
by Matt Hanis of the Business of Healthcare

Since being appointed as Secretary of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services in January 2017, Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, and her team have worked tirelessly to improve the health safety and well-being of North Carolinians. DHHS is a cabinet-level agency with approximately 16,000 employees and an annual budget of $20 billion. Among her top priorities are combating the opioid crisis, building a strong, efficient Medicaid program, and improving early childhood education.

A graduate of Cornell University, she received her medical degree from Yale School of Medicine, a Master’s in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health and trained in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Matthew Hanis
Executive Producer and Host
Business of Healthcare
SESSION: An In-depth Interview with Dr. Mandy Cohen
by Matthew Hanis of the Business of Healthcare

Matthew Hanis is the Business of Healthcare Executive Producer and Host. He helps a wide range of healthcare organizations commercialize new solutions. Hanis has held executive leadership roles with Mercy, a St. Louis Based $5 billion health system, Advanced Practice Strategies, an Ascension Ventures portfolio company, and the Healthcare Business of Thomson Reuters, now Truven Health Analytics.

Registration

Registration is open for the 2018 Fall Conference in Charleston so sign up today. Click on the links below to access our online and print registration forms. For complete details on registration costs, follow this link. Early registration discounts end September 24th.

• Click here for an online registration form
• Click here for a printable registration form

Accommodations

All events for the Annual Conference are scheduled at the Marriott Charleston located at 170 Lockwood Blvd. in Charleston, SC. We are pleased to offer our attendees the discounted group rate is $174 per night (plus 14% tax + $2.24 destination fee). Hotel reservations can be made online by clicking here.

About the Marriott
Experience true southern hospitality and modern accommodations at its finest at the Charleston Marriott. Our location overlooking the Ashley River, offers easy access to beautiful downtown historic Charleston, the old city market, local area beaches, The Citadel, and of course, great dining and entertainment. Our downtown Charleston hotel offers luxurious hotel amenities including high-speed wireless internet, shuttle service to the historic district, state of the art business and fitness centers.

Practice of the Year Award
Submit Your Nomination Today

The North Carolina Medical Group Management Association (NCMGMA) is proud to partner with First Citizens Bank to present the 6th Annual Practice of the Year Award, to be presented on the evening of Thursday, October 18th at the NCMGMA Fall Conference in Charleston.

About the Award
This award recognizes a medical group practice that has made a significant contribution to their community, patients and/or staff through volunteer work, indigent clinics, fundraisers, staff wellness programs, community clean ups, community screenings and education (internal & external), etc.

Submit Your Nomination Today
Follow this link for complete Practice of the Year award nominations information, including the award nominations form. The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, August 31st.

Questions

Follow the links above for more information and for registration. If you have any questions, please contact the NCMGMA offices at info@ncmgm.org.