Capsules QW - news & information for members of Louisiana State Medical Society
Jan. 19, 2019
The LSMS would be delighted to host the first gubernatorial candidate forum during the House of Delegates business session on Jan. 26. Thus, we have confirmed the attendance of Congressman Ralph Abraham, MD, and have been actively engaged in conversations with the campaigns of Governor John Bel Edwards and Mr. Eddie Rispone and hope to confirm their attendance in the coming days.
Congressman Abraham is a two-term representative from Richland Parish where he is still a practicing physician.
Governor Edwards is running for re-election in 2019. He is an attorney from Tangipahoa Parish.
Mr. Rispone is an industrial contractor from Baton Rouge where his company ISC is located.
TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR THE INNAUGURATION GALA - contact Sarah Edwards, sedwards@lsms.org, for more information.
In preparation for the meeting, we have attached the Express Handbook to this email and added a few items of information to the meeting landing page. Please CLICK HERE to visit the landing page. The Express Handbook is a PDF and we highly recommend you download the packet to your personal laptop or device before the meeting. Or, if you wish, print and bring the document for your reference during the meeting.
If you are a first-time delegate to the House of Delegates, you must attend the new delegation orientation which will be held on January 25, 2019, at 11 a.m., in Sycamore A, where the Speaker of the House will review all applicable procedures and guidelines.
The Express Handbook includes:
House of Delegates schedule
Order of Business
2018 Proceedings of the House of Delegates
2019 Election Flyers
2019 Resolutions
2019 Budget Recommendations
2018 Board of Governor minutes
Additionally, as in years past, amendments to the resolutions will only be accepted at the amendments table within the House. Forms will be available at the registration desk and at the delegate's tables.
4 things medical students should know about giving bad news
As a physician, you will have to deliver bad news to your patients. It's a reality of the profession. How you present such news-how you communicate it to your patient and allow them to process it-can affect a patient's outlook on their situation.
Few people are as well versed in telling patients news they may not want to hear as Steven Pantilat, MD, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine and the inaugural chief of UCSF's palliative medicine division.
A pioneer in the field of palliative care, Dr. Pantilat estimates that he has cared for thousands of people who have received "really bad news." In a recent presentation at TEDMED 2018-the annual health and medicine edition of the world-renowned TED Talks-he compared the startling feeling patients experience when they receive a life-altering diagnosis to the feeling a passenger on a plane may feel if the plane begins to take a sudden nose dive.
"While it feels like [a patient] is going to die, it turns out there's a lot we can do to right the plane and get it to fly smoothly," he said.
Portions of the text below will be featured in an upcoming episode of "AMA Doc Talk," a lively, informative, conversation between physicians, ethicists, patients and academics, focused on relevant topics in medicine and packaged for quick consumption. "AMA Doc Talk" is just one of the podcasts produced by the American Medical Association.
340B hospitals breathing easier under Dem-controlled House
A year after the 340B drug discount program faced the prospect of major changes designed to curb what Republicans argued was a program that had grown way too large given its purpose, hospitals receiving the pharmacy benefit now face an easier path with Democrats controlling the House.
Last year was full of uncertainty for program participants. Many safety-net providers, such as San Diego-based Scripps Mercy Hospital, had to deal with substantial Medicare Part B reimbursement cuts for their 340B drugs as a result of an HHS move to change payment rules to reduce the discount available to participants.
"Without the program, it would be very difficult for a hospital like Mercy to continue to create the community-based access points that we do in a very underserved place like downtown San Diego," said Anthony Jackson, regional pharmacy director at Scripps Mercy.
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