WSUS

Executive Board

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:34:17 GMT

Executive Board
Start Date: 11-Nov-10 6:30 PM
End Time: 11-Nov-10 9:00 PM
Location: TBA
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TBA

Executive Board

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:30:10 GMT

Executive Board
Start Date: 12-Aug-10 6:30 PM
End Time: 12-Aug-10 9:00 PM
Location: TBA
Speaker:

TBA

Executive Board

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:27:51 GMT

Executive Board
Start Date: 13-May-10 6:30 PM
End Time: 13-May-10 9:00 PM
Location: TBA
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TBA

Executive Board

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:17:12 GMT

Executive Board
Start Date: 11-Mar-10 6:30 PM
End Time: 11-Mar-10 9:00 PM
Location: TBA
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TBA

Executive Board Retreat

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:23:57 GMT

Executive Board Retreat
Start Date: 23-Jan-10 8:30 AM
End Time: 23-Jan-10 11:30 AM
Location: TBA
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TBA

Executive Board Retreat

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:20:56 GMT

Executive Board Retreat
Start Date: 22-Jan-10 3:00 PM
End Time: 22-Jan-10 6:00 PM
Location: TBA
Speaker:

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TBA

Executive Board

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:14:25 GMT

Executive Board
Start Date: 12-Nov-09 6:30 PM
End Time: 12-Nov-09 9:00 PM
Location: TBA
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TBA

Executive Board

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:11:34 GMT

Executive Board
Start Date: 13-Aug-09 6:30 PM
End Time: 13-Aug-09 9:00 PM
Location: TBA
Speaker:

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TBA

Executive Board

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:09:32 GMT

Executive Board
Start Date: 14-May-09 6:30 PM
End Time: 14-May-09 9:00 PM
Location: TBA
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TBA

Executive Board

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:07:18 GMT

Executive Board
Start Date: 12-Mar-09 6:30 PM
End Time: 12-Mar-09 9:00 PM
Location: TBA
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TBA

Executive Board Retreat

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:50:32 GMT

Executive Board Retreat
Start Date: 24-Jan-09 8:30 AM
End Time: 24-Jan-09 11:00 AM
Location: Willows Lodge, Woodinville, WA
Speaker:

Willows Lodge

Executive Board Retreat

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:30:37 GMT

Executive Board Retreat
Start Date: 23-Jan-09 3:00 AM
End Time: 23-Jan-09 6:00 PM
Location: Willows Lodge, Woodinville, WA 98072
Speaker:

Willows Lodge

14580 NE 145th St

Woodinville, WA USA 98072

NWUS Joint Planning Committee Meeting 2008 & 2009

Thu, 29 May 2008 18:13:07 GMT

NWUS Joint Planning Committee Meeting 2008 & 2009
Start Date: 7-Dec-08 8:30 AM
End Time: 7-Dec-08 9:30 PM
Location: Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront, Portland, OR
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The 2008 NWUS Exhibit Advisory Committee will be participating for part of the meeting to provide their insight from the industry supporter point of view.

Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront

WSUS Annual Membership Meeting & Legislative Committee Meeting

Thu, 29 May 2008 18:05:51 GMT

WSUS Annual Membership Meeting & Legislative Committee Meeting
Start Date: 6-Dec-08 7:00 AM
End Time: 6-Dec-08 8:15 AM
Location: Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront, Portland, OR 97201
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Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront

1401 SW Naito Parkway

Portland, OR USA 97201

WSUS Presents NWUS Socioeconomoic Forum

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:51:48 GMT

WSUS Presents NWUS Socioeconomoic Forum
Start Date: 5-Dec-08 8:00 AM
End Time: 5-Dec-08 12:00 PM
Location: Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront, Portland, OR 97201
Speaker: See Agenda located under "Details"

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TENTATIVE DECEMBER 5 AM AGENDA

This is a working breakfast meeting

8:05 - 8:30 "Getting Positive Results from your Contract Negotiations"

Naya Keyhayes, MPH, CEO Eveia Health Consulting (Issaquah, WA)

8:30 - 9:00 "Employment Law Update for your Urology Practice" Jack Cooper, JD

9:00 - 9:15 Panel discussion moderated by Tom Hatch, MD (Cooper & Keyhayes)

9:15 - 9:35 BREAK

9:40 - 10:00 "Residency Training Programs and the Future Urology Recruitment"

John Barry, MD - AUA President

10:00 - 10:40 "Legislative Issues critical to urology, you and your practice" (SGR, Transfer of 10% from specialty physicians to primary care physicians, in-office radiology limitations, Recover Audit Contractor (RAC) Program, etc.)

Jeff Kaufman, MD - AACU Past President, CUA Past President

10:40 - 11:00 Panel discussion moderated by Mark Uhlman, MD (Barry, Kaufman, Frankel - AACU Pres-Elect)

11:00 - 11:45 Governor Kitzhaber

11:45 - 12:00 Q & A

Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront

# 1401 SW Naito Parkway

Portland, OR USA 97201

NWUS Annual Scientific Conference

Thu, 29 May 2008 18:02:25 GMT

NWUS Annual Scientific Conference
Start Date: 5-Dec-08 8:00 AM
End Time: 6-Dec-08 6:00 PM
Location: Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront, Portland, OR 97201
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Visit www.nwus.org for all the details of this event including featured scientific and socioeconomic speakers, social events, and more!!

Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront

1401 SW Naito Parkway

Portland, OR USA 97201

NWUS Executive Board Meeting

Thu, 29 May 2008 17:55:46 GMT

NWUS Executive Board Meeting
Start Date: 4-Dec-08 5:30 PM
End Time: 4-Dec-08 9:00 PM
Location: TBA
Speaker:

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TBA

Executive Board Meeting

Thu, 29 May 2008 17:50:07 GMT

Executive Board Meeting
Start Date: 13-Nov-08 6:30 PM
End Time: 13-Nov-08 9:00 PM
Location: TBA
Speaker:

TBA

Executive Board Meeting

Thu, 29 May 2008 19:45:46 GMT

Executive Board Meeting
Start Date: 14-Aug-08 6:30 PM
End Time: 14-Aug-08 9:00 PM
Location: TBA
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TBA

WSMA AC: SPECIAL MEETING ON PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL LEGISLATION

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:04:09 GMT

WSMA AC: SPECIAL MEETING ON PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL LEGISLATION
Start Date: 23-Jul-08 5:30 PM
End Time: 23-Jul-08 8:00 PM
Location: Sea-Tac Hilton, Seattle, WA 98188
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PURPOSE: To determine a House of Medicine response to the legislation (HB 2691) introduced by the chair of the House Health Care Committee, Rep. Eileen Cody, restricting physician referrals during the 2008 legislative session. HB 2691 is substantively the same as a controversial Maryland law. HB 2691 ultimately died in committee. Rep. Cody has told us that she will introduce the bill again next session unless medicine can come forward with solutions to address her concerns with inappropriate utilization of advanced imaging services.

STATUS: In April members of the WSMA Executive Committee, along with medical practice representatives, met with Rep. Cody to get a better understanding of her concerns. At that meeting she indicated the following:

Her concern is with "inappropriate utilization" and not ownership (we were assured that Ambulatory Surgery Centers are not her focus);

She is open to a House of Medicine solution to the problem which does not necessarily mean legislation; and

She is willing to work with us (medicine), but believes there is a problem and that she will do something next session (January 2009) with or without us.

Some potential areas to work on were also discussed. Those areas were outlined in an April 21 letter sent by WSMA President Dr. Brian Wicks to Rep. Cody as a follow-up to the meeting (the letter is attached). Rep. Cody has indicated she is willing to work with us on the areas outlined in the letter.

BACKGROUND: HB 2691 is based on a Maryland law originally passed in 1993. The Maryland law was intended to mirror the federal Stark law prohibitions. Although mirroring the Stark law, the Maryland law is not identical. Of the differences (which are also true of HB 2691) the two most important are:

The legislation's "in-office ancillary services" exception specifically prohibits self-referrals or performance of MRIs, radiation therapy and CT scans by anyone except radiologists (radiologist group practice or an office consisting solely of one or more radiologists); and

Unlike the Stark law which only applies to referrals for "Designated Health Services," the Maryland statute prohibits physicians from referring patients for any and all services that result in a financial benefit to the referring physician.

GOALS: (1) Find areas of mutual agreement within the House of Medicine to ensure the appropriate utilization of advanced imaging services, and bring forth those recommendations or findings to Rep. Cody.

(2) Depending on those recommendations, determine a legislative course of action for 2009 with regards to utilization of imaging services.

Tim Layton

Director of Legal Affairs

Washington State Medical Association

Sea-Tac Hilton

17620 International Boulevard

Seattle, WA USA 98188