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From the President -

     Greetings and welcome to the ISA Website.  Inside you will see newsworthy items from within our society, legislative initiatives on both the State and Federal level, and links to important educational opportunities.  
     With all the change occurring in Washington, the impact on our State issues is significant.  We will therefore be focusing our efforts on Federal as well as State activism so the voices of our Society and our patients are heard.     
     Please click on the links that say “ALERT” to take action on important items that affect our specialty, and use the handy CapWiz tool to contact legislators.  Remember, it is all about patient safety.
     If your interest is piqued and you want to know how to help, please contact any of the officers, Delegates, or Alternate Delegates, or any of the ISA office staff.  If you truly want to participate in the process, consider becoming an ISA Liason to your practice.  You can be the key person in your area to magnify the efforts of the ISA in protecting patient safety in anesthesiology.  Click on the “Contact Us” icon and get involved!
     Please revisit this website periodically for updates, and look for emails inviting you to revisit this site!
Thanks for your interest.  Looking forward to working together.

Ralph Glasser MD
  
ASA News

UPDATE: ASA Members Receive AMA Foundation Award
The AMA's Foundation recently honored two ASA members, Brooke Albright, MD and Timothy J. Beacham, MD, for their outstanding leadership in medicine.

UPDATE: CMS Notice to physician and providers who have not enrolled or updated their Medicare enrollment since November 2003


UPDATE: Remarks of President Barack Obama on Health Insurance Reform


UPDATE: Update: Congress and President Act to Pass "Patch" for Pending 21 Percent Medicare Physician Payment Cut
Late last night, the president signed H.R. 4691, the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 into law.

UPDATE: Bipartisan Summit Concludes without Agreement- ASA to Remain Vigilant for Possible "Reconciliation" Strategy
This lack of progress and the comments from participants following the meeting has led ASA leadership to believe it is increasingly likely that a "reconciliation" strategy will be utilized to attempt to move the President's reform proposals forward.

UPDATE: FDA Issues Update on Propofol Shortage
On February 24, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted updated information regarding the availability of propofol on its website.

UPDATE: Haiti Relief - Click here for Updates From ASA

  
  

The Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists (ISA) is the professional association of  about 1900 Illinois Anesthesiologists. The mission of ISA is to advance and further patient safety and the practice of Anesthesiology in Illinois through education, representation and advocacy of the Illinois Anesthesiologist. ISA is the leader in defining and advancing the standards of anesthesiology in our state.

  
ISA NEWS
Fifteen Members Represent ISA in Springfield -

 

ISA President Ralph Glasser, MD and members visited Springfield on February 24 for the Annual ISA Lobby Day.  ISA members urged their senators and representatives to support SB 3509, the ISA bill calling for truth in advertising. The ISA encourages all of its members to get involved and contact their legislator.

 

Tripti Kataria, MD, MPH with Senator Dan Kotowski.  Thomas W. Cutter, MD & Ori Gottlieb, MD with Representative Deborah Graham.

 

 

Current Issue: Winter 2010 -


 

 

Members Only Access Now Available -

ISA members may now log in to the web site to access additional content. All members will be receiving instructions with the dues statement that is going out in the mail during the week of August 24. If you need help please call the ISA office at 312-853-2244 or email contact@isahq.org.

 

 

Member Directory - Now available online -

 

 

 

ASA Launches Lifeline Campaign Web Site -

ASA has launched a campaign to increase public awareness of the central role anesthesiologists play in modern medicine. Called the Lifeline Campain, it stresses that highly trained physician anesthesiologists provide a lifeline to modern medicine because they are involved at the most important points of a person's life: at childbirth, during surgery, in critcal care, chronic pain and palliative care. Anesthesiologists work throughout the hospital taking care of all kinds of patients. Without important developments in the safety of anesthesia care and in the techncal capabilities of anesthesiologists, many of the modern miracles of medicine would not be possilbe.

 

The IDPH Obstetric Hemorrhage Education Project -

The Obstetric Hemorrhage Education Project was a topic of discussion at the ISA House of Delegates meeting on May 30, 2009. Questions were raised about the program's origin and implementation. Several delegates who had completed the training reported improved teamwork in subsequent obstetric hemorrhage situations.

Learn how it affects anesthesiologists.

 

 

  
 ISA 2010 CALENDAR OF MEEETINGS

March 7 ISA Board of Directors Meeting, Westin O'Hare Hotel, Rosemont, IL

March 25 ISA Resident Component Annual Meeting, Parthenon Restaurant, Chicago, IL

March 29-30 ASA Certificate in Business Administration Program, Houston, TX

April 26-28 ASA Legislative Conference, JW Marriott, Washington, DC

May 22 ISA House of Delegates, ISA Offices, Chicago, IL

August 14-15 ASA Certificate in Business Administration, Houston, TX

October 16-20 ASA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

November 12 Resident Jeopardy, Intercontinental Hotel, Chicago, IL

November 12 ISA Board of Directors Meeting, ISA Offices, Chicago, IL

November 13 Midwest Anesthesiology Conference, Intercontinental Hotel, Chicago, IL
  
MAC 2010

SAVE THE DATE: The 2010 Midwest Anesthesiology Conference will take place Saturday, November 13 at the InterContinental Hotel Chicago.  

 

KEY CONTACT

Are you interested in getting more involved with ISA? Please consider serving as a Key Contact between ISA and your group practice. As a Key Contact you will be given the information you need to keep your practice informed of ISA’s advocacy initiatives and educational events.

How do I sign up?  Simply forward your name and group affiliation to contact@isahq.org.

ISA GRASSROOTS NETWORK

The ISA Grassroots Network provides members an opportunity to get involved in the specialty’s advocacy efforts and provides anesthesiologists a strong and effective voice in legislative and regulatory affairs. The ISA Grassroots Network educates and activates members when the collective voices of anesthesiologists are needed to influence legislation, regulation or other actions that impact the specialty.

As an ISA Grassroots Network member, you will receive notifications to respond to action alerts and updates to keep you informed on important legislation.

Interested?  Please let us know at contact@isahq.org.

AMA NEWS

Mass layoffs at hospitals increased in January
There is concern that state budget cuts could make things worse.

Industry support of CME under scrutiny
Federal officials proposed having physicians pay their own way as one solution to eliminate bias. The ACCME said it will continue to monitor the debate.

HIPAA privacy rules detailed in AMA online guide
The resource tool will explain new security regulations and lay out deadlines for compliance.

Insurer antitrust exemption would end under House bill
But the move would not increase competition among health plans, said an insurance industry association, citing nonpartisan research.

Medicare physician pay cut delayed as Senate clears logjam
The 21% reduction will return April 1 unless Congress delays it further. The Senate is considering a bill to make Oct. 1 the new deadline.

Health plans extend their market dominance
"Highly concentrated" insurance markets are found in all but three U.S. metropolitan areas, according to an American Medical Association report.

Liability reform gets nod in Obama proposal after health summit
The president said he was open to expanding liability reform pilots and to three additional GOP ideas raised at the White House meeting.

Medicare PECOS deadline extended again
Doctors now have until the end of the year to ensure that they are current on the Medicare enrollment system and avoid claims denials.

Hypertension seen as neglected disease
More aggressive screening, improved surveillance and less-expensive medications could reduce the number of U.S. adults with the cardiovascular risk factor, an IOM report says.

H1N1 protection added to next season's flu shots
A CDC advisory panel recommends nearly everyone in the U.S. receive the new enhanced vaccine.

Hospital-acquired sepsis, pneumonia kill 48,000 each year
The nosocomial illnesses accounted for 2.3 million extra days in the hospital and cost $8.1 billion to treat, according to a new study.

What editorial writers are saying about the Anthem Blue Cross premium hike
The California-based WellPoint subsidiary informed individual subscribers that premiums would increase by as much as 39%.

Doctors' workweek getting shorter
Along with a drop in hours worked per week, physicians also saw a decline in fees, a new study says.

Discount medical plans come under state scrutiny
Regulators report more complaints as companies target a larger uninsured population.

How to trim patient wait times -- or make waiting easier
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