ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DECEASED ASAM MEMBERS

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The American Society of Addiction Medicine
ASAM
Annual Business Meeting/Breakfast 11 April
2008
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTDECEASED ASAM MEMBERS

• Rip Corley, M.D. Argyle, TX
• Emma K. Harrod, M.D. Glenville, NC
• David B. Levine, D.O. Tallahassee, FL
• John P. McGovern, M.D. Houston, TX
• Tod H. Mikuriya, M.D. Berkeley, CA
• Rudolf P. Regehr, M.D. Haliburton, Ontario,
  Canada
• Catherine Slota-Varma, M.D. Milwaukee, WI
• James W. Smith, M.D. Seattle, WA
• Richard E. Tremblay, M.D. Olympia, WA
• Joseph J. Zuska, M.D. Los Alamitos, CA

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ABAM

• Honorary Interim Directors of the
• American Board of Addiction Medicine.
• Andris Antoniskis, M.D., FASAM
• Sheila B. Blume, M.D., FASAM
• Barry Stimmel, M.D., FASAM
• Norman Wetterau, M.D., FASAM
• Honorary Interim Directors of the
• American Board of Addiction Medicine Foundation.
  
• Robert L. DuPont, M.D., FASAM
• Stanley E. Gitlow, M.D., FACP, FASAM
• Gary A. Jaeger, M.D., FAAFP, FASAM

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Eight Specialty Directors of ABAM and The ABAM
Foundation

• Hoover Adger, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., Diplomate
• American Board of Pediatrics
• Richard D. Blondell, M.D., Diplomate
• American Board of Family Medicine
• Kathleen T. Brady, Ph.D., M.D., Diplomate
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Gail DOnofrio, M.D., M.S., Diplomate
• American Board of Emergency Medicine
• Larry M. Gentilello, M.D. FACS, Diplomate
• American Board of Surgery
• Kevin B. Kunz, M.D., M.P.H., FASAM, Diplomate
• American Board of Preventive Medicine
• Jeffrey H. Samet, M.D., M.A., M.P.H., Diplomate
• American Board of Internal Medicine
• Robert J. Sokol, M.D., Diplomate
• American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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RECOGNIZING THIS YEARS PROGRAM DIRECTORS for
ASAMs CME Courses

• Jeffrey Samet, M.D., ChairLawrence Brown, M.D.,
  Co-chair Marc Galanter, M.D., Co-chairsMedical-S
  cientific Conference
• James Ferguson, D.O. Director Medical Review
  Officer Training Course
• Markus Heilig, M.D, Course Director 2007
  (NIAAA)Lawrence Brown, M.D., Edwin Salsitz,
  M.D., Stephen Wyatt, M.D. Co-Directors, State of
  the Art (SOTA) Course
• Edward Salsitz, M.D. and Karen Drexler, M.D.
• Co-Directors, Review Course in Addiction
  Medicine

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RECOGNIZING THIS YEARS PROGRAM DIRECTORS for
ASAMs CME Courses

• Margaret Jarvis, M.D., Louis Baxter, Sr., M.D.,
• John Tanner, D.O.--Co-Directors
• Ruth Fox Course for Physicians
• Don Kurth, M.D., Ed Salsitz, M.D.,
• Herb Malinoff, M.D. Co-Directors
• Pain and Addiction Common Threads IX
• James Ferguson, D.O. Director Medical Review
  Officer Training Course
• Louis Baxter, Sr., M.D., FASAM Course Director
• Best Practices (in Drug Testing)

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RECOGNIZING THIS YEARS DIRECTORS for ASAMs
Related Educational Activities

• David Fiellin, M.D. Medical Director
• Physician Clinical Support System
• Daniel P. Alford, M.D., M.P.H. and Judith A.
  Martin, M.D.
• Co-chairs
• CSAT-Approved Buprenorphine Training Courses
• (ASAM Pharmacological Therapies Work Group
• Opioid Agonist Treatment Subworkgroup)
• Marc Fishman, M.D. Work Group Chair
• ASAM PPC Supplement on
• Pharmacotherapies for Alcohol Use Disorders

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ASAM Chapters CouncilRich Soper, MD, JD, FASAM,
Council ChairWelcome!Idaho Society of
Addiction Medicine
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Annual Reports

• Membership Council Dr. Dan McCullough
• ASAMs Partnerships
• Dr. Michael Miller and Dr. David Lewis
• AMA Report Dr. Stu Gitlow, Delegate
• Treasurers Report Dr. Stu Gitlow
• RFMEF Report -- Dr. Max Schneider
• Secretarys Report Dr. Ken Roy

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Highlights of the Year

• ABAM
• Parity
• MISAG
• DDTAG
• Many Action Groups

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Highlights of the Year

• More ambitious goals than ever
• More ambitious activities than ever
• To achieve these, and not go into default.
• ITS ALL ABOUT MONEY

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• ABAM will take MONEY
• Professional Lobbyists require MONEY
• Read the memos at your table re RFMEF

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Things ASAM is considering

• New Categories of Membership
• Sustaining Members
• Affiliate Members (non-physicians)
• PA/NP
• Doctoral Psychologists
• Other Health Care Professionals
• Dues Surcharges/Mandatory Assessments to pay for
  ABAM, Parity, and Chapters Development
• A Capital Campaign sent to members and
  non-members
• Grateful Patients
• Foundations
• Major Philanthropists (individuals)

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• STANDARDS AND ECONOMICS OF CARE
• Practice Guidelines
• Placement Criteria
• Treatment Outcome Studies
• Reimbursement (CPT codes, etc)
• Managed Care (our relationship with AMBHA and
  individual companies an Interest Group for
  members working in managed care)
• JCAHO
• Behavioral Health Care Accreditation Program
• Hospital Accreditation Program

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Where are we now with STANDARDS and ECONOMICS of
care?

• Practice Guidelines (APA primarily)
• Performance Measures (AMA PCPI NQF AQA)
• ABMS Boards with their Maintenance of
  Certification Programs (MOC)
• Accreditation StandardsCARF, JCAHO
• New Standards for SBIRTcontact JCAHO website to
  comment about the need!
• Economics Parity

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The ABAM Foundation

• Define the
• Core Content
• Core Competencies
• Scope of Practice
• of Addiction Medicine
• But this still doesnt speak to What is STANDARD
  TREATMENT or T.A.U.?

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Current Status of Addiction Treatment and ADM
Practice

• Coding workshopshow to code and bill and make a
  living as a private practitioner
• --Practice Support, Practice Management (MISAG)
• New CPT Codes for SBIRT
• CASA Study of Treatment
• --still, our PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY (ASAM) must be
  the leader in defining what should constitute
  T.A.U.
• Development of First Aid for Alcohol/Drug Use
  Addiction (Australia)
• Utilization Management Criteria
• The ASAM PPC Software
• Danya, Inc.

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What is the Current Status of Impaired
Professionals Programs now?

• They are UNDER ASSAULT.
• Wisconsin has dropped its State Medical Society
  PHPwe are left only with a diversion program
  within the State Governments Department of
  Regulation and Licensing.
• California has dropped its State Medical Boards
  Diversion Programthey are left with nothing
  except license suspensions and revocations.
• Video Clips
• If not ASAM, what medical society will stand up
  for physicians who are ill?

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• Advocacy Council
• Physician Health Committee

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Thanks to everyone who has been so supportive of
me in my first year in office

• Thanks to ASAM Governance and Staff
• Thanks to my partners at Meriter/NewStart Drs.
  Ian Powell, Randy Brown (WisSAM President),
  Aleksandra Zgierska, and Basil
  Spyropoulos
• Thanks to Kathy (xoxo)

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Come to the Opening Plenary

• Come to the Registration Booth to try out the new
  Software for Member Involvement
• Come to the Specialty Section Meetings tonight,
  including Primary Care
• Come to the Exhibit Hall
• ASAM Booth to Contact your Member of Congress
• Danya Booth to try out the ASAM PPC Software
• Come to Med Sci 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana