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The needs of our society are now greater than ever before with the rapidly changing health care system in the country. All health care reform bills nationally and at the state level will be monitored very closely to determine how they affect ISA members. When the reforms are not in our interest, I can assure you that the ISA board will act decisively and promptly. The ISA has initiated a pro-active legislative agenda. To achieve legislative success, we must be consistent with our message and remain unwavering in our determination. Our struggle to protect patient safety should commence at the grassroots level. Legislators listen and respond to their constituents. Take a moment and contemplate how valuable it would be if ISA had a key contact for every legislator in Illinois. Implementing pro-active legislation is the easy part. The challenges we will encounter with the legislative process can only be met by the dedicated participation of all members. I therefore humbly ask each of you for your individual support to ensure the success of ISA’s mission and goals so that the Illinois public can get the medical care they deserve. I can assure each and every ISA member, we need your support. Become involved and please communicate to me and how we can improve the mission of ISA- president@isahq.org
Asokumar Buvanendran, MD |
The needs of our society are now greater than ever before with the rapidly changing health care system in the country. All health care reform bills nationally and at the state level will be monitored very closely to determine how they affect ISA members. When the reforms are not in our interest, I can assure you that the ISA board will act decisively and promptly. The ISA has initiated a pro-active legislative agenda. To achieve legislative success, we must be consistent with our message and remain unwavering in our determination. Our struggle to protect patient safety should commence at the grassroots level. Legislators listen and respond to their constituents. Take a moment and contemplate how valuable it would be if ISA had a key contact for every legislator in Illinois. Implementing pro-active legislation is the easy part. The challenges we will encounter with the legislative process can only be met by the dedicated participation of all members. I therefore humbly ask each of you for your individual support to ensure the success of ISA’s mission and goals so that the Illinois public can get the medical care they deserve. I can assure each and every ISA member, we need your support. Become involved and please communicate to me and how we can improve the mission of ISA- president@isahq.org |
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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.
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 | HB 5085 Out-of-Network Billing -
View the ISA coalition letter to legislators regarding HB 5085 out-of-network billing.
View the mailing sent to the ISA membership on July 6, 2010.
| Current Issue: Summer 2010 -
| MAC 2010 -
| ISA joins Facebook -
| Resident Section Announces New Leadership -
L-R: Vipul Mangal, MD, Adam Young, MD, Andrew Fieder, MD
and Eric Fanaee, MD
Approximately 65 residents from John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Advocate Illinois Masonic, Rush University and University of Chicago gathered at the Parthenon Restaurant in Greek Town March 25 for the Annual ISA Resident Section elections. Outgoing Co-Presidents Daniel Beck, MD & Jennifer Steiman, MD of University of Chicago welcomed new Co-Presidents Vipul Mangal, MD & Adam Young, MD from Rush University Medical Center. Eric Fanaee, MD from University of Chicago will join Drs. Mangal & Young as President-Elect for the 2010-2011 year. The Resident Section will meet again November 12 at the InterContinental Hotel for the Annual Resident Jeopardy Tournament preceding the Midwest Anesthesiology Conference November 13. 
| 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.
| 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.
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REGISTER to attend the 2010 Midwest Anesthesiology Conference.
Abstracts are now being accepted for the November 13, 2010 Midwest Anesthesiology Conference. Online submission is open to all and concludes October 2. Accepted abstracts will be printed in the conference program book. Resident submissions will be considered for the prestigious Nimmagadda Award. CLICK HERE to view the guidelines and submit your abstract.
Need a room at the Hotel Intercontinental? Make your RESERVATION today!
Interested in exhibiting? View the EXHIBITOR/SPONSOR prospectus.
REGISTER to attend the 2010 Midwest Anesthesiology Conference.
Abstracts are now being accepted for the November 13, 2010 Midwest Anesthesiology Conference. Online submission is open to all and concludes October 2. Accepted abstracts will be printed in the conference program book. Resident submissions will be considered for the prestigious Nimmagadda Award. CLICK HERE to view the guidelines and submit your abstract.
Need a room at the Hotel Intercontinental? Make your RESERVATION today!
Interested in exhibiting? View the EXHIBITOR/SPONSOR prospectus.
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The Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists is now on facebook. Become a fan of ISA to stay informed about upcoming events, news and networking opportunities.
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The Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists is now on facebook. Become a fan of ISA to stay informed about upcoming events, news and networking opportunities.
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ISA 2010 CALENDAR OF MEEETINGS |
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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 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 |
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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E-mail could be good for your patients' health
Online communication between doctors and patients can improve results, a study says. But observers say more research is needed to determine exactly how.
Hospitals boost response rates for timely angioplasties
As hospitals reduce their "door-to-balloon" times, heart attack mortality rates are falling.
Health reform tasks could overwhelm agencies, former federal official says
HHS, CMS and other departments must issue more than 40 health reform regulations, some of which will be complex and controversial.
Med school tuition proposal: Take percentage of paycheck
Students would commit to paying part of their future income rather than pay as they attend school.
WellCare to pursue legal action against former executives
The Florida-based Medicare and Medicaid contractor is now a plaintiff alongside shareholders seeking damages for alleged fraud.
Medicare anti-fraud effort leads to record arrests
More than 90 people, including physicians, are charged with fraudulent activity involving more than $251 million in false claims to Medicare.
Pertussis epidemic in California linked to vaccination gaps
Some doctors in the state say parents not vaccinating children, and physicians limiting the immunizations they administer because of payment issues, contributed to the outbreak.
Job growth at physician offices, hospitals expected this year
The outlook is that health system reform combined with some temporary increased stability in Medicare pay may lead to expansion.
Recovery audits expanding to include Medicaid
RACs also will seek out overpayments in Medicare private plans and the program's drug benefit.
HIV/AIDS national policy unveiled
The Obama administration plan does not propose significant increases in HIV/AIDS funding but instead calls for better coordination of existing resources.
CMS chief Dr. Berwick still may face hearings
Republican lawmakers and some policy experts say the recess appointee's tenure won't carry the same weight as if he had been confirmed by the Senate.
Michigan med school drops commercial support for CME
The change in policy will mean a loss of $1.2 million for its CME programs, but officials say they are aiming to eliminate bias.
Avandia's future murky after FDA panel vote
The type 2 diabetes drug, already under a black-box warning, is examined again as more questions about its safety are raised.
What editorial writers are saying about the 10% tanning tax
Taxing indoor tanning bed sessions went into effect July 1. Many support the goal of cutting cancer, but others say it's unfair to small business.
Health Net settles with Connecticut over data breach
The agreement requires the insurer to adopt new security safeguards and comes at the same time that HHS proposes new data security rules.
Hospitals find it tougher to be "Most Wired"
The American Hospital Assn.'s annual survey of hospitals' use of technology is revised to emphasize how well facilities used it.
How to use online patient comments to your advantage
Technically Speaking - A practical look at information technology issues and usage
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