Ohio-ACC Newsletter, December 2019
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Sanjay Gandhi, MD, MBA, FACC
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Dear Ohio-ACC Colleague,
As the holiday season is upon us, I would like to take this opportunity to share with you some Chapter highlights of the last couple of months.
Ohio-ACC Annual Meeting
It was wonderful to see so many of you at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Cardiology at the Hilton Columbus at Easton on October 12th. Special thanks to
Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, MD, FACC and
William R. Colyer, MD, FACC, annual meeting co-chairs, along with their planning committee for putting together such a terrific program. I hope that you will take a moment to look at the
great photos from the event. Congratulations to the winners of our very popular Fellow in Training Oral Presentation:
First place,
Peter Hu, MD, Cleveland Clinic; Second place,
Alex Meyer, MD, The Ohio State University. Congratulations to all of our Poster Competition winners (
visit this link and click on the "Posters" tab for a complete listing.).
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Ohio Members in Washington
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I am pleased to report that we had a delegation of 20 Ohio members attend the
ACC Legislative Conference in Washington, DC at the beginning of November. We had the opportunity to meet with Congress and ask them to support issues impacting our patients and our professions:
- Exercise careful oversight of issues that contribute to administrative burden and detract from patient care, including utilization management tools such as prior authorization.
- Promote the transition from volume to value by eliminating barriers to participating in alternative payment models and implementing innovative care coordination practices.
- Increase patient access to cardiac rehabilitation services by building upon past legislation, specifically the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which included provisions to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs, beginning in 2024.
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- Transform cardiovascular care and improve heart health through targeted research programs and legislation to combat the youth tobacco epidemic.
Even if you did not have a chance to go to Washington, DC, you can still
contact your legislators about these important issues.
Special thanks to
David Stultz, MD, FACC and
Anne Albers, MD, FACC for serving as Ohio-ACC Advocacy co-chairs.
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ACC Member Hub: Ohio-ACC Wins Challenge
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Good news! The Ohio-ACC won the ACC Member Hub Chapter Challenge among the large chapters across the country by having the highest percentage of members sign up with
http://memberhub.acc.org/. The ACC Member Hub is the ACC's free online community, a place where members can ask questions, share their knowledge and participate in mentorship. It's a platform designed around knowledge exchange – a criterion for transforming cardiovascular care and improving heart health. If you haven't already done so, join today at
http://memberhub.acc.org/
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Holiday Wishes
Wishing you all a very happy holiday season!
Contact Us
If Gwen Goldfarb, our chapter executive, or I can be of assistance to you,
please let us know. Wishing you a very Happy Holiday Season!
Sincerely,
Sanjay
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Congratulations to Election Winners
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Congratulations to
Karanvir "Kanny" Grewal, MD, FACC and
Andrea Robinson, MSN, RN, CCRN for being elected as the next Ohio-ACC Governor and Cardiovascular Team Liaison respectively! They will serve in an "elect" role beginning in March 2020 and assume their new roles in March 2021.
Dr. Kanny Grewal is currently the System Chief for Cardiovascular Imaging for OhioHealth and has been a practicing cardiologist at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus for the past 22 years. He trained in Cleveland, completing residency at MetroHealth and cardiology fellowship at University Hospitals of Cleveland. He served two terms on the Ohio-ACC Board of Trustees and currently serves on the Board of the Columbus Medical Association. His clinical interests include sports cardiology, cardiac prevention, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography and cardiac CTA.
Ms. Andrea Robinson is an Adult Geriatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with 12 years of experience in the healthcare field, currently practicing at OhioHealth’s Riverside Methodist Hospital in electrophysiology in Columbus, OH. She is the advanced practice clinical coordinator for the left atrial appendage clinic and the lead advanced practice provider for the Atrial Fibrillation clinic. She is an active member of the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular Team Council and has been involved with cardiovascular health legislative advocacy efforts at the state and national levels. She is also an active member of PODEMOS, a non-profit organization through The Ohio State University College of Medicine, which runs biannual medical brigades and provides chronic care to underserved patients in El Progresso, Honduras.
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Please Approve: Ohio-ACC Bylaws Amendments
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The Ohio ACC Board of Trustees has approved several amendments to the Bylaws to align membership categories with those of the National ACC, to clarify Chapter voting eligibility, and to simplify criteria for District Trustee selection
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Please take a moment to indicate if you approve the amendments indicated below; the changes are
highlighted in orange.
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Do you approve the proposed change to the bylaws? (see below)
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Article I Membership
Section 2. Class of Members.
The Chapter shall have
four
seven classes of membership. The qualifications for membership in the respective classes are:
Active Members: all Fellows, Associate Fellows, Affiliates, Distinguished Fellows and Honorary Fellows of the American College of Cardiology in Ohio.
Affiliate-in-Training Members: all Affiliates-in-Training of the American College of Cardiology in Ohio.
Emeritus Members: all Emeritus members of the American College of Cardiology in Ohio.
Cardiovascular Team: all Cardiovascular Team and Cardiovascular Administrator members of the American College of Cardiology in Ohio.
Medical Resident
– All Medical Resident members of the American College of Cardiology in Ohio enrolled in an accredited Ohio program.
Medical Student
– All Medical Students members of the American College of Cardiology in Ohio enrolled in an accredited Ohio medical school.
Cardiovascular Team Student
– All Cardiovascular Team Student members of the American College of Cardiology in Ohio enrolled in an accredited Ohio undergraduate or graduate program.
Section 3. Voting and Office Holding Rights.
All members of the Chapter
in good standing shall be eligible to vote in the Chapter.
Voting-eligible members shall include Emeritus members and ACC dues-paying members who fall within the Classes of Members that pay Chapter dues and who are paid members of the chapter prior to the official opening of the chapter election.
Active members of the Chapter in good standing shall be eligible to hold office in the Chapter. Other classes of Chapter membership shall be eligible to serve on committees of the Chapter.
Article II Board of Trustees
Section 2. Composition. Section 2. The Board of Trustees shall consist of the officers of the Chapter, eighteen (18) District Trustees, which shall be comprised of two (2) District Trustees from Districts II, III, IV, V, and VI, and four (4) from District I. In Districts II,
III
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IV, V, and VI, one trustee shall be elected from a medical school faculty and one from the practicing community,
which includes a private practice or full-time staff of a medical school satellite hospital or full-time staff of a stand-alone hospital system. In District 1, one trustee will be selected from the faculty of Case Western Reserve University/MetroHealth
Main Campus, one from Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals
Main Campus, one from The Cleveland Clinic
Main Campus and one
from the practicing community, which includes a private practice or full-time staff of a satellite hospital. In District III, two trustees shall be elected from the practicing community. In District IV, one trustee shall be selected from the faculty of The Ohio State University and one from the practicing community, which includes a private practice or full-time staff of a satellite hospital or full-time staff of a stand-alone hospital system. The Pediatric, Cardiovascular Surgical, Active Duty Military, and VA Trustees are Statewide, rather than District, representatives and will be voted into office by the entire membership. It is understood that the Active Duty Military Trustee may be deployed and could identify an alternate to serve while deployed. The chairs of the Cardiovascular Team Committee, the Fellow-in-Training Committee, and the Cardiovascular Administrator Committee will be voting members of the Board of Trustees. The chair of the Government Relations Committee, the Educational Committee, and the chair of the Medicare Carrier Liaison Committee will serve as ex-officio, non-voting members of the Board of Trustees.
Article V Committees
Section 6. Standing Committees. Standing Committees of the Chapter shall be as follows:
a) Government Relations Committee;
b) The Nominating Committee;
c) The Cardiovascular Team Council;
d) The Fellows-in-Training Council;
e) The Cardiovascular Administrator Council;
f)
The Educational Committee.
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Prior Authorization Tools for Your Practice
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Kelly Bartsch, PharmD, BCPS, CLS
Specialty Practice Pharmacist, Ambulatory Care
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
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Robert Barcelona, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
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Christopher Tanski, PharmD, BCCP, BCPS
Medical Science Liaison
Actelion Pharmaceuticals
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Prior Authorization Resources for You
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The number of hours the average physician office spends processing prior authorizations has been increasing year after year, with a recent survey by the American Medical Association revealing almost 15 hours of work per week on average. Prior authorizations have been recognized as a significant burden for physician work load, a cause of patient care delays, and a possible contributor to negative patient outcomes.
The Ohio Chapter of the American College of Cardiology has launched an initiative to provide resources to ease the burden on providers and improve patient care since numerous cardiovascular procedures and medications still require prior authorization from insurers.
Compiled on www.ohioacc.org is
a collection of important links, including insurer references, commonly used electronic prior authorization websites, and the American Medical Association prior authorization toolkit website. The site also provides some initial sample denial appeal letters for several common cardiovascular medications; additional agents will be added in the future. Finally, we have developed some sample templates for new drug starts to guide the language used in the prior authorization process. These resources are a work in progress as we look to the feedback from Ohio-ACC members to further refine the materials. The Chapter hopes to develop this into a primary resource for members approaching prior authorizations and ultimately improve patient care.
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Early Bird Registration Is Open:
Ohio-ACC Spring Summit on April 18, 2020
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You are invited to join your colleagues on
Saturday, April 18, for the
Ohio-ACC Spring Summit: 13th Annual Cardiovascular Team Update & 57th Annual Carl J. Wiggers Memorial Lecture at the Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland.
We listened to your feedback and have scheduled this meeting on a Saturday to make it more convenient for your schedules.
Take a look at the agenda here.
Deepak Bhatt, MD, FACC wil present the
57th Annual Carl J. Wiggers Memorial Lecture -
Residual Cardiovascular Risk in Statin-Treated Patients with Elevated Triglycerides: Now We Can REDUCE-IT. Other topics include Advanced Therapies & Management for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Case Studies, Managing Atrial Fibrillation After Left Atrial Appendage Closure- Cardioversions, Antiarrhythmics, and Ablation, SYNTAX Extended Survival Study-10 year Survival PCI vs CABG, and A Review of Cardiovascular Outcome Trials with Diabetes Therapies.
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