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Brought to you by your dedicated team of Executive Directors: Sara Lipnick, Aurora-Adams County Medical Society; Stephen Boucher, Foothills MS; Santa Claus, North Pole Medical Society; Ginny Castleberry, Denver Medical Society; Andrea Chase, Arapahoe-Douglas-Elbert Medical Society. | |
"YOUNG DOCTORS" - WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU | |
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Physicians in their first years of practice bring invaluable skills, innovation, and energy to medicine.
We want to highlight your experiences, your ideas. Reach out to Ginny Castleberry, DMS Executive Director (vcastleberry@denvermedsociety.org) if you are interested or have a "young doctor" we should contact about this. Thank you!
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DUES ARE DUE! Show your support for your Societies by staying current on membership. | Combined DMS/CMS dues are due Dec. 31, 2023. Group bills were sent via regular mail. Individual invoices went out by email. Please return your payment as soon as possible before Dec. 31 so you do not experience any interruption in your member benefits! Individuals can remit payment through your individualized email sent Aug. 30 from Colorado Medical Society, or by check to the Colorado Medical Society office, PO Box 17550, Denver, CO 80217. Please indicate the member's name and/or CMS member number on the check. Questions? Respond to this email. Thank you! Renewal link in QR code: | |
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Welcome aboard the DMS Board | Arlen Meyers, MD, MBA New DMS Board Member | |  |
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Give a warm welcome to
Arlen Meyers, MD, MBA
It became official at the DMS Annual Meeting and Dinner on November 18, 2023: Dr. Arlen Meyers is our newest DMS Board member. Dr Meyers is a retired professor of otolaryngology, dentistry, and engineering at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical campus and President and CEO of SoPE, the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs (next in-person meeting link below). He has founded several medical device companies and is also the cofounder of a medical tourism company. His primary research centers around biomedical and health innovation and entrepreneurship and life science technology commercialization. Dr. Meyers is a Fulbright Scholar and a former Harvard-Macy Fellow.
Dr Meyers is very excited to join the DMS Board and bring innovative ideas and programs to our members and partners.
On a personal note, Dr Meyers is a lousy golfer, a terrible cook and spends time with his wife, Kathleen, chilling in Silverthorne.
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Why don't you join us at Dr. Meyer's next SoPE meeting? In person, Thursday, January 11, 2024, 7am - 9am, at the CMS offices, 7351 E Lowry Blvd, Ste, 110, Denver, CO, 80230. Topic/Speaker: Meagan Watson, Program Manager of the Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Clinic in the Non-Epileptic Seizure (NES) program in the Neurology Department at CU Anschutz, and Board Chair of FND Hope USA. Click below to register as a HCP guest or email: vcastleberry@denvermedsociety.org | |
THE CUTTING EDGE OF EDUCATION: | |
Reminder: MATE Act Training Requirements for Physicians with a DEA License to Prescribe Sched II, III, IV, or V | |
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The new training requirement under the MATE Act are only for physicians with a DEA license that allows them to prescribe controlled substances under schedules II, III, IV, or V. This requirement went into effect on June 27, 2023. This is not opioid training specific, but substance use disorder training to ensure all prescribers of addictive medications have a baseline knowledge of evidence-based prevention and treatments. Any prescribers who had X-Waiver training may use that to count towards the new 8-hour training requirement. The 8-hours does not have to be completed in a single course.
This is a one-time requirement at the time of license renewal or for an initial license. It is an attestation by the provider on their application form.
Here’s the link to the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s (ASAM) eLearning page: https://elearning.asam.org/addiction-education-for-prescribers
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DMS Legislative Night Coming Soon in 2024 ... Stay Tuned! | |
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DMS/AACMS Annual Meeting & Dinner Nov. 18, 2023:
What an Honor to Recognize Dr Jay Straight for 50 Years of Practice and Dr Naomi Fieman for Service on the DMS Board
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