Colleagues,

 

I hope that you will join me at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Indiana-ACC on Saturday, October 18, at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown. You can register here.

 

The meeting line-up is geared towards the entire cardiac care team, so please make sure to invite your practice colleagues. The day kicks off examining new interventional technologies with Joseph S. Rossi, MD, FACC and Ziad A. Jaradat, MD, FACC. James E. Tisdale, PharmD, BCPS will provide insight into the new anticoagulants. Of course, the research from our Indiana fellows in training and CV team members will be highlighted at the poster session and oral competition. Sheree Schroeder, MSN, RN, RDCS, FASE will lead a breakout session for our CV team members, and C. Michael Valentine, MD, FACC, is going to share the latest from the ACC. A clinical potpourri is up next featuring Cardiac CT: Indications & Advantages of Imaging by Saeed R. Shaikh, MD, FACC and Risk Stratification Post MI for Patients at Risk for Sudden Death by Umang M. Patel, MD, FACC. Michael B. McMains, RPh, JD, rounds out the day with Legal Landmines for Cardiac Care Providers: How to Mitigate Risk.

 

Please register for this important meeting today.

  

Kind regards, 

 

Edward T.A. Fry, MD, FACC

Nearly twenty Indiana-ACC members joined a record number of cardiovascular professionals (nearly 400, including approximately 100 Fellows in Training and 80 CV Team members) in Washington, DC, for ACC's 2014 Legislative Conference. This year's conference centered on the many ways the ACC is leading the way in transforming care. Here are photos of our Indiana colleagues.

Members headed to Capitol Hill to meet directly with their legislators. In their meetings, ACC members shared examples of how the College is leading the transformation of care and urged Congress to work with the ACC to develop a quality driven health care system, ensure practice stability and secure the future of cardiovascular care. With a plethora of challenges facing health care providers, ACC members were able to provide first-hand perspectives of how decisions made in Washington impact practices and patients across the country. Hot topics on the Hill included Sustainable Growth Rate repeal, In-Office Ancillary Services Exception preservation, increased research and graduate medical education funding, incentivizing the use of clinical data registries and improving access for Medicaid children with complex medical problems.

Take a look at the full set of messages that members took to congressional offices.

 

Did you know that ACC has a Journal Club? The next one is scheduled for October 15, at 8:00 pm Eastern and will focus on the CvLPRIT trial. To access a link, go to www.CardioSource.org/ACCJournalClub. 

Also, start the Journal Club activity to earn 2 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ per month and up to 10 MOCII points by the end of the year! The activity includes links to past webinars and articles, as well as three multiple choice questions per session. Start the activity here: http://www.cardiosource.org/Lifelong-Learning-and-MOC/Certified-Learning/EAO/2014/Journal-Club-2014.aspx.

The new ACC College-Wide mentoring program is now live at http://www.cardiosource.org/mentoring thanks to the efforts of the Early Career Professional council, staff, and Health-E-Careers. 

 

The ACC has launched a public-facing hospital database and search tool that enables patients to find and compare hospitals in their area based on the cardiac services they provide and important information related to the care they give. Now, all hospitals participating in the NCDR have a Hospital Profile on CardioSmart.org, the ACC's patient education and empowerment website. Through these profiles, patients, caregivers and other stakeholders are able to search hospitals based on specific criteria (location, hospital name, services provided) and learn about every participating hospital's quality measurement efforts through the NCDR. The establishment of Hospital Profiles ensures that patients receive credible information about hospitals participating in the NCDR. For more information about this effort, visit NCDR.com. To find your hospital's profile, visit CardioSmart.org/FindaHospital.  

 

IN-ACC Heart on the Hill Day
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Indiana Statehouse
Indianapolis, IN

 

IN-ACC 19th Annual Meeting
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Indianapolis Marriott Downtown

 

ACC Legislative Conference
October 18-20, 2015
Washington, DC