Do you want to...

• Lower Your Stress 
• Improve Work-life Balance
• Prevent Burnout

Learn dozens of tools to do just that at our

"Burnout-Proof" Physician Retreat

www.mywcms.org/burnoutproof 

• Free to WCMS Members
• 3 Hours CME* 
• Significant Others Invited
• Childcare Available (ages 3+)

When: Saturday August 15th; 9:30am - 2 pm  

Where: Warren Wilson College - 10 miles east of downtown Asheville

Info & Registration on our website or call us at 274-2267 x3

(Register by Wed. August 5th)

 

 

Thanks to our sponsors:

  

   

  

*The Mountain Area Health Education Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  Jointly provided by:

     

Excerpt: "When I was in my Family Medicine Residency training, I scheduled a one month clinical rotation in a small town outside of London, England, because I wanted to be see how socialized medicine really worked from the trenches. I was deeply embedded in their system and observed how service was delivered in a country where everyone had equal access to care. I worked in the hospital, on labor and delivery, in the community clinic, and I did home visits with the visiting nurses (and luckily I liked it, because the last week we were there my husband had to have emergency surgery at the hospital I had been working in.) I learned a lot about what worked and what didn't work during that time but today I want to talk about a different part of that experience."

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Construction on a new emergency department starts this year, with the timing of the announcement coming just two weeks before Harris Regional Hospital marks its one-year anniversary under for-profit administration. 

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To help you stay informed about what is going on at the North Carolina General Assembly and how it may affect your practice, Chip Baggett, NCMS Director of Legislative Relations, offers this 6-minute video update. In this briefing, Chip explains that fee-for-service is off the table, capitation is a certainty, and full risk is a given. Chip asks you to consider whether physicians are prepared and willing to take on full risk through provider-led entities (ACOs), or if it is preferable to let MCOs take on Medicaid management.

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CONTACT:

Carolyn Duncan

828-398-1226

76 Peachtree Road, Suite 300

Asheville, NC 28803

carolyn.duncan@allcareclinical.com        
 

Keith A. Housman, MD, Joins AllCare Clinical Associates

Keith A. Housman, MD, has joined AllCare Clinical Associates, PA. Dr. Housman graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and received his Medical Degree from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Housman completed his residency training in anesthesiology at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to joining AllCare Clinical Associates, Dr. Housman provided anesthesia services at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia.

Dr. Housman is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and is also a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners. He is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists, Western Carolina Medical Society and the American Association for Physician Leadership.

AllCare Clinical Associates, www.allcareclinical.com, is one of the largest private physician-owned anesthesia practices serving North Carolina and provides anesthesia services and perioperative care for hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers of all sizes.