Free shipping this holiday season from the AAHPM online store. Stock up on educational materials and fun gifts for your staff. This month only, AAHPM members receive free shipping within the continental United States. Take advantage this month and save.
Make your reservations by January 30, 2020 and save 25% off the registration rates for the Annual Assembly and the State of the Science in Hospice and Palliative Care. If you attend both events, you can save an additional 20% on your Assembly registration rate. Hotel space is starting to fill up, so don’t delay — reserve your room today.
If your practice is considering applying to participate in the new CMS alternative payment model for serious illness care, plan to join a NCHPC Virtual Town Hall Webinar examining the Primary Care First Seriously Ill Population Option on December 12, 2019 at 12:30 pm ET. AAHPM leaders and other experts in the field will be answering your questions. Register today.
Register now for Cannabis and Pain live webinar on January 15, 2020, 3-4 pm EST, co-hosted by AAHPM and HPNA. Learn about cannabis epidemiology, chemical composition and preparations, mechanism of action, medical indication, evidence for use in pain, and clinical considerations. Receive member rate of $20 using the AAHPM2020 discount code. CME and CNE are available.
Past President Ron Crossno is AAHPM’s representative on the American Medical Association (AMA) Pain Care Task Force which met in Chicago last week. The meeting featured vibrant discussion as members societies worked together to examine barriers to evidence-informed pain care and define opportunities to improve payer and public policy and advance education and training.
The call for nominations for the Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards is open for physicians who have demonstrated a commitment to patients near the end of life through their doctoring, research and service to their community. The awards will be given to one senior physician, one mid-career physician, and three early-career physicians. Nominations will be accepted through December 31, 2019.