EMERGING FROM THE OPIOID CRISIS: ADVANCES IN MULTIMODAL CARE FOR OUR PAIN PATIENTS

You are Invited to Register for New York State's Comprehensive Educational Program in Pain Management 

Earn up to 20.25 Physician CME, Nurse CNEs, and Pharmacy CPEs  - Jointly Provided by AMEDCO

Open to Physicians (MD, DO, DC, PhD), Pharmacists, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Physical Therapists, Therapists, and Practice Administrators no matter your Specialty.  

Program Highlights (see full program below):

Advances in our understanding of the Opioid Crisis - Just the Facts 

Advances in Pharmacological Care

Advances in Interventional Pain Management

Advances in Regenerative Medicine

Advances in Complimentary Therapies

Pain Management Debates - What's in the Literature?

NY Mandatory Prescriber Education Boot Camp Session on Sunday- Do you Prescribe? Then you must comply with the law. This Workshop provides the required 4 credit hours on mandated NY Law topics.  

TARGET AUDIENCE AND INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL:  No Matter your Specialty, we have Sessions for You!  From student to advanced practice physician, practitioner or therapist, you will find a lectures and workshops that fit your practice.  Target Audience:  Open to Physicians (MD, DO, DC), PhD,  Pharmacists, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Physical Therapists, Therapists, and Practice Administratorsfrom pain management, PM&R, anesthesiology, neurology, primary care, psychiatry, psychology, and chiropractic with a professional interest and/or practice in pain management.  Note:  the Sunday Mandatory Prescriber Education Session applies to all healthcare providers with a DEA license to prescribe in the State of New York. For more info, please visit:  https://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/narcotic/mandatory_prescriber_education/

LEARNIING OBJECTIVES

1. Identify risk factors associated with the initiation or maintenance of chronic opioid therapy.
2. Provide decision-making strategies that consider non-opioid pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic strategies for management of chronic pain.
3. Apply evidence-based strategies to clinical practice for managing complex patients with chronic pain
4. Employ key diagnostic and treatment techniques for the management of pain.
5. Address common clinical challenges in the management of acute and chronic pain.
6. Evaluate and debate new trends, techniques, therapies, and diagnostic procedures.
7. Apply evidence-based strategies to clinical practice for performing behavioral evaluations for chronic pain patients who are candidates for spinal cord stimulation.
8. Assemble a valuable network of colleagues active in the field of pain medicine.

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ACCREDITATION

Physician CME and Nurse CEUS and Pharmacy ACPE credits Awarded - Jointly Provided by AMEDCO

Satisfactory Completion 
Learners must complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion. Your chosen sessions must be attended in their entirety.  Partial credit of individual sessions is not available. If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed below, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.
 
Physicians / Nurses / Pharmacists
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and the New York State Pain Society.  Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement – Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM for physicians and 20.25 contact hours for nurses and 20.25 knowledge-based contact hours for pharmacists. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  

Nurse Pharmacology CreditsPlease note onsite documentation for identification of sessions eligible for pharmacotherapeutic : hours and self-submit those to your board.  Keep the agenda as a reference in case they have questions. Maximum of 6.75 hours.

NOTE to Pharmacists: The only official Statement of Credit is the one you pull from CPE Monitor. You must request your certificate within 30 days of the activity to meet the deadline for submission to CPE Monitor.

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      REGISTER FOR FULL MEETING AND YOUR 2019 MEMBER DUES ARE INCLUDED

Registration Type  -full meeting                                                 Regular Rate

MD, DO, DC, PhD, PsyD, PharmD (other Doctorate)                $700

PA, NP                                                                                       $450 

Nurse (RN, LPN), Therapist, Administrator                               $400                                                  

(Daily Rates also available - click link to register to review all meeting rate options)

**Trainees who submit a poster for presentation can attend the meeting for free!  

(Application at www.nypainsociety.org)

HOTEL

The Society has a special rate of $169 a night at the Renaissance Westchester Hotel.  This room block sells out every year so be sure to book early and before April 1, 2018.  Call the hotel directly and mention the NY State Pain Society.  Telephone:  914-694-5400.

CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellations received before April 1 will recieve a refund less a processing fee of $25.  After April 1 and before May 1, you may modify your registration and also substitute another individual should you be unable to attend.  After May 1, please contact the Society regarding any substition.  There are no refunds after April 1.  Thank you

FULL ANNUAL MEETING AND SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS FACULTY AND PROGRAM 

Emerging from the Opioid Crisis:  Advances in Multimodal Care

May 17-19, 2019

The Renaissance Westchester Hotel

80 West Red Oak Lane, West Harrison, NY

Friday May 17

7:30 AM          Registration and Exhibitors Setup (7:00-9:30 am)

           Exhibits Open 10 am

8:15 AM          Welcome and Opening Remarks – Charles E. Argoff MD, President

Session One – Advances in our Understanding of the Opioid Crisis - Just the Facts

8:30 AM          A Brief History – How did we Get Here?  Douglas Cline MD

9:15 AM          Recognizing Opioid Use Disorder - Charles E. Argoff MD

9:45 AM          Special Guest Lecturer:  Addiction - What's Happening Now?  William Morrone DO, 

10:30 AM        Networking Break with Exhibitors

11:00 AM        Special Guest Lecture:  HHS Pain Management InterAgency Task Force Report and Components of a Successful Multidisciplinary Practice – Steven Stanos DO

Session Two – Advances in Pharmacological Care

12:00 Noon  Special Guest Lecturer – Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetic Factors Supporting the Pseudoscience of Morphine Equivalents - Jeffrey Fudin PharmD

12:45 PM          Special Guest Lecturer – The Role of Anti-Nerve Growth Factors in Chronic Pain – Richard Rauck MD

1:30 PM            Corporate Member Showcase with Platinum Corporate Member SCILEX (Lunch Provided -No CME Provided)  Non-Opioid Treatment for Post-Herpetic Neuralgia: Expanding Options in an Era of Opioid Scrutiny - Charles E. Argoff MD

Session Three - Parallel Sessions

Advances in Interventional Pain Management

2:30 PM           Advances in Neuromodulation: Selecting the Right Product for the Right Patient

           Vishad Sukul MD and Alon Mogilner MD, Moderator Romanth Waghmarae MD

3:15 PM          Advances in Migraine Therapy - Alexander Mauskop MD

3:45 PM           Networking Break with Exhibitors

4:15 PM           MILD – Sayed Wahezi MD

4:45 PM           Spine Surgeries- Evidence for What Works and What Doesn't – Merritt Kinon MD

5:30 PM          Special Guest Lecturer – Pain Management in Russia: the Osteogenic Mechanisms of Pain and the Effectiveness of Intraosseous Blockades – Prof. Evgeny Sokov, MD

6:15 -7:45 PM   Networking Reception and Trainee Poster Competition

*Sunset  (Kosher/ Friday Services in Masefield Room)     

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Session Three - Parallel Sessions

Advances in Patient Care for the Non-Interventional Physician and Midlevel Practitioner - Moderator Lynn Grimaldi RN

2:30  PM - De-Stigmatizing the Pain Patient - Adam Rzetelny PhD

3:00  PM - Behavioral Health Screening for Pain Patients - Patricia Bruckenthal PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN

3:30 PM - UDT Interpretation - Mary Milano Carter NP

4:00 PM   Networking Break with Exhibitors   

4:30 PM  Multi-Modal Management of Neuropathic Pain - Sarah Nicol NP and Carrie Tram NP

5:15 PM - CBD - Larry Good MD

6:00  PM - Panel Discussion, Q&A 

6:15-7:45 PM  Networking Reception and Trainee Poster Competition

*Sunset  (Kosher/ Friday Services in Masefield Room)            

Saturday May 18

6:45 AM           Registration Opens

7:00-7:45 AM  Corporate Member Showcase with Gold Corporate Member, Surgicore Surgical Centers

                        (Breakfast Provided by Society) No CME Provided                    

Session Four – Advances in Regenerative Medicine

7:45 AM          Special Guest Lecturer -  The Science of Regenerative Medicine – JianGuo Cheng MD PhD, President AAPM

8:30 AM          Platelet Rich Plasma and Prolotherapy - Alexander Weingarten MD

9:15 AM          Stem Cells - Gerard Malanga MD

10:00 AM        Networking Break with Exhibitors

Session Five– The Great Debates – Advances or Not?

Moderator: Robert Duarte MD  

10:30 AM        Medical Cannabis Benefits vs. Risk of Addiction - 

                        (Pro) Alexander Weingarten MD  and James Arul MD vs.  (Con) Grace Forde MD  and Fabienne Saint-Preux MD      

11:00 AM        Naturopathic vs. Conventional Care

                       Peter Bongiorno  ND LAc  and Sonali Gupta MD vs. Charles E. Argoff MD  and Ausim Chaghtai MD

11:30 AM        Percutaneous Spine Procedures vs Spine Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.

                        Merritt Kinon MD and Adam Nessery MD  vs. Ronit Verma MD  and Alan Job MD

12:00 PM         Ketamine - (Pro) Ali Guy MD  and Abishek Achar MD  vs. (Con)   Romanth Waghmarae MD  and Shayna Sanguinetti MD

12:30 pm         Discussion/ Competition Tally           

12:45-2:00 PM    Annual Meeting of the Members and Corporate Member Showcase with Platinum Corporate Member Salix  Opioid Treatment Challenges, Therapies for Managing the Complexities of Opioid Treatment - Richard Rauck MD  (Lunch Provided by the Society -No CME Provided)  

Session Six – Advances in Complimentary Therapies           

2:00 PM           Acupuncture -  Peter Bongiorno ND, LAc

2:30 PM           Cognitive Behavioral Therapy -Ron Lelito PhD

3:00 PM           Physical Therapy- Tara Barrie PT DPT OCS

3:30 PM           Nutrition - Li Ming Zhao LAc

4:00 PM           Networking Break with Exhibitors

Session Seven – The Legal Side of Pain – What’s Happening to the Practice, the Patients and You

4:30  PM           Group Practice Formation and the Pain Control Practitioner: Daniel Frier Esq.

5:00 PM           Office Based Surgery Procedures:  Lawrence Kobak DPM, Esq.

5:30  PM           ASK A LAWYER – Q&A

6:00 PM           Adjourn

7:00-9:00 PM  Corporate Member Dinner with Silver Corporate Member TruTox Labs :  Urine Drug Testing Adulteration with Greg Hobbs PhD  (Seating is limited to 20 - Dinner Provided by the Society no CME provided)

Sunday May 19

7:00 Registration Opens

7:15 -7:45 AM      Corporate Member Showcase presented by Silver Corporate Member Accutox -

                              The Role of the Laboratory in Toxicology and Drug Testing - Martin Bluth, MD, PhD. 

                             (Breakfast provided by the Society, No CME provided)

Session Eight Workshops  - #1 Mandatory Prescriber Education/ Moderator:  Bradley Cash MD

7:45 AM   A Survey of Pharmacological Approaches to Pain Management –  Grace Forde MD

8:15 AM   A Survey of Procedural Approaches to Pain Management - Phillip Fyman MD

8:45 AM          Case Studies in Acute & Chronic Pain Management – Charles E. Argoff MD, Grace Forde MD, and Phillip Fyman MD

9:30 AM          Appropriate Prescribing – Romanth Waghmarae MD

10:00 AM        Prevention, Screening and Signs of Addiction – Robert Duarte MD

10:30 AM        Response to Abuse and Addiction – Douglas Cline MD

11:00 AM        Palliative Medicine and End of Life Care – Charles E. Argoff MD

11:45 AM        Panel Discussion – Advancing Pain Management, Q & A - All Session Faculty

12:00 AM        Closing Remarks and Thank you – Charles  E. Argoff MD, 2018-2020 President

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SESSION EIGHT WORKSHOPS  - #2 - CODING AND BILLING AND INCOME WORKSHOP

7:45-9:30 AM   Coding and Billing - Amy Turner RN BSN MMHC CPC

9:30-10:15 AM  Cannabis for your Practice - Alexander Weingarten MD

10:15 -11:00 AM - Keeping your Income: The New Tax Code - Peter Slesinski 

11:00 AM  Adjourn

          

THANK YOU FOR REGISTERING AND SEE YOU IN MAY!