The New York State Pain Society in compliance with the guidelines of the State of New York is pleased to be offering a Prescriber Education Course in Pain Management, Palliative Care, and Addiction. 

The course is June 20, 2017 at the SUNY Global Center, New York, New York.  You can attend live or simulcast online from your home or office.

The mandatory course is designed for prescribers licensed under Title Eight of the Education Law in New York who have a DEA registration number to prescriber controlled substances; including medical residents who prescribe controlled substances under a facility DEA registration number. This includes individuals prescribing under an institutional DEA license.

Those prescribers must complete at least three (3) hours of course work or training in pain management, palliative care, and addiction.  In some instances, the course must be completed by July 1, 2017 and once every 3 years thereafter.

This course is free of charged to any New York affected prescriber. 

The course can be attended as a live activity or watched as a simulcast online event from anywhere on June 20. Additional information as to simulcast site will be provided at registration. 

The ACCME Accredited Joint Provider for this course is Kern Augustine PC.  The New York State Pain Society will be providing the expert faculty for the course in the following mandated topics: 

1. New York State and Federal requirements for prescribing controlled substances.
2. Pain Management
3. Appropriate Prescribing
4. Managing Acute Pain
5. Palliative Medicine
6. Prevention, Screening and Signs of Addiction
7. Responses to Abuse and Addiction, and
8. End of Life Care

For more information on the mandatory prescriber education requirement of PHL § 3309-a(3), the attestation form, and Frequently Asked Questions, please visit the Department’s Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement website at: http://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/narcotic/, or call 1-866-811-7957.

Accreditation and Credit Designation 

Target Audience: Prescribers with a DEA number and medical residents/fellows prescribing under a facility DEA number

 Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. List New York State and Federal requirements for prescribing controlled substances.
2. Describe approaches for Chronic Pain Management
3. Outline Clinical Guidelines for Appropriate Prescribing
4. Describe approaches for Managing Acute Pain
5. Describe approaches for Palliative Medicine
6. Describe approaches for Prevention, Screening and Signs of Addiction
7. Describe Responses to Abuse and Addiction, and
8. Describe End of Life Care

Kern Augustine, P.C. Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Accreditation Requirements and Policies of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) through the joint providership of Kern Augustine, P.C. and The New York State Pain Society.  Kern Augustine, P.C. is accredited by The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.Kern Augustine, P.C. designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians and Prescribers should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Kern Augustine, P.C. Disclosure Statement

Kern Augustine, P.C. relies upon planners and faculty participants in its CME activities to provide educational information that is objective and free of bias.  In this spirit and in accordance with the guidelines of MSSNY and the ACCME, all planners, moderators, authors and faculty for continuing medical education activities must disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests whose products, devices or services may be discussed in the content of a CME activity, that might be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest.  Any discussion of investigational or unlabeled uses of a product will be identified.

Program Completion:

Prescribers will receive via email the ACCME certificate and letter of completion after the Program evaluation is returned to the Society.  The live activity registered attendees will have a paper copy evaluation that will be collected at SUNY Global Center at the end of the live activty. Online Simucast viewers will be sent a SurveyMonkey that must be completed by the REGISTERED viewer.  No credits can be awarded to individuals who have not registered and attended this course.  

Registration Fees  - REGISTRATION IS FREE  

AGENDA

5:00 pm  Registration Open - Light Dinner and Beverages Served

5:30 pm  Welcome and Opening Remarks -Alexander Weingarten MD, Co-Founding President and Robert Duarte MD, President

5:50 pm  New York and Federal Requirements for Prescribing Controlled Substances - Lawrence Kobak DPM JD, Counsel

6:10 pm  A Survey of Pain Management - Charles E. Argoff MD, President Elect

6:30 pm  Appropriate Prescribing  - Romanth Waghmarae MD, Director

6:50 pm  Managing Acute Pain - Phillip Fyman MD, Treasurer

7:10 pm  Break 

7:20 pm  Palliative Medicine - Joseph Bax DO, Member

7:40 pm  Prevention, Screening and Signs of Addiction  - Robert Duarte MD, President

8:00 pm  Responses to Abuse and Addiction - Douglas Cline MD, Director

8:20 pm  End of Life Care - James D'Olimpio MD

8:40 pm  Panel Questions and Discussion - Richard Gasalberti MD, Co-Founding President, Moderator

9:00 pm  Adjourn

FUNDING STATEMENT

This activity has been funded by an unrestricted educational grant from Tenet Diagnostics.