Road Warrior Physician: A How-To Guide for Locum Tenens

Host: Pranshu Mohindra, MD
Guest: Melissa Teply, MD
Guest: Judith Paice, PhD, RN
Guest: Fionnuala Crowley, MD

This enduring program of the live-virtual symposium will focus on the challenges of managing cancer pain using the Evolve KOL Knockout™ case-based format. The key opinion leaders (KOLs) will be challenged by the host/moderator to diagnose and manage patient scenarios with varying levels of difficulty. Learners will vote on the winner of each case presentation round and the moderator will declare a match winner at the conclusion.

There will be learning, laughter, and only one KOL left standing!

Guest: David E. Bernstein, MD, MACG, FAASLD
Guest: Steven Flamm, MD, FAASLD, FACG

Join us as expert faculty, Dr. Steven Flamm and Dr. David Bernstein, take us through the clinical care pathway to help PCPs recognize patients with risk factors for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). This 15-minute activity incorporates elements of role-play, reflection, and learning from one’s mistakes to improve the competence of PCPs in recognizing risk factors for NAFLD/NASH in their patients and taking the best next steps for their care.

Host: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP
Guest: Douglas Drossman, MD

We all face angry and disruptive patients from time to time, making it essential to know how to properly de-escalate and handle the situation. That’s why Dr. Peter Buch speaks with Dr. Douglas Drossman, co-author of an article that was published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology titled “De-escalate, Don’t Escalate: Essential Steps to Effectively Recognize and Manage the Patient Who Is Angry and Disruptive.”

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare field has been hit hard—facing employment challenges, increased burnouts, and more. Yet salaries have been slow to rise, and conditions haven't improved. Dr. Thuy Nguyen from the University of Michigan School of Public Health joins Dr. Charles Turck to share how employment in the healthcare field has changed over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Kathryn Gallagher, MS, RN, BSN
Guest: Kate Newcomb-DeSanto, MSN, RN, MSW

What does Penn Medicine’s newly-opened patient room facility have to offer? Dr. Charles Turck is joined by Penn Medicine Clinical Advisors Kathy Gallagher and Kate Newcomb-DeSanto to discuss the new pavilion and how it's revolutionizing patient care.

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Sandy Marks
Guest: Kim Horvath, JD
Guest: Kyle Thomson, JD

With telehealth services expanding during the COVID-19 pandemic, has our access to them changed? To better understand this, Dr. Charles Turck meets with Sandy Marks, Kim Horvath, and Kyle Thomson from the AMA to explore what’s been done to provide Medicare coverage during a public health emergency and what’s on the horizon for telehealth access.

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Barbara Levy, MD
Guest: Peter A. Hollmann, MD

In response to physicians’ feedback, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed some big changes to the documentation guidelines for office visits. But is there still room for improvement?

Co-chairs of the American Medical Association’s CPT/RUC Workgroup on Evaluation and Management Services Dr. Peter Hollmann and Dr. Barbara Levy join Dr. Matt Birnholz to discuss the Workgroup’s effort to further simplify the work of the healthcare provider and improve the health of patients nationwide.

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Barbara A. McAneny, MD

There were a lot of changes made to the 2019 Medicare payment policies. Here to review what these updates mean—and what’s being done in response to them—is Dr. Barbara McAneny, President of the AMA.

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO
Guest: Mark Friedberg, MD

With the use of alternative payment models (APMs) on the rise, the American Medical Association and the RAND Corporation joined forces to investigate the impact of APMs on physicians across the country. So what exactly did the study uncover? Diving into the study’s findings with Dr. Jennifer Caudle is Dr. Mark Friedberg, senior physician policy researcher at RAND and director of its Boston office.

Host: Tim Rush
Guest: Noel Lumpkin, MD

Dr. Noel Lumpkin, author of Road Warrior Physician, produces a must-read for all physicians, no matter their career stage. Through her insights, Dr. Lumpkin will equip you with the tools you need to begin your career as a locum tenens physician—from the steps to take, the benefits received, and job landscape.