Register now for the NJOS Spring Symposium scheduled for April 21st. We have changed format and location and are excited about the 1 day event this year at The Palace at Somerset 333 Davidson Avenue Somerset, NJ 7am-3pm.
Check out our registration site for more details. www.njosmeeting.com
Registration opening soon.
Sponsorships and exhibit tables available now.
Purpose: Due to their often extensive and close contact with vulnerable individuals in healthcare settings, NJDOH recommends a conservative approach to HCP monitoring and restrictions from work to quickly identify early symptoms and prevent transmission from potentially contagious HCP to patients, HCP, and visitors. Healthcare facilities (HCFs) should have a low threshold for evaluating symptoms and testing symptomatic HCP, particularly those who fall into the high- and medium-risk categories described in this guidance. HCFs, in consultation with public health authorities, should use clinical judgment as well as the principles outlined in this guidance to assign risk and determine need for work restrictions.Continue reading
July 2018
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BOC Now highlights recent BOC related activities that occur at the AAOS Annual Meeting, National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference (NOLC), and Fall Meeting in a concise and easy to read format. The purpose of the communication is to share information and communicate effectively with state societies, practicing orthopaedic surgeons, colleagues, residents and fellows.
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The State Board of Medical Examiners yesterday, March 2nd, adopted emergency regulations to implement the new opioid prescribing limitations law recently signed into law by Governor Christie immediately. Please note that you and your physician colleagues should immediately comply with these regulations. Please find the emergency regulations here: http://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/bme/Documents/BME-Emergency-Adoption-and-Concurrent-Proposal.pdf. In addition, please find an update to the bulletin we recently provided below. Again, the law’s prescribing requirements are now in effect. These emergency rules are effective immediately and will remain in effect for 60 days, and are being concurrently proposed for re-adoption to permit the submission of comments concerning the rules and the intention of the Attorney General and Board to make these rules permanent. Comments may be submitted after March 20th when this rule is officially published. We will remind you when that date approaches. contact us with any questions.
On Monday, December 5th the Senate version of the Out-of-Network (OON) legislation, S-1285, was scheduled for a vote by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. Over the course of the past weekend the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) cut a last-minute deal with the OON bill sponsors. That deal would have called for amendments to the bill which would have proposed a cap on OON charges instead requiring an interim payment for OON services creating an option for binding arbitration only if the two parties could not come to an agreement. As soon as that deal was cut between the sponsors and NJHA other proponents of the bill including Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield and major public employee unions expressed their opposition to this new proposal. As a result of those sudden changes and our continued opposition, Senator Vitale asked that the bill be removed from Monday’s Senate Committee agenda until a later date. A press conference announcing the NJHA deal was postponed. However, our Access to Care Coalition went forward with our press conference featuring bi-partisan legislators, physicians, and a patient to oppose this bill. Thank you to Dr. Monaghan for representing the Society at the press conference.
While we have slowed the advancement of OON we have not stopped it. We know that the sponsors will continue working on helping their supporters understand these changes so that the bill may move forward. This could happen as soon as December 15, 2016 or early next year. Your continued advocacy as a member of our society, in your practice, and in your hospital with your colleagues is very important. We continue to work within our Access to Care Coalition to strategize about next steps and raise questions and opposition to the bill. We will be in touch with new developments.
Regards,
AJ Sabath
NJOS Lobbyist
The New Jersey Orthopaedic Society’s 42nd Annual Symposium will be held March 31st – April 1st, 2017 at the Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick, NJ. Check www.njosmeeting.com for updates in the coming months!