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DJP Update 10-2-2012 Listen in; call in re PPACA and Physicians: Health Law Section ABA and Chicago Medical Society Teleconference 10-3-2012

DJP Update 10-2-2012 Listen in; call in re PPACA and Physicians: Health Law Section ABA and Chicago Medical Society Teleconference 10-3-2012

Wednesday: Noon Central; 1:00 p.m. Eastern

http://www.americanbar.org/groups/health_law/news_announcements/aba_hls_aca_physician_teleconference_2012.html

Info from Website:
The HLS and Chicago Medical Society present a complimentary teleconference, “The U.S. Supreme Court Has Ruled:  Implications for Physicians,” featuring Donald J. Palmisano and Stephen L. Ondra

The ABA Health Law Section’s Physician Issues Interest Group and the Chicago Medical Society presents, “The U.S. Supreme Court Has Ruled:  Implications for Physicians.” This complimentary teleconference will be Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 12:00pm Central / 1:00pm Eastern. The panel features Donald J. Palmisano, a past president of American Medical Association and Stephen L. Ondra, the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Northwestern Medical Hospital, who previously served as a member of President Barack Obama’s Administration.

To participate, please dial-in 866-646-6488, Call-in code: 971 613 3912. A complimentary podcast recording will be made available after the live program on the Section’s website www.americanbar.org/health.

About the Program

On June 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in National Federation of Independent Business et. al. v. Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services.  The decision and the legislation it upholds, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, have important ramifications for physicians across the country and their attorneys.  This teleconference will provide an outline of the practical ramifications for physicians and a broad-spectrum discussion of the repercussions of the decision.

Our Expert Panelists

Donald J. Palmisano, M.D., J.D., past president of American Medical Association
Stephen L. Ondra, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Northwestern Medical Hospital, Chicago, IL
Moderator: Julian Rivera, Julian L. Rivera, Esq., Partner, Brown McCarroll, L.L.P., Austin, TX
The Health Law Section is not requesting CLE accreditation for this program. However, participants may be able to apply for credit directly with their state bar(s). Please contact your state bar for regulations and guidelines. A complete listing of states that require mandatory CLE is available at www.americanbar.org/publications_cle/mandatory_cle.html.

If you have any questions about this program, please contact Simeon Carson, Associate Director, at simeon.carson@americanbar.org.

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Stay well.

Donald

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Donald J. Palmisano, MD, JD

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DJP@intrepidresources.com

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(Author of ON LEADERSHIP (2008, 2011 2nd edition) and THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF LEADERSHIP LESSONS (2012 & arriving in bookstores and Amazon this month)

DJP Updates:  www.DJPupdate.com

Twitter:  www.twitter.com/DJPNEWS

YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/IntrepidResources  Check out the videos.  You can post your views on your own YouTube site.

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DJP Update 9-23-2012 Video link for Appearance Fox and Friends Weekend

DJP Update 9-23-2012 Video Link for Appearance Fox and Friends Weekend

If you missed seeing my interview with the wonderful Ainsley Earhardt on Fox and Friends Weekend today re Medicare + PPACA and are interested, here it is:

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/fox-friends-weekend/index.html#/v/1855992653001/whose-plan-will-save-medicare/?playlist_id=163197

and here is the tweet I did @DJPNEWS

Video Fox and Friends Weekend today @DJPNEWS  re #Mediscare #Medicare #PPACA http://t.co/ivthLFGn #tcot #tlot @PaulRyanVP @MittRomney
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Finally, here is the link to the American College of Surgeons’ statement in press release I mentioned in the interview regarding ACS responding to misinformation that surgeons get $30,000 – $50,000 for leg amputation.

http://www.facs.org/news/obama081209.html

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Stay well!

Donald

P.S. check out some recent tweets at:  www.Twitter.com/DJPNEWS

Some past selected DJP Updates can be found at: www.DJPupdate.com

Donald J. Palmisano, MD, JD

Intrepid Resources® / The Medical Risk Manager Company

5000 West Esplanade Ave., #432

Metairie, LA 70006

USA

504-455-5895 office

504-455-9392 fax

DJP@intrepidresources.com

www.intrepidresources.com

www.onleadership.us

DJP Updates:  www.DJPupdate.com

Twitter:  www.twitter.com/DJPNEWS

YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/IntrepidResources

This DJP Update goes to over 2300 leaders in Medicine representing all of the State Medical Associations and over 100 Specialty Societies plus some other friends.

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DJP Update 9-22-2012 Media Alert Sunday morning (tomorrow!); Book Review

DJP Update 9-22-2012 Media Alert Sunday morning (tomorrow!); Book Review

I will be on Fox and Friends, tomorrow, Sunday, at 8:20 am Central / 9: 20 am Eastern.
Topic:  Medicare and mention of my new book, The Little Red Book of Leadership Lessons.

I will compare current Medicare and the Romney/Ryan proposal for Medicare.

Try to tune in or record and view later.  Thanks.

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Thanks to Connecticut Medicine and Dr. Deren:  ON LEADERSHIP book review by editor Dr. Michael Deren

August 2012
Praise for ON LEADERSHIP by editor of CONNECTICUT MEDICINE, a peer-reviewed journal of the CONNECTICUT STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY
August 2012, Volume 76, NO. 7, page 445

“Fascinating stories…Lessons learned from the examples of successful and unsuccessful leadership are included after each chapter and are excellent, and well worth reading and re-reading.
…Read this book.  Be a leader.”

Read complete review

This info is at bottom of page of this link:  http://onleadership.us/pages/reviews.php
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Stay well!

Donald

P.S. check out some recent tweets at:  www.Twitter.com/DJPNEWS

Some past selected DJP Updates can be found at: www.DJPupdate.com

Donald J. Palmisano, MD, JD

Intrepid Resources® / The Medical Risk Manager Company

5000 West Esplanade Ave., #432

Metairie, LA 70006

USA

504-455-5895 office

504-455-9392 fax

DJP@intrepidresources.com

www.intrepidresources.com

www.onleadership.us

DJP Updates:  www.DJPupdate.com

Twitter:  www.twitter.com/DJPNEWS

YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/IntrepidResources

This DJP Update goes to over 2300 leaders in Medicine representing all of the State Medical Associations and over 100 Specialty Societies plus some other friends.

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DJP Update 9-18-2012 Keynote at CSMS; LSMS suit; “SOUTHEASTERN NEWS”; Electronic Health Records (boondoggle re cost-savings?)

DJP Update 9-18-2012 Keynote at CSMS; LSMS suit; “SOUTHEASTERN NEWS”; Electronic Health Records (boondoggle re cost-savings?)
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1- Keynote at Connecticut State Medical Society (CSMS) in Mystic, Connecticut 9-15-2012:

Leadership: The Path to Success for Medical Liability and Health System Reform

My speech went well.  Fun visit.  Old friends.  New Friends. Great hospitality.  And great lagniappe:  They had copies of ON LEADERSHIP from Barnes and Noble for the Delegates to purchase.  I did a book signing.  Thanks!

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2- Breaking news from LSMS re:  “… attempts to create new substantive law that severely impedes upon a physician’s right to contract and restricts the right of certain physicians to bill patients for medical services rendered in 23 parishes.”

PRESS RELEASE:

State Medical Society Files Injunction Against the La. Dept. of Insurance Society Challenges Commissioner Jim Donelon’s Authority to Create Law

BATON ROUGE – Today the Louisiana State Medical Society filed suit on behalf of its more than 6,500 physician members seeking to obtain a declaratory judgment against Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon and the Department of Insurance (DOI). The injunction was requested to block provisions of a recently promulgated emergency rule, which attempts to create new substantive law that severely impedes upon a physician’s right to contract and restricts the right of certain physicians to bill patients for medical services rendered in 23 parishes.

“We believe that Commissioner Donelon has clearly exceeded his authority with the promulgation of this emergency rule and the LSMS will seek to protect the rights of our physician members by bringing to light this dangerous precedent,” explains LSMS Director of Legal Affairs Greg Waddell, JD.

“The LSMS is deeply disappointed that Commissioner Donelon would use a natural disaster as a guise to circumvent the legislative process,” said LSMS Executive Vice President Jeff Williams. “The provisions of the rule at issue are new substantive law and we believe that the commissioner lacks the authority, whether through executive order or otherwise, to take the place of the legislature and create new law. We will not sit idly by while Commissioner Donelon attempts to restrict the rights of physicians without any authority to do so.”

On August 26, 2012, the DOI issued Emergency Rule 26, Suspension of Certain Statutes and Regulations Regarding Cancellations, Non-Renewals, Reinstatements, Premium Payments, Claim Filings and Related Provisions Regarding Any and All Insurance Matters Affecting Insureds in Louisiana Caused by Hurricane Isaac Amended (LAC 37:XI.Chapter 47).

About Louisiana State Medical Society Established in 1878, the Louisiana State Medical Society (LSMS) serves as the premier advocate for patients and physicians. The LSMS is the largest voluntary physician organization in the state and represents all specialties. Please visit the LSMS online at www.LSMS.org for more information.
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Contact: Sadie D. Wilks, Director of Communication (225) 763-8500 or (800) 375-9508 sadie@lsms.org * www.lsms.org Twitter: @LaMedSoc

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3- SOUTHEASTERN NEWS:  Newsletter from the Southeastern Delegation to the AMA; Views re PPACA, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Multiple opinions including mine.  Here is an excerpt from the introduction from the newsletter and links to the various opinions:

“We start with a thorough review of the Act by the Physician Foundation (which includes many Southeasterners and even some of our own Southeast Executives), followed by a message from Dr. Jeremy Lazarus reflecting the AMA’s point of view including the many problems that they see with the Act. Next, there are comments from a prominent member of the AMA Council on Medical Service from the Southeast, Dr. Gerald Harmon, followed by comments from Alabama’s Dr. Jeff Terry and finally, an essay from Dr. Donald Palmisano suggesting alternatives to the Act that many of us already support.”

From J. Chris Fleming, MD and Stephen Imbeau, MD – Chair and Vice Chair of the Southeastern Delegation

DJP note:  Thanks, Chris and Steve, for opportunity to participate.  It is wonderful to be an American living in the USA and have different viewpoints without fear of someone burning down your home as we observe in other countries.

A Roadmap for Physicians to Health Care Reform. 
By: The Physicians Foundation

Download: http://scmedical.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=d2ebf4f20b0d235812d69ddd6&id=f081028d68&e=6951d5387f and http://www.physiciansfoundation.org/FoundationReportDetails.aspx?id=288

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The Supreme Court Decision on ACA and the Road Ahead for Physicians. 
By: Jeremy Lazarus, MD, AMA President

Download: http://scmedical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d2ebf4f20b0d235812d69ddd6&id=ef7c11d905&e=6951d5387f

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Council on Medical Service Perspective.
 By: Gerald Harmon, MD

Download: http://scmedical.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=d2ebf4f20b0d235812d69ddd6&id=c260a655fe&e=6951d5387f

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The Supreme Court and the Affordable Care Act (ACA): A View From Alabama.  
By: Jeff Terry, MD

http://scmedical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d2ebf4f20b0d235812d69ddd6&id=bf7eda115a&e=6951d5387f

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:  Correct Diagnosis; Wrong Therapy. 
By: Donald Palmisano, MD, JD

http://scmedical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d2ebf4f20b0d235812d69ddd6&id=b289618d8e&e=6951d5387f

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4- ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS

Everyone should read this article.

Go to link in my tweet www.twitter.com/DJPNEWS listed below:

http://tinyurl.com/8ebpakd

Donald Palmisano ‏@DJPNEWS
A Major Glitch for Digitized Health-Care Records @WSJopinion Savings = Hype? http://tinyurl.com/8ebpakd  A case for follow the dollar? #hcr

As I have noted in my books on leadership, “Facts don’t cease to exist because they are ignored.”  (Aldous Huxley) Also, “Imagination should give wings to our thoughts, but we always need decisive experimental proof…”  (Louis Pasteur)

Good ideas are embraced rapidly.  Whenever coercion or intimidation involved, the idea is suspect and violates liberty.  No one is forced to buy iPhone or iPad.

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I remain excited about my new book and hope you have placed an advance order at Amazon for THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF LEADERSHIP LESSONS.  244 pages of leadership quotes and 108 illustrations/photos.  Just in time for elections and holiday gifts.

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Stay well!
Donald

P.S. check out some recent tweets at:  www.Twitter.com/DJPNEWS
@DJPNEWS

Some past selected DJP Updates can be found at: www.DJPupdate.com

Donald J. Palmisano, MD, JD

Intrepid Resources® / The Medical Risk Manager Company

5000 West Esplanade Ave., #432

Metairie, LA 70006

USA

504-455-5895 office

504-455-9392 fax

DJP@intrepidresources.com

www.intrepidresources.com

www.onleadership.us

DJP Updates:  www.DJPupdate.com

Twitter:  www.twitter.com/DJPNEWS

YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/IntrepidResources

This DJP Update goes to over 2300 leaders in Medicine representing all of the State Medical Associations and over 100 Specialty Societies plus some other friends.

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DJP Update 9-10-2012 Tomorrow anniversary of terrorist attack USA 9-11-2001

DJP Update 9-10-2012 Tomorrow anniversary of terrorist attack USA 9-11-2001

Never forget this horrific attack.  Thousands, including the brave responders, died in the attack on 9-11-2001 .

WORLD TRADE CENTER
2,349 Civilians
343 FDNY Firefighters
23 NYPD Police Officers
37 Port Authority Officers

PENTAGON
125 Civilian and Military Personnel

4 Airliners
253 Crew and Passengers

(The numbers are from Fox News Special Program dedicated to the victims of the September 11 attacks. Dramatic program if you missed it.)

I pay tribute to all the first responders and use the image at N.Y.F.D Midtown I snapped and put in my new book (page 64 of THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF LEADERSHIP LESSONS) to honor those who died from “The Pride of Midtown”.  Below is the caption to accompany the fire truck  image at their station when I visited them.  The statement “NEVER MISSED A PERFORMANCE” is at the top of the windshield.

CAPTION ACCOMPANYING PHOTO IN BOOK
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The statement “Never Missed a Performance” is an important element of leadership, embodying courage and reliability. Noted on April 15, 2012, at the Pride of Midtown, Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9, F.D.N.Y., at corner of 8th Avenue & W 48th St. Seventeen of these heroes made the supreme sacrifice on September 11, 2001 in the terrorist attack.
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You can view the image at a tweet I did today @DJPNEWS:  pic.twitter.com/Umo11YwU

Donald Palmisano ‏@DJPNEWS
My new book (c) 2012 #photo honors 17 F.D.N.Y. “Pride of Midtown” who died 9-11-2001. “NEVER MISSED A PERFORMANCE”.

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Their sacrifice captures the essence of leadership.  Courage and the willingness to risk death to save others.  May they R.I.P.

You should watch this tribute to the firemen of NYC.  The link was sent to me by Dr. Jeff White of Shreveport, La.  Jeff, as most of you know, is in the LSMS Delegation to the AMA.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/media/tribute/tribute.html

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Hope you will place an order now!  THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF LEADERSHIP LESSONS can be pre-ordered at AMAZON.  Foreword is by Louisiana Governor Jindal.  And yes, I quoted some of you!  It has 244 pages of leadership quotes from antiquity to the present time leading to Liberty and 108 illustrations/photographs (most in color).  I repeat: Hope you will order a copy now!  Book should be at Amazon for delivery by October 23.  If everyone on this list placed an order now and all sent out from Amazon as soon as available, the book could get on a best-seller list!  With a little help from my friends!!  I wanted Americans to reflect on leadership prior to voting in our USA critical election on November 6, 2012.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Little-Book-Leadership-Lessons/dp/1620871912/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347310381&sr=8-1&keywords=the+little+red+book+of+leadership+lessons+by+donald+palmisano

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Congratulations to our son, DJP Jr, CEO MAG, for being one of those selected by Daily Report in Atlanta as  ON THE RISE 2012.

http://www.dailyreportonline.com/PubArticleDRO.jsp?id=1202568248806&Donald_Palmisano_Jr_38_Executive_Director_and_CEO_Medical_Association_of_Georgia&slreturn=20120810172637

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Travels start again this week!  Off to Mystic, Connecticut on Thursday to give a presentation on leadership and medical liability reform to Connecticut State Medical Society (CSMS).  And perhaps I will answer a question or two about PPACA.

Other upcoming travels include speeches to Hippocrates Society in St. Louis, Missouri on medical liability reform and then Grand Rounds at the hospital, and a speech to the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) at Annual Meeting in San Diego where I will give a presentation entitled:  “Leadership in Medicine:  Tales from The Little Red Book of Leadership Lessons”.

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Stay well!

Donald

P.S. check out some recent tweets at:  www.Twitter.com/DJPNEWS

Some past selected DJP Updates can be found at: www.DJPupdate.com

Donald J. Palmisano, MD, JD

Intrepid Resources® / The Medical Risk Manager Company

5000 West Esplanade Ave., #432

Metairie, LA 70006

USA

504-455-5895 office

504-455-9392 fax

DJP@intrepidresources.com

www.intrepidresources.com

www.onleadership.us

DJP Updates:  www.DJPupdate.com

Twitter:  www.twitter.com/DJPNEWS

YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/IntrepidResources

This DJP Update goes to over 2300 leaders in Medicine representing all of the State Medical Associations and over 100 Specialty Societies plus some other friends.

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DJP Update 8-12-2012 Link to video re interview on Fox and Friends today

DJP Update 8-12-2012 Link to video re interview on Fox and Friends today

I received messages from some who had other obligations today and could not tune in for the interview. If you missed my interview today on Fox and Friends and would like to see it, go to the link below.

Title of video of DJP Fox and Friends today:  Are both campaigns spinning the Medicare debate?

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1781720817001/are-both-campaigns-spinning-the-medicare-debate

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Off to the airport tomorrow for a meeting in beautiful California!

Stay well.
Donald

P.S. check out some recent tweets at:  www.Twitter.com/DJPNEWS

Some past selected DJP Updates can be found at: www.DJPupdate.com

Donald J. Palmisano, MD, JD

Intrepid Resources® / The Medical Risk Manager Company

5000 West Esplanade Ave., #432

Metairie, LA 70006

USA

504-455-5895 office

504-455-9392 fax

DJP@intrepidresources.com

www.intrepidresources.com

www.onleadership.us

DJP Updates:  www.DJPupdate.com

Twitter:  www.twitter.com/DJPNEWS

YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/IntrepidResources

This DJP Update goes to over 2300 leaders in Medicine representing all of the State Medical Associations and over 100 Specialty Societies plus some other friends.

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DJP Update 8-11-2012 Media alert: Fox and Friends TV tomorrow Sunday at 8:45 a.m. Eastern

DJP Update 8-11-2012 Media alert: Fox and Friends TV tomorrow Sunday at 8:45 a.m. Eastern

I will be in New Orleans at a French Quarter studio for this national show and it will be beamed live from there at 7:45 a.m. Central.

Topic: Rep. Paul Ryan plan for Medicare

By now all of you know, unless you have been in operating room all day, Paul Ryan was selected as the VP candidate running with Governor Mitt Romney.

Looking forward to the debates!

If you missed the announcement and brief speeches by Gov Romney and Rep Paul Ryan, you can find it on C-Span listed below.

Here is my tweet with link:

Donald Palmisano ‏@DJPNEWS
Must watch! #RomneyRyan2012 RT @EmilyMiller: Here is…full CSPAN video of Romney and Ryan speeches in Norfolk today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2jMViSW0x0 …

or at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2jMViSW0x0

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I have been busy traveling and doing media and presentations.  Tired now!  Here is the updated list from June 26-August 9.  Some interviews you may find on the Internet.  Face the State in Pennsylvania was recorded already and will be broadcast tomorrow on TV and also on the Web.  The host interviewed me and then questions from a Republican and a Democratic consultant in the studio.

Virginia, District of Columbia, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Florida, Pennsylvania
June 26 – August 9, 2012

Total: 76 events

Radio (26): Virginia Public Radio, 1140 WRVA, KMOX – CBS St. Louis, WTVN 610/WOC 1420, WMT 600, WLS 890 AM (Chicago), KSJC News Talk 1360, WHO News Talk 1040, Radio Iowa, 1370 WSPD, WJR News Talk 760, Smart Girl Radio AM 1590, WWJ All News,  KWTO 560, 97.1 FM Talk, KMOX-AM 1120, 90.7 FM, WGIR-AM, WTPL 107.7 FM, Bill Martinez Live, Florida Public Radio Network, Florida News Network, WUSF-FM NPR, WILK-FM, WAEB-AM 790, WITF-NPR Smart Talk, KDKA-CBS

Newspaper (22): Newport News Daily Press, Richmond Times Dispatch, Washington Times, Roanoke Times, Inside Health Policy, Des Moines University Magazine, Des Moines Register, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Columbus Business First, Gongwer news, Columbus Dispatch, Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Oakland Press, St. Louis Beacon, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Union Leader (NH), Tampa Tribune, Orlando Business Journal, Florida Times Union, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Capitol Watch,

Television (15): NBC WWBT 12, WTVR CBS-6, CBS-NewsPath, FreedomWorks TV, Washington Examiner, PBS NewsHour, KCCI – TV 6, WHO – TV, WJBK Fox Detroit, KSDK NBC-5, KTVI-Fox 2, Fox-2 News (Jaco), WBIN TV, WMUR-TV, CBS-12 (Face the State)

Events (13):  Thomas Jefferson Institute Health Care Panel; Lunch with Virginia – H&HR; Roundtable with Iowa State Legislators and Healthcare professionals; Ohio Atty. Gen. Mike DeWine’s Office; Buckeye Institute Press Conference; Meeting with State Representative Lynn Wachtmann; Plymouth Chamber of Commerce; Health Care Policy Luncheon with “Show-Me Institute”; Meeting With Mayor Gatsas; Luncheon at Concord State House; Florida Academy of Physicians Assistants Conference; Academic Urology meeting; Commonwealth Foundation Roundtable

Some links:

FL

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120805/OPINION/120809784/-1/opinion?p=1&tc=pg&tc=ar

http://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/post/three-reasons-why-former-ama-chief-donald-palmisano-opposes-affordable-care-act

http://www.news-press.com/article/20120803/OPINION/308030017/0/PETS/Medicare-patients-will-adversely-affected-by-unelected-board?odyssey=nav%7Chead

PA

http://www.waeb.com/player/?mid=22335127&station=WAEB-AM&program_id=Rewind.xml&program_name=podcast

http://www.witf.org/smart-talk/former-head-of-american-medical-association-on-affordable-care-act

http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/research/cf_news_list.asp – also likely to be shown onhttp://pcntv.com/

Face the State to air on Sunday and then likely posted here -http://www.whptv.com/content/facethestate/default.aspx

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Stay well.
Donald

Stay well!

Donald

P.S. check out some recent tweets at:  www.Twitter.com/DJPNEWS

Some past selected DJP Updates can be found at: www.DJPupdate.com

Donald J. Palmisano, MD, JD

Intrepid Resources® / The Medical Risk Manager Company

5000 West Esplanade Ave., #432

Metairie, LA 70006

USA

504-455-5895 office

504-455-9392 fax

DJP@intrepidresources.com

www.intrepidresources.com

www.onleadership.us

DJP Updates:  www.DJPupdate.com

Twitter:  www.twitter.com/DJPNEWS

YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/IntrepidResources

This DJP Update goes to over 2300 leaders in Medicine representing all of the State Medical Associations and over 100 Specialty Societies plus some other friends.

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DJP Update 7-11-2012 Travels, PPACA, and interviews

DJP Update 7-11-2012 Travels, PPACA, and interviews

The debate continues after the Supreme Court ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

You already know why I believe the law, PPACA, is not the solution to quality, cost, and access in medical care.  I have written about it in this blog and in Op-Eds with former AMA presidents Dr. Bill Plested and Dr. Daniel “Stormy” Johnson.  We offered an alternative.  It is not new.  The components can be found in long-standing AMA policy.  I spoke about getting government out of the practice of medicine when I first testified to Congress, namely, in 1976, before the Health Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives hearing on National Health Insurance.

Now that the Supreme Court has ruled the individual mandate is constitutional as a tax.  (But not constitutional under the Commerce Clause).

Page 58:  The individual mandate cannot be upheld as an exercise of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause. That Clause authorizes Congress to regulate interstate commerce, not to order individuals to engage in it.

So it stands as a tax.  The Supreme Court is the final word but Chief Justice Roberts added these comments in the majority decision:

Page 44:  Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness.

Page 6:  Members of this Court are vested with the authority to interpret the law; we possess neither the expertise nor the prerogative to make policy judgments.  Those decisions are entrusted to our Nation’s elected leaders, who can be thrown our of office if the people disagree with them.  It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.

The question now is how will the practicing physician and the patients participate and get the people who make the laws understand what is happening to the practice of medicine.  It is important for every doctor to communicate to those in office and running for office what actually happens with new laws, regulations, and price-fixing.  Grousing around the coffee pot is not enough.  You can get letters in the newspapers, comment on radio or TV, and visit your member of Congress when back in home district.  The practice of medicine is at risk.

Here are some recent media events I participated in.  There will be lots of them this week in multiple states.

The links of a few are here if you wish to view or hear.

PBS NEWSHOUR video

http://www.tv.com/shows/pbs-newshour/watch/from-hallelujah-to-sadness-stakeholders-react-2498982/

Podcast of Toledo radio show 1370 WSPD (podcast of yesterday’s interview with Brian Wilson via one of these links.)  Discussion of PPACA, SGR, IPAB, recent surveys of physicians, and an alternative to PPACA.

http://www.wspd.com/cc-common/podcast/single_page.html?podcast=Brian

http://www.wspd.com/player/?station=WSPD-AM&program_name=podcast&program_id=Brian.xml&mid=22251328

Article about my presentation at Buckeye Institute yesterday in Columbus, Ohio.  Here is an article in Columbus Dispatch that also has AMA comment the reporter obtained.

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/07/11/coalition-fighting-new-health-care-law.html

It is unfortunate that the comments of Dr. Boyd Hoddinott, family practice physician in Bellefontaine, Ohio were not included as they were good.  He now is an American citizen who practiced for over 20 years in Canada.  He currently is the Health Commissioner for Logan County in Ohio and shared important information about waiting lists.  It is important to hear from patients and doctors who practice in other systems.

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Remember, if we as physicians keep doing what we have been doing to effect proposed laws and present laws, we will keep getting the same results.  We all need to be more involved and speak up.  It is on our watch and some of us are about to leave the field of advocacy as the years flee by.  Don’t be intimidated by others.  And when others try to attack you and change the real issues in the debate, remind everyone what the debate issues are and how sad it is that the opponent has to do personal attacks rather than dealing with the issues.  Do your homework, have courage, and don’t give up.  That is what liberty is all about.  It is not secure unless you stand up for it.  Resist coercion.

Stay well.
Donald

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DJP Update 6-28-2012 Supreme Court decision on PPACA and DJP on PBS NewsHour tonight

DJP Update 6-28-2012 Supreme Court decision on PPACA and DJP on PBS NewsHour tonight

What a day!  SCOTUS ruled PPACA constitutional (5-4) except the Medicaid expansion, namely, the Medicaid expansion violates the Constitution by threatening states with the loss of their existing Medicaid funding if they decline to comply with the expansion.

A very important part of the decision is the individual mandate was found not to be permitted under the Commerce Clause  nor can it be sustained under the Necessary and Proper Clause.
But, the individual mandate was found to be constitutional because the Court declared it a tax.  A TAX!  One of many in the law.

Not using the Commerce Clause is VERY IMPORTANT.  If it had been used, that would give the potential for massive expansion of government power.

A very long opinion.  I am studying it.

Now the battle will continue in Congress and at the ballot box.

Do your homework, have courage, and don’t give up.  I still believe PPACA is a disaster and will fail if not repealed.  There is a better way to increase access, maintain quality, and decrease costs.    You can find it in AMA PolicyFinder.  You also can find it in Op-Eds by for AMA presidents Drs. Bill Plested, Stormy Johnson, and myself.

PPACA will decrease access to care with the price-fixing and tangled web of regulations that frustrate doctors and patients.

You can check some of the tweets I did from the front of the  Supreme Court today.  Includes a photo plus a brief video to show crowds.  But I am confident you will see the same scenes via TV.

I will on PBS NewsHour tonight.  There will be a panel of four..  I will be the physician on the panel.  Tune in.

Our segment is scheduled live at 6:30 p.m. Eastern.

Stay well.  Don’t give up!

Donald

Stay well!

Donald

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DJP Update 6-27-2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision on PPACA healthcare law at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time 6-28-2012!

Dateline: Washington, DC

DJP Update 6-27-2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision on PPACA healthcare law at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time 6-28-2012!

We will know the answer in the morning at 10:00 a.m.  I will be on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court at that time.

I have been doing TV, radio, and print interviews in Washington, DC and Virginia on the pending case and what is the alternative to PPACA.

Stay tuned.

Pundits and legal scholars abound with opinions predicting opposite outcomes.  It is a credit to the U.S. Supreme Court that the Justices can keep a secret.

You know my view.  Individual mandate unconstitutional by 5-4 or 6-3 vote.  Greater than 50% chance entire law falls.
Others say the entire law will be upheld.  If upheld, the law will fail on its own if not repealed.  That is my view.

We shall see SOON.

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Read the Wickard v. Filburn in preparation for U.S. Supreme Court decision in morning on PPACA.  Link in tweet.  Fascinating case about government and the court saying a man can’t grow wheat on his property for his own use beyond what the government says!

DJPNEWS
From friend and scholar, Prof John Q. Barrett, re Wickard v. Filburn (1942) case = impt role in morn’s #SCOTUS #PPACA http://t.co/5sxCcbOg
6/27/12 9:23 PM

Here is an encouraging analysis of what the Supreme Court might say at 10 a.m. Eastern Time in morning.

Why the Whole Health Care Law Is in Jeopardy | RealClearPolitics bit.ly/MTKi3c

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Fun! I won the contest to be the first to get right answer!  Answer:  Senator Barrasso.  I won a retweet to 63,486 of their followers on Twitter.

DJPNEWS
Barrasso RT @Senate_GOPs: This GOP Sen served as a rodeo physician Prof Rodeo Cowboy’s Assoc. 1st correct answer gets an RT. #SenGOPtrivia
6/27/12 12:49 PM

DJPNEWS
Thanks!! RT @Senate_GOPs: Correct! Thanks for participating. #FF MT @DJPNEWS: Barrasso #SenGOPtrivia
6/27/12 1:19 PM

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Stay well!

Donald

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