Communiqué April/May 2017 Ohio State Medical Association Annual Meeting Dr. Robert E. Kose completed his term as OSMA Immediate Past President at the 2017 OSMA Annual Meeting, which was held March 17 – 19 in Columbus. Dr. Robyn F. Chatman, Cincinnati, was inaugurated OSMA President and Dr. Evangeline C. An- darsio, Dayton, was elected OSMA President-Elect. Dr. Anthony J. Armstrong was reelected OSMA Fourth District Councilor. Lucas County will continue to play a large role on the OSMA Delegation to the AMA. At the OSMA Annual Meeting Drs. An- thony J. Armstrong, Louito C. Edje and Donna A. Woodson were reelected AMA Delegate. Dr. William C. Sternfeld is also an AMA Delegate. The members of the Lucas County Delegation attending the 2017 OSMA Annual Meeting included Dr. Gregor K. Emmert, Jr., Dele- gation Chair, and Drs. Stephen P. Bazeley, Louito C. Edje, James G. Ravin, Herbert E. Stockard and Donna A. Woodson. Dr. Richard L. Munk, who was the ProMedica Toledo Hospital and ProMedica Toledo Children’s Hospital representative to the Organized Medi- cal Staff Section, also served on the Lucas County Delegation and Dr. William C. Sternfeld was a Specialty Society Delegate. Dr. Ba- zeley served on Resolutions Committee 1 and Drs. Sternfeld and Stockard served on Resolutions Committee 2. The Academy of Medicine submitted four resolutions that were approved and will go to the AMA Annual Meeting in June. The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences was well represented at the Annual Meeting with twelve medical students present. At the all member luncheon on Saturday the keynote speaker was US Congressman Pat Tiberi from Ohio’s 12th District who is Chairman of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Health. For complete information on the OSMA Annual Meeting, go to www. osma.org. Academy of Medicine Night at the Symphony One hundred and fifty UTCOM medical students attended the second annual Academy of Medicine Night at the Symphony on Friday, April 7. The tickets for the concert and the post-concert reception for the medical students were sponsored by ProMedica and The University of Toledo Medical Center. The students thank ProMedica and UTMC for sponsoring them. Guest conductor Alain Trudell began the concert with L. Bou- langer’s D’Un Matin De Printemps (Of a Spring Morning). He then Healthcare Heroes Holding 2017 Recognition Reception June 22 Thirty healthcare professionals and five collaborative initiatives were selected as candidates for the Healthcare Heroes program, which recognizes extraordinary contributions to health and well- being in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. Of those candi- dates, five healthcare professionals – including a nominee with at least 25 years of experience – and a collaborative initiative that has made great strides in impacting community health will be recog- nized on Tuesday, June 27. The 2017 Healthcare Heroes Recognition Reception will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 27 at the Toledo Museum of Art’s Glass Pavilion, 2444 Monroe St., Toledo. Tickets are $35 each or $200 for a group of six, and reservations can be made by visiting https://goo.gl/hJ8oF1. A Healthcare Hero could be a physician, nurse, allied health professional, researcher, administrator, first re- sponder, educator or caregiver who has gone above and beyond the call of duty. Healthcare Heroes should demonstrate honesty, integrity, humility, courage and commitment. To view a list of 2017 candidates, please go to https://goo.gl/OuCt0c. Healthcare Heroes is sponsored by the Hospital Council of North- west Ohio; Fostering Healthy Communities, a collaboration of Mer- cy Health, ProMedica and The University of Toledo Medical Cen- ter; Gilmore Jasion Mahler, LTD; Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP; Concordance Healthcare Solutions; Toledo Community Founda- tion; and Hylant. Community partners include the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce and United Way of Greater Toledo. The Toledo Business Journal is the program’s media partner. For more information about Healthcare Heroes, please visit hcno.org. introduced guest violinist Augustin Hadelich, who was absolutely fantastic, to join the Toledo Symphony Orchestra for Dvorak’s Violin Concerto in A Minor. Following the intermission, the Toledo Sym- phony Orchestra concluded the concert with Tchaikovsky’s Sym- phony No. 4 in F Minor. The Toledo Symphony Orchestra musicians, Mr. Trudel and Mr. Hadelich were wonderful and received several well-deserved standing ovations. Following the concert the medical students attended a reception where Dr. JoDee Ahrens, The Academy of Medicine President, gave a brief presentation on the importance of organized medicine and thanked ProMedica and UTMC for sponsoring the medical stu- dents. Dr. Ahrens also thanked Mrs. Jan Colville and Mrs. Lela Rashid, Co-Presidents of The Academy of Medicine of Toledo and Lucas County Alliance, for providing the sweets for the reception. The second annual Academy of Medicine Night at the Symphony was a complete success and everybody looks forward to the event next year. Again, thanks to ProMedica and UTMC.
Communique’ is published eight times a year: January/February, March, April/May, June, July/August, September, October/November, December. All contributing information is due by the first of March, June, September and December and by the fifteenth of January, April, July and October. Send information via email to Joey Begeman at [email protected].
CommuniquéApril/May 2017
Current Resident or:
In Memoriam
Robert L. Willard, MD4/19/1920 – 4/3/2017
Nonprofit OrganizationU.S. Postage
PAIDToledo, OH
Permit No. 416
Ohio State Medical Association Annual MeetingDr. Robert E. Kose completed his term as OSMA Immediate Past President at the 2017 OSMA Annual Meeting, which was held March 17 – 19 in Columbus. Dr. Robyn F. Chatman, Cincinnati, was inaugurated OSMA President and Dr. Evangeline C. An-darsio, Dayton, was elected OSMA President-Elect. Dr. Anthony J. Armstrong was reelected OSMA Fourth District Councilor.
Lucas County will continue to play a large role on the OSMA Delegation to the AMA. At the OSMA Annual Meeting Drs. An-thony J. Armstrong, Louito C. Edje and Donna A. Woodson were reelected AMA Delegate. Dr. William C. Sternfeld is also an AMA Delegate.
The members of the Lucas County Delegation attending the 2017 OSMA Annual Meeting included Dr. Gregor K. Emmert, Jr., Dele-gation Chair, and Drs. Stephen P. Bazeley, Louito C. Edje, James G. Ravin, Herbert E. Stockard and Donna A. Woodson. Dr. Richard L. Munk, who was the ProMedica Toledo Hospital and ProMedica Toledo Children’s Hospital representative to the Organized Medi-cal Staff Section, also served on the Lucas County Delegation and Dr. William C. Sternfeld was a Specialty Society Delegate. Dr. Ba-zeley served on Resolutions Committee 1 and Drs. Sternfeld and Stockard served on Resolutions Committee 2. The Academy of Medicine submitted four resolutions that were approved and will go to the AMA Annual Meeting in June. The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences was well represented at the Annual Meeting with twelve medical students present. At the all member luncheon on Saturday the keynote speaker was US Congressman Pat Tiberi from Ohio’s 12th District who is Chairman of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Health. For complete information on the OSMA Annual Meeting, go to www.osma.org.
Academy of Medicine Night at the SymphonyOne hundred and fifty UTCOM medical students attended the second annual Academy of Medicine Night at the Symphony on Friday, April 7. The tickets for the concert and the post-concert reception for the medical students were sponsored by ProMedica and The University of Toledo Medical Center. The students thank ProMedica and UTMC for sponsoring them.
Guest conductor Alain Trudell began the concert with L. Bou-langer’s D’Un Matin De Printemps (Of a Spring Morning). He then
Healthcare Heroes Holding 2017 Recognition Reception June 22Thirty healthcare professionals and five collaborative initiatives were selected as candidates for the Healthcare Heroes program, which recognizes extraordinary contributions to health and well-being in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. Of those candi-dates, five healthcare professionals – including a nominee with at least 25 years of experience – and a collaborative initiative that has made great strides in impacting community health will be recog-nized on Tuesday, June 27.
The 2017 Healthcare Heroes Recognition Reception will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 27 at the Toledo Museum of Art’s Glass Pavilion, 2444 Monroe St., Toledo. Tickets are $35 each or $200 for a group of six, and reservations can be made by visiting https://goo.gl/hJ8oF1. A Healthcare Hero could be a physician, nurse, allied health professional, researcher, administrator, first re-sponder, educator or caregiver who has gone above and beyond the call of duty. Healthcare Heroes should demonstrate honesty, integrity, humility, courage and commitment. To view a list of 2017 candidates, please go to https://goo.gl/OuCt0c.
Healthcare Heroes is sponsored by the Hospital Council of North-west Ohio; Fostering Healthy Communities, a collaboration of Mer-cy Health, ProMedica and The University of Toledo Medical Cen-ter; Gilmore Jasion Mahler, LTD; Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP; Concordance Healthcare Solutions; Toledo Community Founda-tion; and Hylant. Community partners include the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce and United Way of Greater Toledo. The Toledo Business Journal is the program’s media partner. For more information about Healthcare Heroes, please visit hcno.org.
introduced guest violinist Augustin Hadelich, who was absolutely fantastic, to join the Toledo Symphony Orchestra for Dvorak’s Violin Concerto in A Minor. Following the intermission, the Toledo Sym-phony Orchestra concluded the concert with Tchaikovsky’s Sym-phony No. 4 in F Minor. The Toledo Symphony Orchestra musicians, Mr. Trudel and Mr. Hadelich were wonderful and received several well-deserved standing ovations.
Following the concert the medical students attended a reception where Dr. JoDee Ahrens, The Academy of Medicine President, gave a brief presentation on the importance of organized medicine and thanked ProMedica and UTMC for sponsoring the medical stu-dents. Dr. Ahrens also thanked Mrs. Jan Colville and Mrs. Lela Rashid, Co-Presidents of The Academy of Medicine of Toledo and Lucas County Alliance, for providing the sweets for the reception. The second annual Academy of Medicine Night at the Symphony was a complete success and everybody looks forward to the event next year. Again, thanks to ProMedica and UTMC.
Opportunities May Still Exist To Sign Up For Insurance
Right now there are a lot of unknowns regarding the Affordable Care Act
with the new administration – but what we do know, is that having health coverage is currently still the law and Ohio’s unin-sured rate is 6%. Open Enrollment 4 (OE4) through the Af-fordable Care Act ended January 31, 2017; however, Navigators continue to be avail-able for those with a qualifying event who need health care coverage. There are many “qualifying events”, but the most com-mon are: aging off a parent’s plan; getting divorced/married; losing employer spon-sored coverage; and being over income for Medicaid. Enrollment assistance by a Navigator for both Marketplace and Medicaid coverage allows for individualized health coverage education and exploration of options. Ap-proximately 55% of Ohioans have employ-er sponsored health coverage, which leaves
an estimated 5,130,000 to obtain coverage through other means. The Ohio Association of Foodbanks and its network of strategic consortium mem-bers, which includes Toledo/Lucas County CareNet, was awarded a federal Naviga-tor grant by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the fall of 2016. This $1.7 million grant allows the statewide consortium to provide Navigator services throughout Ohio, educating consumers about affordable health care coverage op-tions and helping them to enroll in plans available through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace. CareNet focuses on serving consumers in: Lucas, Wood, Hancock, Hardin, Williams, Defiance, Paulding, Van Wert, Mercer, Fulton, Henry, Putnam, Allen, Auglaize, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot, Crawford, Richland, Hu-ron and Erie counties. If a provider is in-terested in having a navigator at their facil-ity or would like information for patients, please contact Julie Grasson at 419-842-0800 or [email protected]. Appointments can be scheduled by calling 1-800-648-1176 or visiting https://www.getcoveredamerica.org/get-covered-connector-national/.
Medical Equipment and Supplies Abroad
MESA is a Rotary District 6600 subcommittee for International
Service through the Supply of Used Medical Equipment to Rotary Clubs of the World for distribution to local clin-ics, regional hospitals and deserving public health centers.
Recently a survey in Tegucigalpa, Hon-duras with four local Rotary Clubs revealed many broken down pieces of equipment, a lack of sterilizers and many basic emergency room supplies. Many disabled people were crawling to see their doctor. MESA arranged to ship two containers of used equipment to the Rotary Clubs. Distribution was supervised by local doctors. Getting four Rotary clubs to cooperate in dis-tribution and the costs was a tall order. Feedback on this exercise can be viewed on Facebook MESA - rotary district 6600's international service project.
There is a limited opportunity for par-ticipants in a hands-on activity in Janu-ary of 2018 in the Merendon mountains of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Contact Rotarian Bob Ruehl the Traveler at 419-233-3343 for contributions of equip-ment, discards of clothing or to partici-pate.
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Communique’ is published eight times a year: January/February, March, April/May, June, July/August, September, October/November, December. All contributing information is due by the first of March, June, September and December and by the fifteenth of January, April, July and October. Send information via email to Joey Begeman at [email protected].
CommuniquéApril/May 2017
Current Resident or:
In Memoriam
Robert L. Willard, MD4/19/1920 – 4/3/2017
Nonprofit OrganizationU.S. Postage
PAIDToledo, OH
Permit No. 416
Ohio State Medical Association Annual MeetingDr. Robert E. Kose completed his term as OSMA Immediate Past President at the 2017 OSMA Annual Meeting, which was held March 17 – 19 in Columbus. Dr. Robyn F. Chatman, Cincinnati, was inaugurated OSMA President and Dr. Evangeline C. An-darsio, Dayton, was elected OSMA President-Elect. Dr. Anthony J. Armstrong was reelected OSMA Fourth District Councilor.
Lucas County will continue to play a large role on the OSMA Delegation to the AMA. At the OSMA Annual Meeting Drs. An-thony J. Armstrong, Louito C. Edje and Donna A. Woodson were reelected AMA Delegate. Dr. William C. Sternfeld is also an AMA Delegate.
The members of the Lucas County Delegation attending the 2017 OSMA Annual Meeting included Dr. Gregor K. Emmert, Jr., Dele-gation Chair, and Drs. Stephen P. Bazeley, Louito C. Edje, James G. Ravin, Herbert E. Stockard and Donna A. Woodson. Dr. Richard L. Munk, who was the ProMedica Toledo Hospital and ProMedica Toledo Children’s Hospital representative to the Organized Medi-cal Staff Section, also served on the Lucas County Delegation and Dr. William C. Sternfeld was a Specialty Society Delegate. Dr. Ba-zeley served on Resolutions Committee 1 and Drs. Sternfeld and Stockard served on Resolutions Committee 2. The Academy of Medicine submitted four resolutions that were approved and will go to the AMA Annual Meeting in June. The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences was well represented at the Annual Meeting with twelve medical students present. At the all member luncheon on Saturday the keynote speaker was US Congressman Pat Tiberi from Ohio’s 12th District who is Chairman of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Health. For complete information on the OSMA Annual Meeting, go to www.osma.org.
Academy of Medicine Night at the SymphonyOne hundred and fifty UTCOM medical students attended the second annual Academy of Medicine Night at the Symphony on Friday, April 7. The tickets for the concert and the post-concert reception for the medical students were sponsored by ProMedica and The University of Toledo Medical Center. The students thank ProMedica and UTMC for sponsoring them.
Guest conductor Alain Trudell began the concert with L. Bou-langer’s D’Un Matin De Printemps (Of a Spring Morning). He then
Healthcare Heroes Holding 2017 Recognition Reception June 22Thirty healthcare professionals and five collaborative initiatives were selected as candidates for the Healthcare Heroes program, which recognizes extraordinary contributions to health and well-being in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. Of those candi-dates, five healthcare professionals – including a nominee with at least 25 years of experience – and a collaborative initiative that has made great strides in impacting community health will be recog-nized on Tuesday, June 27.
The 2017 Healthcare Heroes Recognition Reception will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 27 at the Toledo Museum of Art’s Glass Pavilion, 2444 Monroe St., Toledo. Tickets are $35 each or $200 for a group of six, and reservations can be made by visiting https://goo.gl/hJ8oF1. A Healthcare Hero could be a physician, nurse, allied health professional, researcher, administrator, first re-sponder, educator or caregiver who has gone above and beyond the call of duty. Healthcare Heroes should demonstrate honesty, integrity, humility, courage and commitment. To view a list of 2017 candidates, please go to https://goo.gl/OuCt0c.
Healthcare Heroes is sponsored by the Hospital Council of North-west Ohio; Fostering Healthy Communities, a collaboration of Mer-cy Health, ProMedica and The University of Toledo Medical Cen-ter; Gilmore Jasion Mahler, LTD; Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP; Concordance Healthcare Solutions; Toledo Community Founda-tion; and Hylant. Community partners include the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce and United Way of Greater Toledo. The Toledo Business Journal is the program’s media partner. For more information about Healthcare Heroes, please visit hcno.org.
introduced guest violinist Augustin Hadelich, who was absolutely fantastic, to join the Toledo Symphony Orchestra for Dvorak’s Violin Concerto in A Minor. Following the intermission, the Toledo Sym-phony Orchestra concluded the concert with Tchaikovsky’s Sym-phony No. 4 in F Minor. The Toledo Symphony Orchestra musicians, Mr. Trudel and Mr. Hadelich were wonderful and received several well-deserved standing ovations.
Following the concert the medical students attended a reception where Dr. JoDee Ahrens, The Academy of Medicine President, gave a brief presentation on the importance of organized medicine and thanked ProMedica and UTMC for sponsoring the medical stu-dents. Dr. Ahrens also thanked Mrs. Jan Colville and Mrs. Lela Rashid, Co-Presidents of The Academy of Medicine of Toledo and Lucas County Alliance, for providing the sweets for the reception. The second annual Academy of Medicine Night at the Symphony was a complete success and everybody looks forward to the event next year. Again, thanks to ProMedica and UTMC.
Opportunities May Still Exist To Sign Up For Insurance
Right now there are a lot of unknowns regarding the Affordable Care Act
with the new administration – but what we do know, is that having health coverage is currently still the law and Ohio’s unin-sured rate is 6%. Open Enrollment 4 (OE4) through the Af-fordable Care Act ended January 31, 2017; however, Navigators continue to be avail-able for those with a qualifying event who need health care coverage. There are many “qualifying events”, but the most com-mon are: aging off a parent’s plan; getting divorced/married; losing employer spon-sored coverage; and being over income for Medicaid. Enrollment assistance by a Navigator for both Marketplace and Medicaid coverage allows for individualized health coverage education and exploration of options. Ap-proximately 55% of Ohioans have employ-er sponsored health coverage, which leaves
an estimated 5,130,000 to obtain coverage through other means. The Ohio Association of Foodbanks and its network of strategic consortium mem-bers, which includes Toledo/Lucas County CareNet, was awarded a federal Naviga-tor grant by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the fall of 2016. This $1.7 million grant allows the statewide consortium to provide Navigator services throughout Ohio, educating consumers about affordable health care coverage op-tions and helping them to enroll in plans available through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace. CareNet focuses on serving consumers in: Lucas, Wood, Hancock, Hardin, Williams, Defiance, Paulding, Van Wert, Mercer, Fulton, Henry, Putnam, Allen, Auglaize, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot, Crawford, Richland, Hu-ron and Erie counties. If a provider is in-terested in having a navigator at their facil-ity or would like information for patients, please contact Julie Grasson at 419-842-0800 or [email protected]. Appointments can be scheduled by calling 1-800-648-1176 or visiting https://www.getcoveredamerica.org/get-covered-connector-national/.
Medical Equipment and Supplies Abroad
MESA is a Rotary District 6600 subcommittee for International
Service through the Supply of Used Medical Equipment to Rotary Clubs of the World for distribution to local clin-ics, regional hospitals and deserving public health centers.
Recently a survey in Tegucigalpa, Hon-duras with four local Rotary Clubs revealed many broken down pieces of equipment, a lack of sterilizers and many basic emergency room supplies. Many disabled people were crawling to see their doctor. MESA arranged to ship two containers of used equipment to the Rotary Clubs. Distribution was supervised by local doctors. Getting four Rotary clubs to cooperate in dis-tribution and the costs was a tall order. Feedback on this exercise can be viewed on Facebook MESA - rotary district 6600's international service project.
There is a limited opportunity for par-ticipants in a hands-on activity in Janu-ary of 2018 in the Merendon mountains of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Contact Rotarian Bob Ruehl the Traveler at 419-233-3343 for contributions of equip-ment, discards of clothing or to partici-pate.
MESA- Satisfaction guaranteed for over 33 years of service to mankind. Work with Us. We are easy.
