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KEEPING PHYSICIANS ABREAST OF THE LATEST NEWS AND INFORMATION AT DIGNITY HEALTH – GLENDALE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTERMedical DialogueMAY JUNE Charity Golf Classic Raises $100,000Thank you to all of our physicians who joined the Glendale Memorial Foundation for the Charity Golf Classic in April. More than players and many volunteers participated and helped raise over , which will go towards capital needs at our hospital. We appreciate your support during the fun-lled day of golng and camaraderie at the beautiful DeBell Golf Club.John McKenzie, MD; Hambik Tankazyan, DO; Onkarjit Marwah, MD, Charity Golf Co-Chair; and Kenneth Kita, MD (l-r)Golf participant with Nick Ghazarian, DO (l-r)Rocky DiSalvo, golf participant, and Vahan Cepkinian, MD (l-r)Santo Polito, MD (third from the left) with golf participants, Bob Fidler, Jay Polito and Rich Maloof (l-r)Mariano Teodoro, Respiratory Therapist; Michael Hutton, RN; Robert Gall, MD, Charity Golf Co-Chair; and Jose Medrano, MD (l-r)Sarkis Kaakijian, MD; Linas Kazlauskas, MD; and Kalust Ucar, MD (l-r)
2 Glendale Memorial Medical DialogueDEA Requirement Training Please note that eective June , , unless amended, all Drug Enforcement Administration DEA registrants are required to complete eight hours of training in the management and treatment of patients with opioid and/or substance abuse disorders. The following information is provided by the U. S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration:Who is responsible for satisfying this new training requirement?•All DEA-registered practitioners, with the exception of practitioners that are solely veterinarians.How will practitioners be asked to report satisfying this new training requirement?•Beginning on June , , practitioners will be required to check a box on their online DEA registration form – regardless of whether a registrant is completing their initial registration application or renewing their registration – arming that they have completed the new training requirement.•This one-time training requirement armation will not be a part of future registration renewals.How can practitioners satisfy this new training requirement?There are multiple ways that practitioners can satisfy this new training requirement.•First, the following groups of practitioners are deemed to have satised this training:. Group : All practitioners that are board certied in addiction medicine or addiction psychiatry from the American Board of Medical Specialties, the American Board of Addiction Medicine, or the American Osteopathic Association.. Group : All practitioners who graduated in good standing from a medical allopathic or osteopathic, dental, physician assistant, or advanced practice nursing school within ve years of June , , and successfully completed a comprehensive curriculum that included at least eight hours of training on:•Treating and managing patients with opioid or other substance use disorders, including the appropriate clinical use of all drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of a substance use disorder; or•Safe pharmacological management of dental pain and screening, brief intervention, and referral for appropriate treatment of patients with or at risk of developing opioid and other substance use disorders.•Second, practitioners can satisfy this training by engaging in a total of eight hours of training on treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders from the groups listed below. A few key points related to this training:. The training does not have to occur in one session. It can be cumulative across multiple sessions that equal eight hours of training.. Past trainings on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders can count towards a practitioner meeting this requirement. In other words, if you received a relevant training from one of the groups listed below—prior to the enactment of this new training obligation on December , —that training counts towards the eight-hour requirement.. Past DATA-Waived trainings count towards a DEA registrant’s eight-hour training requirement.. Trainings can occur in a variety of formats, including classroom settings, seminars at professional society meetings, or virtual oerings.What accredited groups may provide trainings that meet this new requirement?The American College of Physicians ACP has a site dedicated to ongoing education acponline.org/painhub These groups may also provide trainings:•The American Society of Addiction Medicine ASAM•The American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry AAAP•American Medical Association AMA•The American Osteopathic Association AOA, or any organizations accredited by the AOA to provide continuing medical education•The American Dental Association ADA•The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons AAOMS
•The American Psychiatric Association APA•The American Association of Nurse Practitioners AANP•The American Academy of Physician Associates AAPA•The American Nurses Credentialing Center ANCC•Any other organization accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education AACCME or the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition CCEPR, whether directly or through an organization accredited by a State medical society that is recognized by the ACCME or CCEPR•Any other organization approved or accredited by the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, the ACCME, or the CCEPRWe hope this information is helpful. For information regarding the DEA Diversion Control Division, please visit www.DEAdiversion.usdoj.gov. If you have any additional questions on this issue, please contact the Diversion Control Division Policy Section at -.Glendale Memorial Medical Dialogue 3Top CDI Query Response Achievers High physician response rates help accurately reect patient severity of illness and intensity of service. We thank the following physicians for their diligence and commitment to Glendale Memorial Hospital. Criteria for Top Clinical Documentation Improvement CDI Query Response Achievers: Only physicians with three or more queries and an answer rate of – are included. Below are the top achievers for February and March . Congratulations on a job well done!Mohsen Aljayeh, MDNarine Arutyounian, MD Ryan Barnette, MD Duc Bui, MDDennis Chang, DO Garen Derhartunian, MDAnna Galfaian, MDElizabeth Grigoryan, MDVahe Gyulnazaryan, MDMichael Habashy, MDSamvel Hmayakyan, MDKrikor Kalindjian, MDVigen Khojayan, MDDon Lee, MDMoses Lee, DOWilson Liu, MDOnkarjit Marwah, MDArazin Minasian, MD Ayuna Panossian, MDHayk Papukhyan, MDKhalida Pathan, MDBaminihannadige Peiris, MDNeiveen Peter, MDHelen Rostamloo, MDEmily Ryan, MDErik Sitker, MDTeresa Swida, DOArman Uzunyan, MDAntonio Zamorano, DO Welcome New Physicians to the Glendale Memorial Hospital FamilyAnesthesiologyTina Vajdi, MDEmergency MedicineJason Woo, MDHematology/OncologyDaniel Kim, MDSungwon Kyung, MDFarah Quyyumi, MDJames Shen, MDNeurosurgeryIgor Fineman, MDRadiation OncologyPaul Menzel, MD
4 Glendale Memorial Medical DialogueCALL FOR ARTICLES: We encourage members of the Glendale Memorial Hospital sta to submit information or articles for publication. We welcome your input! Email: tracie.cheesemangipson@commonspirit.org EDITORIAL TEAM William Wang, MD, CMO Medical Editorial AdvisorDeborah Connors-Moore Director, Medical Sta ServicesTracie GipsonEditor, Medical DialoguePhysician Survey ReminderOn May , Glendale Memorial Hospital’s Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers received an invitation via email to take the CommonSpirit Health MyVoice Physician and Advanced Practice Provider Survey. The email was sent from our survey administration rm, Press Ganey. You can also access the survey by clicking the survey desktop icon or scanning the QR code here. The survey window is May -.We strongly encourage you to take the survey to share your feedback about our organization. It only takes a few minutes to complete the survey, which has been shortened to less than questions. It’s also condential as responses and comments cannot be tracked to individuals.All practicing Physicians and APPs including those with medical groups and employed by Physician Enterprise who are in the active and provisional medical sta categories, as well as hospital based providers and call panelists, are invited to participate. Additionally, you must have been credentialed/privileged or employed by Jan. , to participate. If you have questions, please email physicianfeedback-questions@commonspirit.org or advancedpractice-communic ations@commonspirit.org. Thank you in advance for participating and providing valuable feedback about our organization. In MemoriamWe are deeply saddened to share the passing of an outstanding physician:Daniel Levitan, MD, Nephrologist, who was an active member of our Medical Sta since .Centers of Excellence UpdateWe are excited to share that Glendale Memorial Hospital is on a journey to becoming a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery and Colorectal Surgery. Once accredited with our Gold Seal, Glendale Memorial Hospital will be the only Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery in Glendale, and the only Center of Excellence in Colorectal Surgery in Southern California! To receive accreditation, healthcare organizations must undergo a rigorous onsite inspection, commit to continuous improvement, and meet nationally recognized standards that produce superior clinical outcomes and high patient satisfaction. Glendale Memorial Hospital has already submitted our application and data, and is currently awaiting a site visit from The Surgical Review Committee. We are excited about these upcoming accreditations, which will rearm to our community our commitment to superior medical care and to sustaining a culture of excellence. Stay tuned for updates.