MCMS Physician Winter 2017 - 21

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Welcome New
Members

the unknown healthcare shifts of tomorrow.
In a physician-owned and physician-led CIN, physicians are not only "at
the table," but are creating and implementing the local approach collectively.
The more physicians understand the value of physician-driven networks, the
more successful and sustainable they will be as healthcare leaders. It
will also increase professional satisfaction - a very important part
of who physicians are, and something that has recently been at an
all-time low.
The ultimate goal is for CINs to serve as the high-performing,
local catalysts for greater value for the healthcare dollar, while
rewarding participating physicians for their work. PAMED plans to
advance these networks by providing physicians with the knowledge,
tools, and confidence that patients are receiving the best, most
appropriate care possible throughout the entire continuum of care
provided.
This means physician engagement must occur at a granular
level. Physician-created initiatives, with input and buy-in from the
entire network, and resulting in better overall coordination, is a
cornerstone of success. This will allow physicians to directly affect
health outcomes for large populations of patients while also being
able to bend the cost curve, as the market so desperately needs.
PAMED must and will support physicians during this transition
through use of services offered through the MSO or CINs.
PAMED is looking to engage Pennsylvania physicians; provide the
necessary education, clinical tools, and data; and offer hands-on
practice support to assure successful transitions. This is the value
of becoming part a CIN, and of being a PAMED member.
If you would like additional information about PAMED's Practice
Options Initiative, please contact Dennis Olmstead, Senior Vice President
Business Strategy and Development, at 855-PAMED4U (855-726-3348) or
KnowledgeCenter@pamedsoc.org.
If you haven't already, check out PAMED's online, on-demand CME series
- "Addressing Physician Uncertainty about Payment Reform: Skills for
Success in Value-Based Delivery Systems." Free to PAMED members, this
series is facilitated by Ray Fabius, MD, a PAMED member and a nationally
respected expert in the field of population health. It covers a variety of
important topics, including practical health informatics, using a data toolbox
in your practice, quality management, process improvement, lessons learned
from the managed care era, and population health. Access the CME at
www.pamedsoc.org/valuebasedcare.

MCMS is pleased to welcome the
following individuals who joined the Society:
September 2016
Brisha Bhikadiya, Student
Robert Hurst, MD
Nirag Jhala, MD
Jasvir Khurana, MD
Nicholas Ligato, DO
William Lucht, MD
October 2016
Sana Alvi, DO
Marylou Checchia-Romano, DO
Barbara Cooper, MD
Antonette Dulay, MD
John Fisher, MD
Cory Keller, DO
Keren McCarthy, DO
Randall Miller, MD
Miriam Segal, MD
Shobha Sem, MD
Ryan Shadis, MD
Meghan Shayhorn, MD
Suganthi Soundararajan, MD
Monisha Vora, MD
Kristin Wesley, MD
November 2016
Herbert Caskey, MD
Gene Corbman, MD
Laurence Fitzhenry, MD
Daniel Friedman, Student
Jason Goldsmith, MD
Janine Kyrillos, MD
Annette Lee, MD
Prashanth Ramachandra, MD
Aaron Sporn, MD
Kenneth Sternberger, MD
Mahalakshmi Srinivasan, MD
Xiaomang Stickles, MD
James Stinchon III, MD
Adam Strohl, MD
Tisa Taylor, MD
December 2016
Jerrold Bonn, MD
M. Allyson Brown, MD
Mahrukh Khan, MD
Majid Khan, MD
Phelps Lambert, MD
Caroline Groft MacFarlane, MD, PhD
Beatrice Rotibi, MD
Mohammad Fayez Rujubali, MD

To publish photos of new MCMS member
physicians, please submit
digital copies to montmedsoc@verizon.net

Necrology Report

A version of this article first appeared in the summer 2016 issue of Pennsylvania
Physician and was updated on Jan. 10, 2017.

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MCMS regrets the loss of
these society members since
October 2016.
Ian M. Ballard, MD
Carmela F. De Rivas, MD
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