Orphan Health Topics:

Public Policy and Clinical Issues

Faulkner Hospital

November 17, 2000

(CME Credits for Medicine, Dental, Psychology)

 

Fibromyalgia        Temporomandibular Joint Disorders      Chronic Headaches      Interstitial Cystitis

 

7:45-8:15            Registration/Coffee

8:15-8:20         Noshir Mehta, DMD, MS; Director Gelb Pain center and Chair Dept. of General Dentistry, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

8:30-8:40         Milton Glass, MBA; Renee Glass:  Co-Founders and Co-Presidents of the Jaw Joints Allied Musculo-Skeletal Disorders Foundation

Introductory Remarks: “Jaw Joints; TMJ Awareness”                          

840:8:45            Ronald J. Kulich, Ph.D. Program Chair             

The Clinical Syndromes

8:45-9:45         Daniel Clauw, MD“TMJ, Fibromyalgia, and other Pain Syndromes”

9:45-10:15       Granham Sant, MD. “Interstitial Cystitis: Policy Issues with Underserved Populations”

10:15-10:45     Elizabeth Loder, MD, “Chronic Headache: The Rising Controversy of Opioid Maintenance”

10:45-11:00            Coffee Break

 

                        Public Policy Issues

11:00-12:00     Daniel Carr, MD,  Guideline Development and Implementation: Practice Issues Confronting Clinicians”

12:00-12:45     Daniel Shimshak, Ph.D. & Maureen C. DeFuria, MS, “Cost and Health Care Utilization of Insured Claims Payments”

12:45-2:00       Lunch and Roundtable Discussion, Ronald J. Kulich, Ph.D. Moderator

2:00-2:30         Anne Meneghetti, MD.Director of Health Policy & Education, Blue cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts  Health Plan Coverage Decisions for Orphan Health Issues”

2:30-2:45         Peter Meade “Current Policy Issues Confronting Health Insurers”

2:45-3:30         Keynote: 

Massachusetts Members of the Congressional Delegation

The View from Capital Hill: Providing Access Care for Underserved Populations

3:30                 Questions and Commentary

4:00                 Adjourn

 

 

Sponsors:            Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

                        The Faulkner Hospital

                        Jaw Joints and Allied Muscular-Skelrtal Disorders Foundation Inc.

                        Purdue Pharma L.P.

                        Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

 

 

 

Orphan Health Topics:

Public Policy and Clinical Issues

 

Fibromyalgia        Temporomandibular Joint Disorders      Chronic Headaches      Interstitial Cystitis

 

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Conference Fee:     $65

Students/Fellows:       $25

 

 

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