Successfully Implementing LD 1646/Chapter 488:
An Act to Prevent Opiate Abuse by
Strengthening the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program
Thursday, July 14, 2016
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Maple Hill Farm, Hallowell ME
Please join the Maine Medical Association and Maine Quality Counts for an educational Learning Session designed for providers to gain practical information on key issues related to implementing Maine's new law limiting opioid prescribing. The session is designed to provide training for clinician leaders in your organization and prepare them to train and support practice teams in complying with the new law. Please note that space for this event is limited to the first 100 registrants. In order to allow for statewide participation, we are asking organizations to limit their initial registration to 6-8 clinical leaders. Should you have additional people who would like to register, please have them contact Linda Leighton to be added to the waiting list. In order to cover costs of this event, there is a charge of $50 per person to attend. |
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Featured Presenters:
Lisa Letourneau, Maine Quality Counts
Gordon Smith, Maine Medical Association
Heather Skolfield, ME Prescription Monitoring Program
Clare Desrosiers, ME Diversion Alert Program
Noah Nesin, Penobscot Community Health Center
Jessica Bates, Penobscot Community Health Center
Eva Quirion, St. Joseph Internal Medicine
Stephen Hull, Mercy Pain Center
Elisabeth Fowlie Mock, Eastern Maine Medical Center
Peter Leighton, Bridgton Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: Participants will....
- Increase their understanding of the current status of Maine's opioid epidemic and the key components of LD 1646/PL Chapter 488.
- Learn an approach to balancing the quality of patient care while complying with the updated prescribing regulations included in LD 1646/PL Chapter 488.
- Gain knowledge and skills on how to reduce misuse, abuse and diversion of prescription drugs.
- Learn how to implement a team based approach to safe prescribing, including opioid dosing, compassionate tapering, and appropriate diagnosis.
- Develop skills to facilitate difficult patient conversation and the use of functional assessments.
- Share knowledge and skills gained throughout the day to help build competency in safe opioid prescribing within their practice setting.
To learn more about this upcoming event, please click here to review the draft agenda.
Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit is available for this learning session. For American Disabilities Act (ADA) services, if special arrangements are required for an individual to attend this course please see contact provided below.
Contact Information:
Administrative Coordinator:
Linda Leighton
Office: (207) 620-8526, ext. 1016
E-mail: lleighton@mainequalitycounts.org
Visitor Comments
Charles Ouellette (Thursday, July 21, 2016)
Educational session on new opiod law
Peter Michaud, MMA (Monday, July 11, 2016)
Caring for ME Informational Session
Taffy Davis (Monday, July 11, 2016)
Clinical Instructor