2018 Legislative Session Final Report
Click the above link for a PDF report from our Government Affairs Director, Katy King, on the 2018 Legislative Session.
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Education & Events
Oregon ACEP heads to the ACEP Council & ACEP17
Oregon ACEP Council Delegates Evangeline Sokol MD, John Moorhead MD, Michelle Shaw MD, Samuel Kim MD, and Michael McCaskill MD represented Oregon docs at the 2017 ACEP Council meeting. Resolutions voted on included increasing diversity in the College, expanding involvement and participation of EMRA members, and various strategies to address the opioid crisis.
Nationally, ACEP chapters are fighting battles with insurance companies (such as the highly publicized fight with Anthem over prudent-lay-person), out of network billing and expanding access to mental health care. These issues will be on the top of the list as we create our plan for the Legislative & Advocacy Conference (LAC) this Spring. If you are planning to attend LAC, please contact us so we can include you in our group strategizing.
Board Meeting- Monday, April 9th 2018
If you would like to join, we will be meeting at 9am on the 9th of April at the Oregon Medical Association.
Submit a job for our Jobs Board!
We are accepting submissions for our Jobs Board to be posted at our upcoming conference in Sunriver. This will reach over 100 board-certified EM physicians, and it’s FREE! Fill out the form below or email your print-ready job posting to oregonacep@gmail.com.
Upcoming Board Meeting- December 11th, 2017
OCEP will hold its next Board Meeting on Monday, December 11th, 9 am at the Oregon Medical Association offices. The meeting is open to members, however certain agenda items may be board-only.
For more information, please contact Liz @ emesberg@gmail.com
Changes to Adolescent Suicide Reporting (ORS 441.750)
Oregon Revised Statute 441.750 requires hospitals to report statistical information to the Public Health Division about patients under 18 years of age who have attempted suicide. The Public Health Division has developed, in partnership with Oregon hospital emergency departments, a new electronic data reporting system known as ESSENCE that can now be used to gather mandated statistical information about adolescent suicide attempts.
Effective immediately, please notify attending physicians, hospital social work staff and other appropriate staff that they are not required to complete a suicide attempt report form.
September 2017 Legislative Days update
Below is a report from our Government Affairs Director Katy King on the happenings during Oregon’s September Legislative Days.
September Legislative Days 2017
Registration for the 2018 OCEP Winter Conference is now OPEN!
We are excited to open registration for our 2018 Conference in Sunriver, Oregon. Registration page can be found here.
Board Meeting- September 11th, 2017
The Oregon ACEP Board of Directors will hold a meeting on Monday, September 11th at 9 am. If you would like to attend, please email emesberg@gmail.com for more information.