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The Leg.Up Local, State and National News of Interest to the Physician Community The Leg.Up Local, state and national news of interest to the physician community December 6, 2017 A Gift that Keeps on Giving: New RAM Endowed Scholarship Link Click here for our new & easy way to donate to the RAM Endowed Scholarship. The first scholarship recipient - Jessica Li, a third year medical student at VCU - wrote outgoing RAM President Harry Bear, thanking him and all RAM members for their continuing support. "Dear Dr. Bear," she writes, "Thank you so much for your interest in my medical education at VCU! Words cannot describe how grateful I am for the continued financial support of the Richmond Academy of Medicine ... I truly appreciate Jessica Li with former VCU School of Medicine all of the interest Dean Dr. Jerry Strauss (l) and RAM President Dr. that RAM puts Harry Bear into enriching the experiences of its student members. The mentoring that I have received this past year through RAM is unique to the Academy. "As a third-year medical student, I am slowly becoming more immersed in different aspects of medicine. From surgery at VCU to peds in Roanoke and family medicine on the Eastern Shore, I am being exposed to many communities around Virginia, and I continue to reinforce my aspiration to work with underserved communities." Jessica will travel to the Dominican Republic on yet another medical mission during her elective period. "With every new experience and patient encounter, I reinforce why I chose to pursue a career in medicine" - one aided by RAM's "encouragement and financial support as I continue my education at VCU!" So just click here to make YOUR donation to the next worthy recipient of the RAM Endowed Scholarship! Jessica can be reached at [email protected]. Click here to read her profile in the Winter, 2017 edition of Ramifications (see page 11). CVS-Aetna Deal Starts Game of Medical Musical Chairs CVS Health Corp.'s offer to buy Aetna Inc. for about $69 billion "would combine a large insurer with a big provider of pharmacy services and transform the U.S. healthcare landscape, reports The Wall Street Journal. "The proposed deal is the latest and most dramatic sign Good times at CVS Pharmacy! of how the lines between traditional segments in health care are blurring as companies, saddled with mature businesses and in many cases restricted from buying rival companies, enter new areas in search of growth." Whether it's an insurer or a hospital chain, "Everyone's moving into one another's space to position themselves for whatever happens," said Lawton Robert Burns at UPenn's Wharton School. Click here for another article on the proposed merger which comes "at a time of turbulent transformation of health care. "Insurers, hospitals and pharmacy companies are bracing themselves for a possible disruption in government programs like Medicare as a result of the Republicans' plan to cut taxes." Antitrust regulators last year blocked two separate mergers proposed by the large insurers: Aetna's plan to buy Humana Inc. and Anthem's acquisition of Cigna Corp, saying they would hurt consumers, the Times reports. Unlike those deals, the CVS-Aetna combination is a "vertical" integration in which the companies do not directly overlap operations. Several antitrust experts said they expected the CVS- Aetna deal to gain approval for that reason, but that it still would be scrutinized closely by the Department of Justice. But there's also "skepticism about what CVS and Aetna can deliver if they merge," the Times reports. One health consultant noted the potential of sharing so much patient information, yet it also resembles "two battleships that are slow to turn." Aetna Inc. Chief Executive Mark T. Bertolini is set to pocket roughly half a billion dollars when he leaves his company if the merger survives federal antitrust scrutiny, reports The Wall Street Journal. If the deal closes, "Mr. Bertolini stands to reap a generous exit payment and benefit from a sizable increase in the value of the stock and rights he owns because of the premium CVS is paying for Aetna. His combined payout is expected to be about $500 million," according to the Journal. Come Celebrate RAM's Next President! Please join us on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 for the presidential inauguration of Mark B. Monahan, MD, and the installation of officers of the Board of Trustees. The event will be held at the University of Richmond Jepson Alumni Center. Reception at 5:30 p.m., Dinner at 6:15 p.m., Installation and General Meeting at 7:00 p.m. Salute the past and embrace the future! Share a drink and conversation with your peers. Say congratulations to Drs. Mark Monahan, Carolyn Burns, Sidney Jones, Ritsu Kuno, Ranjodh Gill, Ike Ibe, Jake O'Shea, Chip Shaia, and Tovia Smith, and Ann Honeycutt (Practice Manager Trustee). Applaud past Academy presidents who continue to carry the torch for all of us. Embrace the new 2018 leadership of RAM! Please click here to reserve your spot or RSVP to Lara at [email protected] or 804-622-8137. Attend Tomorrow's Legislator Meet & Greet at VEI Please join us tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 7 for our second legislator meet and greet. Get to know your elected officials! Come out and enjoy light refreshments and a discussion of physicians' concerns. We want to see you there! THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Virginia Eye Institute Huguenot Bridge 400 Westhampton Station Building B Richmond, VA 23226 Virginia Eye Institute Meet with Senator Amanda Chase, Delegates Betsy Carr, Buddy Fowler, Delores McQuinn, and Chris Peace and Delegates-elect Debra Rodman and Dawn Adams. We'd like to thank Senator Glen Sturtevant and Delegates Lamont Bagby, Riley Ingram, Roxann Robinson, and Lee Ware for joining us last week at St. Francis Medical Center. Legislators discussed COPN reform, the opioid crisis and advance care planning with RAM members, just to name a few issues. Click here to sign up for the 12/7/17 Meet & Greet at Virginia Eye Institute from 6-7 p.m. or email Lara Knowles to register! Del. Loupassi Requests Recount Del. G. Manoli Loupassi, R- Richmond, who conceded to his Democratic challenger Dawn Adams on election night, last week filed for a recount in the 68th House District which he has represented since 2008, reports the Times-Dispatch. Adams won by 336 votes out Del. Loupassi (l) at White Coat Day of more than 39,000 votes cast in the contest to represent parts of the city of Richmond, Chesterfield and Henrico counties. She's a nurse practitioner who runs the Office of Integrated Health at the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the RTD reports. "I recognize the outcome may not change," Loupassi said, "but there's no harm done in making sure that the vote is correct." His request "kicks off a process that could take weeks," including a preliminary hearing in Richmond Circuit Court within a week of last Thursday's legal filing. Republicans are clinging to a 51-49 edge in the House following last month's gains by new candidates - including women like Adams who won in a "wave election" that's widely viewed as a rebuke of the Trump presidency. The GOP previously enjoyed a 32-seat majority in the Virginia House. Delegate-elect Adams is among those legislators expected to attend the Legislative Meet & Greet at the Virginia Eye Institute Thursday at 6 p.m.! See item above! Meanwhile, click here for an interesting post-election postmortem by Virginia political scientists who said attack ads by GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie "probably backfired," reports the DailyPress.com. His Democratic rival, Dr. Ralph Northam, often "drove many Democrats nuts during the campaign" by being so folksy on the campaign trail. But political consultant Bob Holsworth said Northam's "mild-mannered ads about being a doctor on the Eastern Shore" actually worked. "I guess it's better to be a doctor than a lobbyist," Holsworth said, noting Gillespie's past lobbying for corporate clients in Washington. Dr. Archuleta Named RTD Person of the Year Dr. Bob A. Archuleta was named the 2017 RTD Person of the Year yesterday in recognition of his work at Noah's Children, the pediatric hospice and palliative care program he started 20 years ago. Click here to read more about the recognition. Dr. Archuleta -- a long-time RAM member who practices at Pediatric Associates - is the medical director of Noah's Children. The program is located at Bon Secours' St. Mary's Hospital, which covers administrative costs. Archuleta was one of 24 people honored by the newspaper for contributions and achievements in the Richmond region. "I certainly live in awe and admiration of the families that Noah's Children takes care of," Dr. Archuleta said as he accepted the honor during a luncheon yesterday at the Omni Richmond Hotel. "It's very special children and families that need attention and the focus... I'm honored that I am bringing some attention to their needs." Click here to learn more about Noah's Children, whose services to children and families include specialized care, spiritual and emotional support, and home visits from social workers, nurses, and others. Access Now: Bridging the Gap for the Uninsured Click here for our full-page ad in the Richmond Times- Dispatch thanking more than 880 caring and compassionate physicians and healthcare staff who generously donate their medical services free of charge to thousands of patients in the greater Richmond area through Access Now! Heart Transplant Celebrates 50th Fifty years ago last Sunday, "The first adult human heart transplant was performed in Cape Town," South Africa, writes author Dr.
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