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Obamacare to Ebola Following Buck MedChi’s president names the 10 biggest Orioles manager defines health care stories of the year. 3A leadership without explaining it. 13A Friday, December 26, 2014 Volume 126 | Number 058 TheDailyRecord.com Photos of the year 2014 Photography by Maximilian Franz he year of 2014 was one of celebration and change, struggle and success for Mary- landers. Here, in our Tspecial four-page package, senior photographer Maximil- ian Franz offers his favorite moments from the year. For more photos, see 7A-10A To see additional photos, go to the multimedia zone on our homepage and click on the embedded slideshow at TheDailyRecord.com. The U.S. Navy Blue Angels were in Baltimore as part of the Star-Spangled Spectacular to celebrate the bicentennial of the writing of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.’ Here the Blue Angels are flying past the Natty Boh sign on Brewers Hill near Canton. A boarded-up property across the street from ABOVE: Maximilian Franz’s photo illustration of the newly opened Henderson-Hopkins school McCormick’s Old Bay Spice sculpted in the shape of on Ashland Avenue was turned into a canvas Maryland for a story about the spice’s 75th birthday. when an unnamed artist painted heart balloons on the plywood covering the front door. More LEFT: A group of Brazilian students from the Johns than a foot of snow had fallen the night before Hopkins School of Medicine congregated at Slainte on most of Maryland as a nor’easter passed Irish Pub and Restaurant to cheer their nation’s over the East Coast overnight. team in the opening game of the 2014 World Cup. Helping others: How local firms give back to community The Daily Record invited local orga- a chance to give back to the community. The employees of Cohen & Dwin have paring for a fun family event. The Holiday nizations to tell us about how they gave A new legal assistant at Cohen & Dwin worked closely this year with Sgt. Hoorn- Open House was held on Dec. 6. back to the community during holiday saw an opportunity to forge a lasting re- stra from Toys for Tots, to make 2014’s time. Here is what they had to say, in their lationship with the community and pro- fundraising effort larger. Giant Food, Reis- Howard Community College own words: posed the idea to Harold Dwin. Last year’s terstown Road location, has graciously Students are deep into the hustle and haul, over 300 toys and $4,000 raised, donated holiday refreshments. bustle of classes and final exams during Cohen & Dwin through the hard work of the Cohen & The “elves” at Cohen & Dwin put to- November and December, so planning For the second year, Cohen & Dwin Dwin family set the standard for this year’s gether gift baskets for a raffle, baking SEE HELPING 4A P.A. has teamed up with Toys for Tots for fundraiser. dozens of cookies for decorating and pre- Auction sales 27B Law Digest 14A Opinion 13A $269 per year For subscriptions Calendar 6A Litigation support 19A Public notice 1B call 1-800-451-9998 or email Employment 11A Lawyer to lawyer 19A Sealed proposals 1B INDEX $2 per copy [email protected] 2A THEDAILYRECORD.COM Friday, December 26, 2014 ONLINE TODAY BLOGS UPCOMING SPECIAL A quick letter to a IN CASE YOU MISSED IT READ newly admitted lawyer PUBLICATIONS AND Scott MacMullen Lead in a different light FOCUS SECTIONS Dear New Lawyer, Danny Jacobs Business Buzz Welcome to the pro- It was a study that led to changes in how landlords in Eye on Annapolis fession! 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The transitions One major issue is that ICD-10 isn’t in health care are technology related, compatible with many electronic system structured and necessary due medical records. An advance that to the increasing cost of health care. doesn’t fit into the developing Here are the 10 stories that will system creates more confusion in likely have an effect for many years one area while striving to alleviate to come. it in others. Physicians are fighting the work and training required DR. TYLER to adjust to a system that the electronic medical records will not CYMET accommodate. Commentary 9. Sustainable Growth Rate, Medicare’s payment formula, remains intact. The SGR makes 1. Non-physician graduates sense to the person paying the exceed physician graduates bills but has no connection to the in the United States. Of the providers of care. It is a system 43,000 new American graduates that often does the opposite of entering the workforce each year, what should be done in a system only about half are physicians, the focused on the health care other half are nurse practitioners needs of a population. But the (NP) and physician assistants government does not have its (PA). Future physicians will be at act together enough to do things an increasingly smaller percentage. right, so health care providers New NP and PA programs have will be paid based on how much opened up at an incredibly fast rate. something is done as much as how Some of these programs have the difficult, or how much it costs to ability to train almost entirely via do something. Good news is that the Internet. This nontraditional there is agreement that the system training style is transforming health is silly and annoying. Maybe 2015 care education and contributed will be the year (mantra of medical to the increased number of non- providers since 1997). physician providers. 10. Pre-exposure prophylaxis 2. Marijuana moves towards for HIV becomes the standard an alcohol equivalent. All told, 23 of care. The new blue pill for 2014 states have approved the legalized is Truvada. The miracle drug is use of marijuana in some regard. 92 percent effective at preventing The shredded leaves of cannabis transmission of HIV from an sativa have become a “medical” infected patient. At $13,000 a year issue Physicians are now working the medication is costly, although to better understand the medicinal this year it has been added to the list drug uses, their role on prescribing of covered treatments. The social or recommending treatments and ramifications of this prescription how society will address cannabis drug are being investigated. Could usage as well as consequences of its this be the new “party drug” for an use are increasing in importance. already at-risk population? 3. Obamacare enrollment starts and system consolidation Dr. Tyler Cymet is president occurs. Obamacare is the political of MedChi, the Maryland State term for four major health care Medical Society, which is a non- reforms: insurance reform; creation profit membership association of health insurance exchanges; of Maryland physicians and the Medicaid expansion; and creation largest physician organization of accountable care organizations. in the state. 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