Old north state news [second quarter 1994]

              Old North State News
1887
1993
Presidential Notes
Recently, the Old North State Medical
Society office has been at the forefront in
responding to inquiries, planning for the
upcoming annual meeting and involving
our members in the health-care planning
process in this state.
The ONSMS Legislative Committee
has made health care-reform one of the
primary agenda items of the year. James
0. Jones, M.D.. executive director of the
North Carolina Health Planning
Commission, has extended to ONSMS an
invitation to work with the Commission in
designing a health care plan for North
Carolina. Names were submitted to Dr.
Jones for consideration for appointment to
each of thirteen (13) different advisory
committees. Our thanks to J. P. Green,
M.D. and Ed Treadwell, M.D. for their
efforts in this area.
The ONSMS was recently furnished a
document "North Carolina AIDS
Advisory Council Community Survey on
State HIV Testing Policy," ONSMS
component society presidents were sent
this survey and asked to become members
of the HIV Prevention Community
Planning entity in their areas.
Many thanks to the Legislative
Committee chaired by Jonathan Weston,
M.D. for their efforts in having the Jeralds-
Ezzell-Fletcher Health Care Reform Act of
1993 ratified by the North Carolina
General Assembly. The final version has
been sent to executive committee members
and shared with the local medical
The annual Zollicoffer Lecture was
presented this year by Dr. Deborah
Prothrow-Stith. The lecture was
postponed from 2/11/94 till 4/15/94 due to
inclement weather. As usual this was a
first class event It deserves the
participation by all ONSMS members in
the future.
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Convention Preview
Health-care reform is on everyone's
minds this year including the physicians
and dentists of Old North State.
We are moving, irreversibly toward a
managed care environment. Therefore, in
this year's CME program, we are going to
study, question, and discuss how to
survive in and with the managed care
This important addition to the CME
share billing with topics on
:.Mon, AIDS, pain control and
advances in radiology.
On the social front, we will again
have an OBIKA celebration on Friday
evening, July 1. The West African term
which means "The Family is Supreme" is
the most fitting theme ever for the
convention family social. OBIKA II will
feature live entertainment and a full course
meal to enhance the family fellowship.
An added event this year is a Friday
night reception, held after the family
social, for physicians/dentists and then-
spouses to meet with the exhibitors. This
is an opportunity for the exhibitors and
sponsors to meet and talk with Old North
State members one-on-one. The reception
is free to ONSMS/ONSDS members and
spouses and representatives of companies
who are convention sponsors. Others may
attend the reception for a fee of S125.
The general session, Saturday, July 2,
and the Women's luncheon, Sunday, July
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(jg From the
Editor's Desk
If you didn't make last year's Old
North State Convention, make plans to be
there this year. The meeting will be held
at the Radisson Resort in Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina, June 30 through July 3.
The planning committee consisting of
Dental and Medical Society representation
and chaired by our treasurer. Dr. Steve
McKinnon, has been hard at work to make
this afirst-class event.  Let's show our
support through our attendance.
Also the Annual National Medical
Association Convention and Scientific
Assembly will be held in Orlando, Florida,
July 23-28. If you haven't attended either
of these events, don't continue to mistreat
yourselves by missing such exciting and
enlightening events.
To all members of ONSMS, I re-
emphasize Dr. McKinnon's appeal that
you become financial members of
ONSMS in 1994. To those of you who
are not members, I ask that you join our
efforts to insure the equitable provision of
health care, and equal opportunity for all
medical professionals in our state. We
will continue to focus on building our
membership. If you have any thoughts or
ideas you think would benefit the Society,
please send them to Ms. Valeria
Campbell, our administrative assistant, at
Post Office Box 6327, Stalesville, NC
28687. Ms. Campbell can also be reached
by telephone at (800) 588-0093. You can
make us better by your input.
Keep in touch and may God bless
- Edward Treadwell, M.D.
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