1. Department of Medicine Faculty Meeting November 14, 2016
Announcements
Research at BMC-BU

2. Announcements BMC Strategic Planning- Healthy Community
Credit for Maintenance of Certification to be awarded through the CME office for QI/PS activities-details to be released soon
DOM website being re-designed
Update on Searches
Department Chairs (BU-BMC)
Hematology-Oncology Section Chief
Infectious Disease Section Chief

3. November Grand Rounds November 18, 2016 - CLINICAL / RESEARCH
Activity Title: The Dementia Dilemma
Speakers: Hollis Day, MD and Dr. Lindsay Farrer, Ph.D.
November 25, 2016 – Thanksgiving Week/No Grand Rounds

4. December Grand Rounds December 2, 2016 December 9, 2016
Activity Title: AIDS LECTURE for World AIDS Day
Speaker: Dr. Martin Hirsch
December 9, 2016
Activity Title:
Speaker: Dr. Robert Lowe
December 16, CLINICAL / RESEARCH
Speakers: Dr. Allan J. Walkey and Dr. Daniel G. Remick
December 23, 2016 – Christmas Week/No Grand Rounds
December 30, 2016 – New Years Week/No Grand Rounds

5. Residency Program Update
Interviewers needed for Internship candidates (see Gopal Yadavalli or Rachel Simmons) Initial Board Certification of Medical Residents: 41/42 passed New Pathway created in Residency Program- Framingham Pathway

6. Research Update Immunohistochemistry Core will stay open in AY 17
Research funding increased YTD although fluctuates from month to month
Medical Data Science Initiative underway
Computational Biomedicine
Clinical Epidemiology
Preventive Medicine
Biomedical Genetics

7. Congratulations to BUMC Mid-Career Faculty Leadership Program grads!
Name
Section
Project
Liz Klings
Pulmonary
Mapping Efforts, Seeking Solutions: Readmissions at BMC
Jane Liebschutz
GIM
K to R Transition
Tuhina Neogi
Clinical Epi
Elizabeth Pearce
Endocrinology
Maria Ramirez
Rick Ruberg
Cardiology

8. Faculty Development Grant Recipients October 2016
Jennifer Britton-Colonnese, Endocrinology William Evan Johnson, Computational Biomedicine Charlene Julien, Gastroenterology Michelle Long, Gastroenterology Asher Tulsky, General Internal Medicine

9. Faculty Development Seminars
How to Teach in a Flipped Classroom
Shoumita Dasgupta
November 22nd from 12-1pm in Wilkins
Understanding the CTSI and opportunities they offer you
David Felson
November 29th from 12-1pm in Wilkins
Measuring Retirement Readiness: For faculty under 50
Larry Kotlikoff
November 29th from 3-5pm in Hiebert
Disseminating Your Education Work to Get Promoted
Kitt Shaffer & Dan Alford
December 6th from 12-1pm in Wilkins

10. DOM Networking Dinners
Under-Represented Minorities & Allies Dinner (with residents & fellows)
November 30th from 6:30 to 8:30
Educators Dinner
January 25th from 6:30 to 8:30
Enjoy good food and meaningful discussion with your DOM colleagues.
Emelia Benjamin’s home in Brookline
RSVP to Robina Bhasin at

11. AY2017 Revenue Projection and Budget Remediation
11/11/2018
AY2017 Revenue Projection and Budget Remediation

12. AY2017 Revenue Projection AY17 Budget Assumptions*:
11/11/2018
AY17 Budget Assumptions*:
NPSR-BD – $/wRVU based on November months YTD rolling data
Free Care Revenue – amount provided by BMC through the FPP
AY17 Revenue Projection*:
Projected revenue loss (variance to budget) for remainder of year will be $(1.6m) (573k RVUs * $2.80 lower payment/RVU than budget)

13. Details by Section
11/11/2018

14. Budget Remediation OPTIONs
11/11/2018
Increase Revenue:
Generate more wRVUs to offset lower $/wRVU
Will also increase MD wRVU support
Improve revenue cycle performance, e.g. reduce denials, increase copay, etc.
Reduce Expense:
Reduce non-salary expenses (lower spending, find other sources of funding)
Reduce personnel expenses
Other Ideas?