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

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

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

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, 2016 - 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

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

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

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

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

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

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 rbhasin@bu.edu

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

AY2017 Revenue Projection AY17 Budget Assumptions*: 11/11/2018 AY17 Budget Assumptions*: NPSR-BD – $/wRVU based on November 2015 12-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)

Details by Section 11/11/2018

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?