Practice Resources

• MQIC
• Medicaid Tamper Resistant Prescription Pads
• PQRI
• Free Health Clinics Directory
• Immunizations/Flubytes
• Medicare and Medicaid Resources
• License Renewal
• Physician Well-Being
• Carbon Monoxide Poison Prevention
• Radon Awareness Kit

MQIC Clinical Practice Guidelines
From obesity to diabetes to preventing unintended pregnancies, the Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium (MQIC) has developed quality clinical practice guidelines for primary care physicians. Visit the MQIC website to see what’s available.

2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Tool Kit is Now Available
2007 PQRI Tool Kit – Five Steps for Success
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed a Tool Kit for the 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) that will assist eligible professionals with successful reporting. This Tool Kit consists of some existing educational resources plus new measure-specific worksheets designed to walk the user step-by-step through reporting for each measure.

The Tool Kit is now a featured section on the CMS PQRI web page. To access the Tool Kit, visit, http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI, and scroll down to the PQRI Tool Kit tab. The page serves as a “Read This First” Guide to the resources that are available to download.

The Tool Kit consists of the following:

1. 2007 PQRI Physician Quality Measures
2. 2007 Coding for Quality Handbook
3. 2007 Code Master
4. MLN Matters Article 5640 - Coding & Reporting Principles
5. Data Collection Worksheets

The Tool Kit will be expanded as new educational resources become available.

Free Health Clinics Directory
Michigan’s uninsured citizens need health care they can access and afford. Learn more about assistance programs and where patients may go for care.

Free Clinics of Michigan
Clinic Locator

Free Clinics of the Great Lakes Region
Clinic Directory

Renew Your License Online
MyLicense has replaced the existing e-license system for renewing licenses online. Many licensees already know the ease and convenience of renewing online. Nearly 20% of our licensees take advantage of our current e-license system. MyLicense will continue this easy online renewal option.

Current licensees will find additional options available and will be able to use MyLicense to request a duplicate license or change their address of record at any time. Licensees will be able to access the system at www.michigan.gov/mylicense.

The exciting new feature of MyLicense is that individuals will be able to apply for their initial health professional license online. At this time, individuals will only be able to apply for Medical Doctor, Clinical Academic Medical Doctor, Educational Limited Medical Doctor and Educational Limited Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery licenses online. However, in the coming months, other applications will be added to MyLicense and eventually, all of our applications for licensure will be available for individuals to complete online.

We hope new applicants as well as current licensees will find this system to be beneficial in managing their professional license in Michigan.

Physician Well-Being Program
The Physician Well-Being Committee was the concept of past president Lewin Wyatt, Jr., D.O., whose goal was to establish a Program to assist physicians and physician families struggling with life issues. The purpose of the Program is to provide referral to caring, nonjudgmental, highly competent and confidential resources for physicians and physician families.

One of the goals of the Physician Well-Being Committee is to increase awareness and understanding of physicians and physician families and the general public about problems of quality of life issues, mental health disorders and substance abuse and dependency affecting the physician community. Any physician or immediate family member of a physician may voluntarily call the Program seeking assistance. The MOA will furnish physicians and their families with information regarding resources available to provide counseling and treatment.

The Program will maintain cooperative relationships with other agencies and committees that serve either as sources of referral or in providing help.

If you or someone you know needs help, please contact the MOA office at 800-657-1556. Your call will be treated privately and confidentially.

You may also find additional information at the Michigan Health Professionals Recovery Program website.

Other Physician Well-Being Resources

Physicians devote their lives to caring for others, sometimes to the detriment of their own well-being. Dr. John-Henry Pfifferling – a medical anthropologist – has made a career of coaching and educating physicians on how to handle the unique stressors of their occupation. In the fall of 2004, Dr. Pfifferling presented to the leadership of the Michigan Osteopathic Association his solutions for reducing the prevalence of burnout, suffering, and low self-esteem among doctors while improving physician satisfaction, resiliency and effectiveness.

As a service to the rest of the MOA membership, the MOA MCOP Committee recorded Dr. Pfifferling’s presentation and edited it down into the following three .WAV files.

Part I
Part II
Part III

More information on Dr. Pfifferling at the Center for Professional Well Being is available at http://www.cpwb.org/.