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In honor of the Founder and first President of ASE, Harvey Feigenbaum, MD, FASE, this lectureship is awarded to a young investigator in recognition of their significant contribution to research in the field and their potential to continue at a high level of achievement.

The deadline to submit nominations for the 2024 Feigenbaum Lecturer is November 30, 2023. The Feigenbaum Lecture is a keynote presentation during ASE’s Annual Scientific Sessions in June. This is a prestigious lectureship with a great lineage. Five of ASE’s presidents are Feigenbaum Lecture award winners!

November 2, 2023, 8:00 – 9:00 PM ET

The ASE Journal Club on X may have a new name, but its purpose is the same—offering a unique way for participants to discuss and review cardiology journal articles, case reports, ASE Guidelines, and more!

The next Journal Club is planned for Thursday, November 2, 2023, from 8:00 – 9:00 PM ET. Join the discussion, which will highlight the winner and finalist of the 2023 ShowCASE session presented at ASE 2023 earlier this year. The two featured cases are titled, “Extrinsic Circumflex Coronary Artery Compression and Occlusion by Mycotic Aneurysm of Left Aortic Sinus,” and “Five-Chambered Heart with Double-Chambered Left Ventricle Diagnosed by Multimodality Imaging.”

Earn 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for your participation by signing up for ASE Journal Club on X: November 2, 2023, in the ASE Learning Hub (ALH). Anyone can participate in the ASE Journal Club on X, but to earn CME/MOC, you must register in the ALH. ASE members can sign up for FREE. Follow @ASE360 and use hashtag #ASEchoJC for all tweets!

In honor of the founder and first president of ASE, Harvey Feigenbaum, MD, FASE, this lectureship is awarded to a young investigator in recognition of their significant contribution to research in the field and their potential to continue at a high level of achievement.

The deadline to submit nominations for the 2024 Feigenbaum Lecturer is November 30, 2023. The Feigenbaum Lecture is presented in a keynote session room during ASE’s Annual Scientific Sessions in June. This is a prestigious award with a great lineage. Five of ASE’s presidents are Feigenbaum Award winners!

Now is your chance to become a leader in ASE and the ASE Foundation! All available positions are open to any ASE member regardless of their specialty, and we are looking for a diverse pool of nominees. If you are an active member and meet the criteria outlined for the position, ask a friend or colleague who is also an ASE member to submit a nomination on your behalf. The deadline for candidates to submit ALL required materials is November 30, 2023 (no exceptions).

We are accepting nominations for available positions on the:

Contact Nominations@ASEcho.org with questions.

October is Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month (MUAM)! During MUAM, ASE will share #ILookLikeASonographer social media posts celebrating our sonographer members and increasing awareness about this important and rewarding profession. Since its inception, ASE has included sonographer members in its leadership and valued the teamwork necessary between physicians and sonographers to provide the best patient care.

The October issue of JASE includes, “Artificial Intelligence–Assisted Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Assessment and Grading: Multiview Versus Single View.” Editor-in-Chief Patricia Pellikka, MD, FASE, remarks, “In this interesting work, Chen et al. applied AI to an important clinical need, namely the assessment of diastolic function. Read about the three approaches that they used which involved single and multiple echocardiographic views, with and without LA and LV strain.”

This issue contains another clinical investigation relating to LV diastolic function assessment with AI as well as a multitude of other reports covering 3D TEE, stress echo, echo in congenital heart disease, and fetal echo. Additionally, this issue offers an in-depth look at myocardial work through a state-of-the-art review and two clinical investigations, including one on its role in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Readers can look forward to learning if ChatGPT can read an echocardiogram in the 24^th Annual Feigenbaum Lecture. Three brief research communications include reports on the association between blood pressure control and global longitudinal strain in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer on Trastuzumab-based regimens, RV remodeling in elite basketball athletes, and measures of acceleration time and ejection time in bicuspid aortic stenosis.

Dr. Pellikka’s editorial defines this issue’s focus topic, myocardial work, summarizing various research in the current and previous publications of JASE that can impart a greater understanding of this important echocardiographic metric. Dr. Eidem’s exploration of ASE’s core values continues with this month’s President’s Message, featuring an update on the implementation of ASE Cares from former ASE President Madhav Swaminathan, MD, MMCi, FASE. Christopher P. Appleton, MD, FASE, and Jae K. Oh, MD, FASE, have contributed a beautiful In Memoriam to their friend and colleague, Liv K. Hatle, MD, FASE, a widely respected pioneer in Doppler echocardiography and the global cardiology community, who passed away in June. This issue also contains photo highlights from the 34^th Annual ASE Scientific Sessions. Please see the October ASE Education Calenda r for a listing of educational opportunities far and wide.

The September 2023 Echo magazine is now online! This issue contains interesting articles written by ASE members, including:

Published monthly, Echo magazine offers an outlet for ASE members to contribute articles or images related to cardiovascular ultrasound that are not research related. The article submission deadline for the December 2023 issue is October 15. Review author submission guideline requirements and read past issues at ASEcho.org/EchoMagazine. Email Echo@ASEcho.org with questions.

The fall season brings with it the potential for government shutdown on October 1. We are seeing this play out this week as Congress has yet to pass any of the 12 FY2024 appropriations bills or a short-term spending bill (i.e., Continuing Resolution (CR)) to keep the government funded while Congress continues to work on a broader spending package. The Senate is expected to vote by Saturday on a CR that would fund the government until November 17. There are two CR proposals in the House—one to fund the government for 30 days and the other until January 11—but a vote has not been scheduled and may not be by the October 1 deadline. Below are some highlights of the impact on key health policy areas in the event Congress does not pass a CR by midnight Saturday, September 30, and there is a government shutdown.

Congress

Congressional offices will remain open.

Medicare and Medicaid

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will continue to process claims.
Physicians would not have to hold claims until the CR passes, but there could be a delay in payment if the shutdown is prolonged and funding to Medicare Administrative Contractors is delayed.
If the shutdown is prolonged, it is possible that the release of the Medicare physician fee schedule final rule, outpatient prospective payment system final rule, and other major regulations could be delayed.
Medicare benefits will not be affected.
Medicaid has full funding for the next three months.
Approximately half of CMS employees would be deemed essential and continue to work, although many would be unpaid until the shutdown ends.
CMS staffing levels may not be sufficient to respond to physicians’ questions about Medicare policies or scores under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) staff may continue to develop new alternative payment models, but any new model that CMMI plans to formally announce would likely be delayed.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

HHS will use its authority under the Antideficiency Act (ADA) to maintain existing HHS activities, including research and vaccine and therapeutic development.
CMS will maintain the staff necessary to make payments to eligible states for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
CMS will continue Federal Exchange activities, such as eligibility verification, using Federal Exchange user fee carryover.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will continue substance abuse and mental health programs, including those that provide critical behavioral health resources in the event of a natural or human-caused disaster such as Disaster Behavioral Health response teams, the 24/7 365 day-a-year Disaster Distress Helpline that provides crisis counseling to people experiencing emotional distress after a disaster, and the 988/Suicide Lifeline to connect people in crisis with life-saving resources.
The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will maintain the minimal readiness for all hazards, including COVID-19, pandemic flu, and hurricane responses.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will continue research and clinical activities.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will continue to support drug and medical device reviews, as well as emergency use authorizations and countermeasures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. FDA will also continue core functions to handle and respond to emergencies, such as monitoring for and quickly responding to outbreaks related to foodborne illness and the flu, supporting food and medical product recalls when products endanger consumers and patients, pursuing criminal and certain civil investigations when the public health is at risk, and screening the food and medical products that are imported to the U.S.
HHS will continue to protect human life and property, such as monitoring for disease outbreaks conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
CMS regulations and guidance related to the No Surprises Act, including the Independent Dispute Resolution process, could be delayed.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will continue to oversee many direct health services and other activities funded through carryover balances, such as the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program – Parts A and B and Ending the HIV Epidemic.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will continue activities funded through the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund (PCORTF).
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) is under a three-year appropriation; all of ARPA-H activities would continue during a lapse of appropriation.
The Indian Health Service (IHS) is under advance appropriations for FY 2024; the majority of IHS-funded programs will remain funded and operational in the event of a lapse of appropriation.

Miscellaneous

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will continue at least through October.
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) could begin an immediate reduction in benefits a few days after the shutdown starts, although some states may be able to use extra funding to maintain funding for a week or two.
Student loan payments: The beginning of a government shutdown could coincide with the restart of federal student loan payments in the U.S. on Oct. 1, but borrowers will still have to make payments to their loan service providers.

Goal 4 of ASE’s 2020-2025 Strategic Goals states, “ASE is a growing organization and recognized as the world’s leading voice in cardiovascular ultrasound.” One way we are fulfilling that goal is by making ASE Guidelines available to a larger audience by offering additional language translations.

ASE’s Guidelines webpage offers many different filtering capabilities, including by language. There are currently eight language filter options available. Additionally, the language filter can be used individually or in combination with other filters, such as topic, publication year, or author. Contact Guidelines@ASEcho.org with questions.

Watch for invitations to complete this survey.

Invitations and reminders about the survey will come from PPISurvey@mathematica-mpr.com with the subject line: “American Medical Association requests your input on physician practice expense and patient care hours.”

Invitations and reminders about physician hours worked will come from PhysicianHoursSurvey@mathematica-mpr.com with the subject line: “Please help to update accurate physician payments.”

Your input will ensure future accurate valuation.

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