TO: Members of the 2017 House of...

TO: Members of the 2017 House of Delegates

The 2017 Florida Medical Association meeting is quickly approaching. Please view the House Delegates

Handbook Addendum for updates.

This information is published for members of the FMA House of Delegates. The reports contained

herein are preliminary and are subject to necessary changes. They will be official only after they, or

some modification of or substitute for them, have been acted on by the 2017 House of Delegates.

The addendum includes the following updates:

Delegate Rosters

Reference Committee Members

2017 Resolutions Titles and Fiscal Note Summary

Reaffirmation Calendar

In Memoriam, Florida Physicians

Reference Committee I (additional resolutions added)

Reference Committee III (relocated 2 resolutions to Reference Committee I, 3 resolutions added

to consent calendar)

Reference Committee IV (relocated 2 resolutions to consent calendar)

We are available at any time to assist the members of the Florida Association. Please do not hesitate to

contact us at [email protected]

Corey L. Howard, M.D. Speaker Joshua Lenchus, D.O. Vice Speaker

mailto:[email protected]

BOG/County Medical

Society

Delegate Name Delegate Type

Christienne Patrice Alexander, MD Board of Governors Delegate

Bruce Elliot Alper, MD Board of Governors Delegate

David James Becker, MD Board of Governors Delegate

Ronald Frederic Giffler, MD Board of Governors Delegate

James Nathan Goldenberg, MD Board of Governors Delegate

Jason Michael Goldman, MD, FACP Board of Governors Delegate

Corey Lee Howard, MD Board of Governors Delegate

Jose Daniel Jimenez, MD Board of Governors Delegate

John Nonda Katopodis, MD Board of Governors Delegate

Joshua David Lenchus, DO, FACP Board of Governors Delegate

Clifford Warren Lober, MD, JD Board of Governors Delegate

Eduardo Gabriel Martinez, MD, MBA Board of Governors Delegate

Ralph J. Nobo, Jr., MD Board of Governors Delegate

Michael Louis Patete, MD Board of Governors Delegate

Jason John Pirozzolo, DO Board of Governors Delegate

Mobeen Hasan Rathore, MD Board of Governors Delegate

Charles Edwin Riggs, Jr., MD Board of Governors Delegate

Sergio B. Seoane, MD Board of Governors Delegate

Melissa Ann Shaughnessy, DO Board of Governors Delegate

Hansel Emory Tookes, III, MD, MPH Board of Governors Delegate

Michael Alan Weitz, MD Board of Governors Delegate

Carl A. Dragstedt, DO County Delegate

John William Hiemenz, MD County Delegate

Matheen Ahmed Khuddus, MD County Delegate

Jesse August Lipnick, MD County Delegate

Eduardo I. Marichal, MD County Delegate

Caroline S. Rains, MD County Delegate

Joseph Edward Thornton, MD County Delegate

Jacqueline K. Williams, MD County Delegate

Devin Kumar Datta, MD County Delegate

James Donald Glenn, MD County Delegate

Lance Francis Grenevicki, MD County Delegate

Piyush N. Joshi, MD County Delegate

Kyle Joseph Moyles, MD County Delegate

Eugene Frank Wawrzyniak, MD County Delegate

Gobivenkata Balaji, MD Alternate County Delegate

Heidar Gholi Heshmati, MD Alternate County Delegate

Betsy Leveritt, DO Alternate County Delegate

21 of (21) Delegate Positions Filled

- Board Of Governors

8 of (27) Delegate Positions Filled -

Alachua CMS


Brevard CMS

Gazelle Aram, MD County Delegate

Abram Berens, MD County Delegate

Linda Susan Cox, MD County Delegate

Aaron Elkin, MD County Delegate

Shahnaz Fatteh, MD County Delegate

Vania Enid Fernandez, MD County Delegate

Claude L. Jones, DO County Delegate

Donald R. Neel, MD County Delegate

Arthur Edward Palamara, MD County Delegate

Rachel M. Pevsner Crum, DO County Delegate

Ramsey K. Pevsner, DO County Delegate

Yvonne Smallwood-Sherrer, MD County Delegate

Ralph M. Zagha, MD County Delegate

John T. Bailey, DO County Delegate

David Jerry Dixon, DO County Delegate

Michael William Forsthoefel, MD County Delegate

Tracey Elizabeth Hellgren, MD County Delegate

Rohan Abraham Joseph, MD County Delegate

William Trimble Kepper, MD County Delegate

Alma Brown Littles, MD County Delegate

John Patrick Mahoney, MD County Delegate

Alfredo Adolfo Paredes, Jr., MD County Delegate

Hugh Edward VanLandingham, MD County Delegate

Gary Edwin Winchester, MD County Delegate

Christopher George Constance, MD County Delegate

Lee Steven Gross, MD County Delegate

Richard Douglas Curtis, MD County Delegate

Kerry Vaughn Rifkin, MD County Delegate

John Joseph Zapp, MD County Delegate

Jose Miguel Baez, MD County Delegate

Rebekah Ann Bernard, MD County Delegate

Cesar Roberto De Leon, DO County Delegate

Catherine Nina Kowal, MD County Delegate

Fritz Frederic Lemoine, Jr., MD County Delegate

Alejandro Daniel Perez-Trepichio, MD County Delegate

Rebecca Gwendolyn Smith, MD County Delegate

Gary D. Swain, MD County Delegate

George Brinnig Jastrzebski, MD Alternate County Delegate


- Broward CMS


- Capital CMS


Charlotte CMS


Clay CMS


Collier CMS

Jefry Loyd Biehler, MD County Delegate

Gabriel Chamyan, MD County Delegate

Vincent A. DeGennaro, MD County Delegate

Steven Falcone, MD County Delegate

Eugene Shyh-Shing Fu, MD County Delegate

Jorge Luis Marcos, MD County Delegate

Antonio Mesa, DO County Delegate

Guy Rudolph Moise, DO County Delegate

Barbara Ann Montford, MD County Delegate

Andrew E. Nullman, MD County Delegate

Raul Ravelo, MD County Delegate

Stephen Edward Vernon, MD County Delegate

Cynthia Sinha Anderson, MD County Delegate

Ingrid Anne Carlson, MD County Delegate

Hernan Robert Chang, MD County Delegate

John Martin Crump, MD County Delegate

Patrick Joseph Demarco, MD County Delegate

Elizabeth Louise DeVos, MD County Delegate

Steve M. Dorman, Jr., MD County Delegate

Carl Rutledge Freeman, MD County Delegate

Ruple Jayantilal Galani, MD County Delegate

Javier Herrera, MD County Delegate

Tra'chella Cha'ton Johnson Foy, MD County Delegate

Sunil Nalin Joshi, MD County Delegate

Steven B. Kailes, MD County Delegate

Ali Kasraeian, MD County Delegate

James Knox Kerr, III, MD County Delegate

Eli Norman Lerner, MD County Delegate

Daniel Barfield Lestage, MD County Delegate

Stephen Ernest J Mandia, MD County Delegate

John Michael Montgomery, MD, MPH, FAAFP,

CPE

County Delegate

William Cook Palmer, MD County Delegate

Gazanfar Rahmathulla, MD County Delegate

Todd Larrieu Sack, MD, FACP County Delegate

Sophia Shahintaj Sheikh, MD County Delegate

Tracy A. Sinha-Khona, MD County Delegate

James Kevin St. George, MD County Delegate

Philip Alun Isaac, MD County Delegate

Norman Alexander Jones, MD County Delegate

Toni Lynn Pennington, MD County Delegate

Jeremy Alexander Sunseri, MD County Delegate

Jon Ryan Ward, MD County Delegate

Samuel Brian Wolf, DO County Delegate

Khurram Nazir, MD Alternate County Delegate


- Dade CMS


- Duval CMS


Emerald Coast CMA

Debra Sue Williams, MD Alternate County Delegate


Emerald Coast CMA

Pamela Michelle Grier-Hall, MD County Delegate

Hillary O'Shea Hultstrand, MD County Delegate

Brian Scott Kirby, MD County Delegate

John Joseph Lanza, MD County Delegate

Ellen Gladys McKnight, MD County Delegate

Kacey Anne Montgomery, MD County Delegate

Brett Louis Parra, MD County Delegate

Carrie Ann Steichen, DO County Delegate

Fred Bearison, MD County Delegate

Thomas Lane Bernasek, MD County Delegate

Madelyn Espinosa Butler, MD County Delegate

Damian Eduardo Caraballo, MD County Delegate

Michael Allen Cromer, MD County Delegate

Eva Marie Crooke, MD County Delegate

Stanley Robert Dennison, Jr., MD County Delegate

Karin Swisher Hotchkiss, MD County Delegate

Marcos Francisco Lorenzo, MD County Delegate

Rahul Nandan Mehra, MD County Delegate

C. Christopher Pittman, MD County Delegate

Jayant David Rao, MD County Delegate

Radhakrishna Kanthawara Rao, MD County Delegate

Joseph C. Rashkin, MD County Delegate

Nicole Demers Riddle, MD County Delegate

Bruce Dennis Shephard, MD County Delegate

Deborah Ann Trehy, MD County Delegate

Michael Andrew Wasylik, MD County Delegate

Harold Joseph Cordner, III, MD County Delegate

Laurie Ann Welton, DO County Delegate

Shelley Coleman Glover, MD County Delegate

Wendy Ann Lavezzi, MD County Delegate

Peter Alan Marzek, MD County Delegate

Sheyla Karina Zelaya Aragon, MD County Delegate


Emerald Coast CMA


Escambia CMS


- Hillsborough CMS


Indian River CMS


Lake-Sumter CMS

Stuart Alan Bobman, MD County Delegate

Jon Patrick Burdzy, DO County Delegate

Scott Raymond Caesar, MD County Delegate

Stefanie Ann Colavito, MD County Delegate

Elizabeth Marie Cosmai, MD County Delegate

Daniel De La Torre, MD County Delegate

Valerie Ruth Dyke, MD County Delegate

Stephen Edward Hannan, MD County Delegate

Michael Joseph Katin, MD County Delegate

Raymond William Kordonowy, MD County Delegate

Richard Carmine Macchiaroli, MD County Delegate

Joanna Christine Muller Carioba, MD County Delegate

Florentino Enrique Palmon, MD County Delegate

Andres Laufer, MD Alternate County Delegate

James Howard Rubenstein, MD Alternate County Delegate

Jonathan Adam Adler, MD County Delegate

Sean Alexander Castellucci, DO County Delegate

Constance Maria Charles-Logan, MD County Delegate

Scott Kent Clulow, DO County Delegate

Alan Keith Miller, MD County Delegate

Inda M. Mowett, MD County Delegate

Aaron Matthew Sudbury, MD County Delegate

Silvio Suetlinov Tanev, MD County Delegate

Odest Frank Cannon, MD County Delegate

Claudia Jane Emmons, MD County Delegate

Lawrence R. Field, DO County Delegate

Stephen Edward Fischer, MD County Delegate

Stephanie Shealy Harrell, MD County Delegate

Edward Dubois King, MD County Delegate

Douglas R. Murphy, Jr., MD County Delegate

David Charles Willis, MD County Delegate

Devang Bhaskarbhai Patel, MD County Delegate

Chris Gregory Rao, MD County Delegate

Maghraj Thanvi, MD, FACP County Delegate

John William Norris, III, MD County Delegate


- Lee CMS


Manatee CMS


Marion CMS


Martin CMS


Monroe CMS

Nicole Alexandria Ansell Thomas, MD County Delegate

Juliet Dana Burry, MD County Delegate

Kirsten Brokamp Carter, MD County Delegate

Charles Joseph Chase, DO County Delegate

Andrew John Cooke, MD County Delegate

Melanie Kaye Cross, MD County Delegate

Myriam Piedad Garzon, MD County Delegate

Brenda Brown Holson, MD County Delegate

Benjamin Matthew Kaplan, MD County Delegate

Brian A. Nobie, MD County Delegate

Thomas Roy Prince, MD County Delegate

Sundeep Kumar Ram, DO County Delegate

Steven Rosenberg, MD County Delegate

Srinivas Seela, MD County Delegate

Clifford Allen Selsky, MD County Delegate

Kevin Mark Sherin, MD, MPH County Delegate

Pamela Christine Trout, MD County Delegate

April Turner, MD County Delegate

Cecil Bruce Wilson, MD County Delegate

Jose Francisco Arrascue, MD County Delegate

Stephen Babic, MD County Delegate

Shawn B. Baca, MD County Delegate

Ali A. Chaudhry County Delegate

Anthony Nicholas Dardano, MD County Delegate

Dawn Marie Davanzo, MD County Delegate

Kleper Newton Falcao De Almeida, MD County Delegate

Malcolm Joel Dorman, MD County Delegate

Ivy Faske, MD County Delegate

Henry Madison Haire, MD County Delegate

Marc J. Hirsh, MD County Delegate

James Thomas Howell, MD County Delegate

Farah Khan, DO County Delegate

Brandon J. Luskin, MD County Delegate

Cristina Bosch Mata, MD County Delegate

Emanuel Newmark, MD County Delegate

Norman Henry Pevsner, MD County Delegate

Mark Allen Rubenstein, MD County Delegate

Jack Zeltzer, MD County Delegate

Harvey J. Feld, MD County Delegate

Scott Harold Norwood, MD County Delegate


- Orange CMS


- Palm Beach CMS


Pasco CMS

Tim Paul Carlson, MD County Delegate

Trina Elena Espinola, MD, FACS County Delegate

James P. Lapolla, MD County Delegate

Christine Laramee, MD County Delegate

Frank Bernard Marsalisi, MD County Delegate

Efstratios Fotios Pantages, MD County Delegate

Jack Neil Rothman, MD County Delegate

Peter Alan Wainwright Swain, MD County Delegate

Jason Paul Wilson, MD County Delegate

Jake Judson Booker, IV, MD County Delegate

George Dewey Lyle, MD County Delegate

Debra L. Seoane, MD County Delegate

Arvind Bunty Soni, MD County Delegate

Dale Evelyn Wickstrom-Hill, DO County Delegate

James Leonard Sanders, Jr., MD Alternate County Delegate

Daniel Wayne Welch, MD Alternate County Delegate

Nutan J. De Joubner, MD County Delegate

Kenneth William Long, MD County Delegate

Jody G. Abrams, MD County Delegate

William Brodie Adams, MD County Delegate

Barbara Xiomara Fleener, MD County Delegate

Andrew Marc Marlowe, MD County Delegate

Katarzyna Piotrowska, MD County Delegate

Alissa Marie Shulman, MD County Delegate

H. Cory Scott Weitzner, MD County Delegate

Tanya Olga Lisa Agard, MD County Delegate

Chaker M. Dahan, MD County Delegate

Virgil Leon Dawson, Jr., MD County Delegate

Sara Hiott Irrgang, MD County Delegate

Daniel Joseph Donofrio, MD County Delegate

Scott Robert Michaels, MD County Delegate

Marc Philips Sokolay, MD County Delegate

Michael Paul Tessler, MD County Delegate

Digna Marlene Acosta, MD Alternate County Delegate


Pinellas CMS


Polk CMS


Santa Rosa CMS


Sarasota CMS


Seminole CMS


St. Johns CMS

Joel O. Bautista, MD County Delegate

Elizabeth Anne Eads, DO County Delegate

Michael A. Fabian, MD County Delegate

Andrew William Gamenthaler, MD County Delegate

Delicia Mone Haynes, MD County Delegate

Andria Marie Klioze, MD County Delegate

Scott David Klioze, MD County Delegate

Stephen Andrew Sevigny, MD County Delegate


Volusia CMS

Specialty Society Delegate

Roster

Delegate Name Delegate Type

George Thomas Bernardo, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Michelle J. Brandhorst, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Luckey Mc Kee Dunn, MD Specialty Society Delegate

John A. Gross, MD Specialty Society Delegate

E. Coy Irvin, Jr., MD Specialty Society Delegate

Marie Suzette Jeoboam, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Ajoy Kumar, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Elizabeth Brooke Shepard Orr, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Maryam Phillips, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Kirksak Jay Poonkasem, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Martha Ann Price, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Matthew Duane Rensberry, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Amaryllis E. Sanchez Wohlever, MD Specialty Society Delegate

George Andrew W Smith, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Trishanna Crystal Sookdeo, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Diana Ruth Twiggs, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Carrie Garretson Vey, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Raul Angel Monzon, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Brian Guy Wilson, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Lisa Anne Cosgrove, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Madeline Matar Joseph, MD, FAAP Specialty Society Delegate

Thomas Michael Martinko, MD Specialty Society Delegate

David Noah Kenigsberg, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Fred Masaru Kusumoto, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Mark Edward Panna, Jr., MD Specialty Society Delegate

David Edward Perloff, MD Specialty Society Delegate

A. Allen Seals, MD Specialty Society Delegate

James Vincent Talano, MD, MM, FACC Specialty Society Delegate

David Edwin Winchester, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Ankush Kumar Bansal, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Manning H. Hanline, Jr., MD, FACP Specialty Society Delegate

Stuart Benson Himmelstein, MD, FACP Specialty Society Delegate

Pran M. Kar, MD Specialty Society Delegate

John G. Langdon, MD, FACP Specialty Society Delegate

Benjamin Mena, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Cynthia Eve Miller, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Naresh Hemantkumar Pathak, MD, FACP Specialty Society Delegate

Michael Andrew Zimmer, MD, FACP Specialty Society Delegate

17 of (17) Delegate Positions Filled - FL Acad.

of Family Physicians

1 of (1) Delegate Positions Filled - FL Acad. of

Pain Medicine

1 of (2) Delegate Positions Filled - FL Allergy

Asthma & Immunology Soc., Inc.

3 of (11) Delegate Positions Filled - FL Ch. Am.

Acad. of Pediatrics and Fl. Pediatric Soc.


College of Cardiology


College of Physicians

Patricia Marie Byers, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Mark Alan Dobbertien, DO Specialty Society Delegate

Joseph Thomas Gallagher, MD Specialty Society Delegate

John Ellis Mullinax, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Jay Alan Redan, MD Specialty Society Delegate

David Alan Caro, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Kelly Rae Gray-Eurom, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Ashley Booth Norse, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Melissa Parsons, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Russell David Radtke, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Jill Angela Ward, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Walter Alan Harmon, MD Specialty Society Delegate

John Gabriel Symeonides, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Stephen Montgomery Pirris, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Christina Stough Adams, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Guy Ieshua Benrubi, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Daniel Ross Christie, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Rizwana Fareeduddin, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Andrea King Friall, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Rafael Christopher Haciski, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Karen Eloise Harris, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Richard Allen McCauley, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Sujatha Prabhakaran, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Anna Edouardovna Varlamov, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Maureen Whelihan, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Melissa Marie Yates, MD Specialty Society Delegate

George Hubert Canizares, MD Specialty Society Delegate

David Ray Chandler, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Douglas K. Dew, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Lawrence Steven Halperin, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Jonathan C. Hersch, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Jeffrey Fraser Linder, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Steven Thomas Lyons, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Robert Patrick Norton, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Vani Janaki Sabesan, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Brian Scott Ziegler, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Jeffrey Mark Berman, MD Specialty Society Delegate


College of Surgeons

6 of (11) Delegate Positions Filled - FL College

of Emergency Physicians

1 of (3) Delegate Positions Filled - FL

Gastroenterological Soc.

1 of (1) Delegate Positions Filled - FL Medical

Directors Assoc.


Neurosurgical Soc.

12 of (14) Delegate Positions Filled - American

Congress of Obstetricians & Gynecologists

(ACOG) District XII (Florida)


Orthopaedic Soc.


Pulmonary Soc.

Rafael Aponte-Lopez, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Gregg Anthony Baran, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Daniel Francis Broderick, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Douglas Neal Hornsby, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Annie Kyoung Lim, DO Specialty Society Delegate

Debbie Riddle Merinbaum, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Rick Richard Ramnath, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Manuel Silva Rose, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Howard Alan Rubinson, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Jeffrey Alan Stone, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Dennis William Wulfeck, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Philip Elias Asmar, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Elird Bojaxhi, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Christian Diez, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Adam Ryan Fier, DO Specialty Society Delegate

Steven Irvin Gayer, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Elena Juliana Holak, MD, PharmD, MPH Specialty Society Delegate

Jeffrey Scott Jacobs, MD Specialty Society Delegate

John Charles Lydon, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Sher-Lu Pai, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Brence Alan Sell, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Jonathan Howard Slonin, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Todd Jeffery Smaka, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Terrence A. Cronin, Sr., MD Specialty Society Delegate

Susan Holloway Weinkle, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Terrence Allan Cronin, Jr., MD Specialty Society Delegate

Craig Jeffrey Eichler, MD Specialty Society Delegate

James Matthew Knight, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Ricardo Mejia, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Oliver Milton Reed, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Harold Avon Doll, Jr., MD Specialty Society Delegate

David Roth, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Courtney Elise Bovee, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Bradley Dean Fouraker, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Krishna Siddheswara Kishor, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Brian Madow, MD Specialty Society Delegate

John James Rowsey, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Richard Gerald Shugarman, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Oleksandr Kryvenko, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Antonio Enrique Martinez, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Janice Brown McCall, MD Specialty Society Delegate


Radiological Soc., Inc.

3 of (3) Delegate Positions Filled - FL Soc. of

Pathologists


Anesthesiologists


Dermatologic Surgeons


Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery


Nephrology


Ophthalmology

Robert William Levin, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Michael Andrew Diamond, MD Specialty Society Delegate

Paul Alexander Armstrong, DO Specialty Society Delegate

Samuel Scott Tapper, MD Specialty Society Delegate


Pathologists


Rheumatology

1 of (1) Delegate Positions Filled - Southeast

Thoracic Association

2 of (2) Delegate Positions Filled - FL Vascular

Soc.

Special Section

Delegate

Delegate Name Description

Angela Abrams Lakewood Ranch, FL1 of (1) Delegate Positions

Filled - Florida Medical

Association Alliance

Reference Committee Meetings

Saturday, August 5, 2017 Loews Sapphire Falls Resort

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Reference Committee I Health, Education, and Public Policy Ankush Bansal, M.D. Chair FACP Guy Benrubi, M.D. ACOG Joanna Carioba, M.D. Lee CMS Marie Jeoboam, M.D. FAFP Tra’chella Johnson-Foy, M.D. AMA Rohan Joseph, M.D. Capital MS Stephen Rosenberg, M.D. Orange CMS Bruce Shephard, M.D. Hillsborough CMS Rebecca Smith, M.D. Collier CMS W. Alan Harmon, M.D. Past President MSS/RFS TBA

Reference Committee II Finance and Administration Catherine Kowal, M.D., Chair Collier CMS Jose Arrascue, M.D. AMA Shahnaz Fatteh, M.D. Broward CMS Michael Forsthoefel, M.D. Capital MS Claude Jones, D.O. Broward CMS Rick Palmon, M.D. Lee CMS Raul Ravelo, M.D. Dade CMA James St. George, M.D. Duval CMS John Zapp, M.D. Clay CMS MSS/RFS TBA

Reference Committee III Legislation Aaron Sudbury, M.D., Chair Manatee CMS Abram Berens, M.D. Broward CMS Rebekah Bernard, M.D. Collier CMS Charles Chase, D.O. Orange CMS Mark Dobbertien, D.O. FACS Shelley Glover, M.D. Lake-Sumter CMS Larry Halperin, M.D. FOS Coy Irvin, M.D. AMA Brandon Luskin, M.D. Palm Beach CMS Vincent DeGennaro, M.D. Past President MSS/RFS TBA

Reference Committee IV Medical Economics Diana Twiggs, M.D., Chair FAFP Valerie Dyke, M.D. Lee CMS Javier Herrera, M.D. Duval CMS Marc Hirsh, M.D. Palm Beach CMS N. Alex Jones, M.D. Emerald Coast MA Barbara Montford, M.D. Dade CMA John Montgomery, M.D. AMA Alfredo Paredes, M.D. Capital MS Alejandro Perez-Trepichio, M.D. Collier CMS Carl Lentz, M.D. Past President MSS/RFS TBA

2017

Resolution Fiscal Note Summary

Resolution

Number

Title Staff

Hours

Total Cost Effect on

Budget

Comments

17-101 Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Student

Athletes

15 $845 $0 Can be accomplished with

current staff

17-102 Trauma-Informed Care Learning Communities 10 $580 $0 Can be accomplished with

current staff

17-103 Prohibiting Natural Gas Fracking in Florida to Protect

Human Health

100 $15,200 $0 Can be accomplished with

current staff

17-105 Medicaid Outcomes Resolution 5 $265 $0 Can be accomplished with

current staff

17-106 Mental Health Confidentiality for Physicians and

Medical Students


current staff

17-107 Educational Assistance for Private Practice Physicians 200 $41,600 to

$81,600

$10,000

to

$50,000

Can be acomplished with

current staff and Outside

Consultants

17-108 Compliance Plan Toolkit 200 $41,600 to

$81,600

$10,000

to

$50,000

Can be acomplished with

current staff and Outside

Consultants for content of

toolkit

17-109 Vaccination Patient Decision; Physician Vaccination

Record completion requirement; regulation,

legislation and downstream consequences

Broward County Medical Association

Broward County Pediatric Society


current staff

17-110 Tdap and Flu Vaccine Coverage-Reimbursement for

Pregnant Women

American Congress of Obstetricians and

Gynecologists (ACOG) District XII

10 to

300

$1,580 to

$45,600

$0 Can be accomplished with

current staff

17-111 Zika Education for Physicians 7 $406 $0 Can be accomplished with

current staff

17-112 Improving Health Outcomes by Addressing Air

Quality in Florida


current staff

17-113 Change the American Board of Medical Specialties

Maintenance of Certification Process


current staff

17-114 Reaffirming The Commitment Of The Florida Medical

Association to End Maintenance of Certification

Mandates.


current staff

17-115 Clarification of The Definition Of ‘Board-Certified’

Physician In The State Of Florida


current staff

17-201 FMA to Encourage AMA Membership N/A N/A N/A Unable to Determine

2017

Resolution Fiscal Note Summary - p. 1

2017


Resolution

Number

Title Staff

Hours


Budget

Comments

17-202 Constitutional Amendment on Malpractice 20 $3,100 $0 Can be accomplished with

current staff

17-203 Pharmacy Solicitation Resolution 5 to 50 $790 to

$7,900

$0 Can be accomplished with

current staff

17-301 Creation of a New Medical License Entitled “Assistant

Physician”


current staff

17-302 Insurance for Motorcycle Medical Expenses 100 $15,200 $0 Can be accomplished with

current staff

17-303 Physician Payments on Same Day of Service 310 $46,250 $0 Can be accomplished with

current staff

17-304 Recognition and Reimbursement for POLST (Physician

Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment)


current staff

17-305 Requirement for Insurance Coverage (Including

Medicaid) For Treatment of Patient’s Residing in

Florida Diagnosed with Hepatitis C


current staff

17-306 Drug prescribing for Veterans 10 $650 $0 Can be accomplished with

current staff.

17-307 Limit Scope of Practice in Cosmetic and/or

Dermatologic Surgery


current staff.

17-308 Transparency Resolution 100 $15,200 $0 Can be accomplished with

current staff

17-310 RE: Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury

Compensation Association (NICA) Requiring Hospitals

(Exempt and Non-Exempt) to Support NICA Fees to

Physicians with Hopital Privilages


current staff

17-311 Telemedicine Healthcare Access to All Floridians Can be accomplished with

current staff

17-313 Pre-Treatment Arbitration Agreements 10 $1,580 $0 Can be accomplished with

current staff

17-314 Transitional Contracts for New Practices 100 $15,200 $0 Can be accomplished with

current staff

17-315 Immunization Coverage-Reimbursement and Vaccine

Preventable Diseases


current staff

17-316 Out-of-Network Principles 100 $15,200 $0 Can be accomplished with

current staff

2017


2017


Resolution

Number

Title Staff

Hours


Budget

Comments

17-317 Opposition to Any Inclusion of Smoked Marijuana as

Medical Marijuana or Changes to SB 8-A’s Prohibition

of Smoked Marijuana as Medical Marijuana


current staff

17-318 Endorsement of the Alliance for Transparent and

Affordable Prescriptions


current staff

17-401 Delegating Prior Authorization Responsibilities to the

Patient

0 N/A $0 Does not require any FMA

action

17-402 Keep Patient Satisfaction separate from

Reimbursement and Incentive


current staff

17-403 Additional Funding for Medicaid 10 $650 $0 Can be accomplished with

current staff

17-404 An Act to Provide Compensation to Physicians for

Services Rendered Telephonically


current staff

17-405 HEALTHCARE ACCESS TO ALL FLORIDIANS

MEDICAID TO MEDICARE PARITY REFORM

HMO/PSN STATEWIDE EXPANSION OVERSIGHT,

MANAGED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

(MMA) PROGRAM FLORIDA STATUE TITLE XXX

COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAW

445 $62,880 $64,380

to

$85,380

Can be accomplished with

current staff

17-406 AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ACT “AHCA”

PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

REFORM “ACA”

MAINTAINING ESSENTIAL HEALTHCARE BENEFITS

AND DECREASING REGULATION THROUGH FIX


current staff

17-407 AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ACT

PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

REFORM

MEDICAID FEDERAL STATE PROGRAM

N/A N/A N/A Unable to Determine

2017


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Reaffirmation Calendar

The Speaker, in consultation with FMA staff, have reviewed all resolutions submitted for 1

consideration by the 2017 House of Delegates and have determined the following resolutions to be, in 2

essence, a reaffirmation of existing FMA policy or action already taken. The Speaker therefore 3

recommends reaffirming the following resolutions: 4

5

RESOLUTIONS TO REAFFIRM: 6 7 17-307 Limit Scope of Practice in Cosmetic and/or Dermatologic Surgery 8 South Florida Caucus 9 17-310 Re: Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA) 10

Requiring Hospitals (Exempt and Non-Exempt) to Support NICA Fees to Physicians 11 with Hospital Privileges 12

Broward County Medical Association 13 17-311 Telemedicine Healthcare Access to All Floridians 14 Broward County Medical Association 15 17-406 American Health Care Act “AHCA” Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Reform 16

“ACA” Maintaining Essential Healthcare Benefits and Decreasing Regulation Through 17 Fix 18

Broward County Medical Association 19 17-407 American Health Care Act Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Reform 20

Medicaid Federal State Program 21 Broward County Medical Association 22

In Memoriam Page 1 of 2

Alachua

Richard Lee Bucciarelli, M.D.

Bays

David Roy Tolstrup, D.O.

Broward

Harold Altschuler, M.D.

Carl C. Amko, M.D.

Isabel V. Diaz, M.D.

Tamer M. Gozleveli, D.O.

Melvin Michael Grossman, M.D.

Richard E. Hipskind, M.D.

Clifford Allen Lakin, M.D.

Martin Shansky, M.D.

Melvyn Evan Smith, D.O.

Capital

Edwin Duff Crane, M.D.

Lee William Elgin, Jr., M.D.

T Bert Fletcher, Jr., M.D.

Stuart Cameron Smith, M.D.

William Smith, Jr., M.D.

Robert Paul C Whittier, M.D.

Karen Sue Wilkens, M.D.

Citrus

William J. Stalcup, II, D.O.

Clay

N. Fred Eaglstein, D.O.

Collier

Jeffrey A. Neef, M.D.

Paul G. Zerbi, MD

Dade

M. Felix Freshwater, M.D.

Thurmond Hunter Pryor, M.D.

Sara Diaz Pujals, M.D.

Ronald Hammonds Thompson,

M.D.

Duval

James E. Boyett, M.D.

Hernando

Steven Gilbert Ortiz, M.D.

Hillsborough

Hamilton Emery Hunt, M.D.

Indian River

Ronald Henry Chase, M.D.

Lake-Sumter

Don Ryan Padilla Burgos, D.O.

Marion

Andrew J. Cohen, D.O.

Orange

A. Melvin Alexander, M.D.

Salvatore Silvestri, M.D.

Gregory Thomas Simmons, M.D.

Harold Edward Smith, M.D.

Osceola

Gilberto Antonio Rodriguez

Santiago, M.D.

John Patrick Rowen, M.D.

Palm Beach

Clyde George Banner, II, D.O.

Frank Forshee Cook, M.D.

Elliott P. Feldman, D.O.

Donald Freedlander, D.O.

Last Update: 06-26-15

In Memoriam

FMA Physician Members

Fl

In Memoriam Page 2 of 2

James W. Lea, M.D.

Laura Elizabeth Skellchock, M.D.

Pasco

Nagesh Venkappa Salian, M.D.

Pinellas

Emilio T. Ayestaran, M.D.

John Randall Johnson, D.O.

Polk

John William Glotfelty, M.D.

Aaron Branham Roush, M.D.

Sarasota

William M. Letson, Sr., M.D.

Robert E. Windom, M.D., FACP

Seminole

Erik Jon Stumpf, M.D.

St. Johns

Warren Sydney Kluger, M.D.

Anil Kumar Mandal, M.D.

Volusia

Christopher Williams Freyberg,

M.D.

Out of State

Kenneth Frederick Dutt, M.D.

Robert L. Evans, D.O.

Thomas Joseph La Placa, M.D.

Lithium Lee Lin, M.D.

Sham K. Mangalvedkar, M.D.

Diane Marie Moriarty, M.D.

Michael Jonathan Price, MD

John Norton Robinson, MD

Members:

Florida Chapter, American College of Physicians ACOG District XII Lee County Medical Society

Ankush Bansal, M.D., Chair Guy Benrubi, M.D. Joanna Carioba, M.D. Marie Jeoboam, M.D. Florida Academy of Family Physicians Tra’chella Johnson-Foy, M.D. AMA Delegate Rohan Joseph, M.D. Capital Medical Society Stephen Rosenberg, M.D. Orange County Medical Society Bruce Shephard, M.D. Hillsborough County Medical Association Rebecca Smith, M.D. Collier County Medical Society W. Alan Harmon Past President MSS/RFS TBA

Agenda:

Board of Governors Report A

1. Board Recommendation A-1, 2008 FMA Policy Review

Resolutions:

17-101 Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Student Athletes – John Lanza, M.D., PhD, MPH, FAAP

17-102 Trauma-Informed Care Learning Centers - John Lanza, M.D., PhD, MPH, FAAP

17-103 Prohibiting Natural Gas Fracking in Florida – Duval CMS

17-105 Medicaid Outcomes – South Florida Caucus

17-106 Mental Health Confidentiality for Physicians and Medical Students – South Florida Caucus

17-107 Education Assistance for Private Practice Physicians – Brevard CMA

17-108 Compliance Plan Toolkit – Brevard CMA

17-109 Vaccination Patient Decision – Broward CMA, Broward County Pediatric Medical Association

17-110 Tdap amd Flu Vaccine Coverage-Reimbursement for Pregnant Women – ACOG District XII 17-111 Zika Education for Physicians – ACOG District XII 17-112 Improving Health Outcomes by Addressing Air Quality in Florida – Orange CMS 17-113 Change in American Board of Medical Specialties MOC Process – South Florida Caucus

17-114 Reaffirming the Commitment of the Florida Medical Association to End Maintenance of

Reference Committee No. I Health, Education and Public Policy

Saturday, August 5, 2017 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Loews Sapphire Falls Resort

Certification – Escambia CMS, Santa Rosa CMS, Sarasota CMS

17-115 Clarification of the Definition of ‘Board-Certified’ Physician in the State of Florida- Escambia

MCS, Santa Rosa CMS

Resolution 17-112 Improving Health Outcomes by Addressing Air Quality in Florida

Orange County Medical Society

Whereas, asthma, COPD, lung disease, and cardiovascular diseases all cause serious morbidity 1 and mortality for Floridians, 2 3 Whereas, poor air quality affects: quality of life and exacerbations in each of these conditions, 4 5 Whereas, exacerbations in these conditions result in lost days of work, excess illness, excess 6 Emergency Department visits and excess hospitalizations. 7 8 Whereas, the growth of our state's population now approaches 21 million people, plus over 113 9 million visitors per year, 10 11 Whereas, the increased population and tourism add vehicle miles and emissions on our state's 12 highways and in urban areas. 13 14 Whereas, our state is among the largest of the state's which currently do not require vehicle 15 inspections for emissions or better emission standards, polices which could help to protect air 16 quality particularly near truck routes and heavy traffic areas 17 https://www.idmv.com/vehicle-inspection-requirements-state/ 18 19 RESOLVED, that our FMA will support collaboration with interested organizations to examine 20 evidence based policies to determine the potential benefits of improved emission standards and 21 polices in Florida. 22 23 RESOLVED, that our FMA will ask the Board of Governors to examine polices aimed at protecting 24 the respiratory and cardiovascular health of all Floridians in concert with our state's health and 25 environmental agencies and policy makers. 26

Fiscal Note:

Description

Amount

Budget Narrative

10 staff hours $430 Can be accomplished with current staff

Total $430 $0 added to the operating budget

Fiscal notes are an estimate of the cost to implement a given Resolution. All Resolutions that are adopted by the House of Delegates will be referred to the FMA Committee on Finance and Appropriations for fiscal consideration. Reference Committee: I – Health, Education, and Public Policy

https://www.idmv.com/vehicle-inspection-requirements-state/

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Resolution 17-113 Change the American Board of Medical Specialties Maintenance of Certification Process

South Florida Caucus 1 Whereas, the current American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) maintenance of 2 certification (MOC) process has never been proven to provide a clearly measurable 3 public health benefit; and 4 5 Whereas, the MOC process has never been proven to provide a clearly measurable 6 improvement in healthcare financing that would benefit patients; and 7 8 Whereas, many organizations including hospitals, health insurance companies, and 9 academic institutions require board certification by the ABMS for full participation; and 10 11 Whereas, the MOC process has been required for those physicians who have completed 12 their training more recently while not impacting the board certification status of older 13 physicians; and 14 15 Whereas, the number of minority and women medical school graduates and practicing 16 physicians has been increasing over this same time period; and 17 18 Whereas, this has resulted in a disparate impact of the burdens imposed by the ABMS 19 and its MOC process on more recent medical school graduates and practicing 20 physicians; therefore be it 21 22 RESOLVED, that the Florida Medical Association (FMA) calls upon all organizations and 23 institutions, whether public or private, and all government agencies to immediately 24 suspend any and all MOC-related requirements; and 25 26 RESOLVED, that the FMA calls upon the ABMS to immediately suspend the current MOC 27 process. Fiscal Note:

Description

Amount

Budget Narrative

15 staff hours $1,370 Can be accomplished with current staff

Total $1,370

$0 added to the operating budget

Fiscal notes are an estimate of the cost to implement a given Resolution. All Resolutions that are adopted by the House of Delegates will be referred to the FMA Committee on Finance and Appropriations for fiscal consideration. Reference Committee: I – Health, Education, and Public Policy

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Resolution 17-114 Reaffirming The Commitment Of The Florida Medical Association to End Maintenance of Certification

Mandates. Escambia County Medical Society

Santa Rosa County Medical Society Sarasota County Medical Society

Whereas, the Florida Medical Association (FMA ) gave assurances to the practicing physicians of the 1 State of Florida that this organization was unwavering in its commitment to seek legislation to protect 2 physicians from the unproven mandates of Maintenance of Certification (MOC); and, 3 4 Whereas, in 2014, the FMA House of Delegates passed resolution 14-201 which said, in part: 5 “ RESOLVED, That the FMA opposes any efforts to require Maintenance of Certification (MOC) 6 program as a condition of medical licensure, or as a pre- requisite for hospital/staff privileges, 7 employment in State of Florida/county medical facilities, reimbursement from 3rd parties, or issuance of 8 malpractice insurance; and be it further” ; and, 9 10 Whereas, in May of 2016, the FMA Board of Governor’s passed the following substitute resolution in lieu 11 of 15-101 and 15-105 which said: 12 “That the FMA seek legislation to improve the efficiency of the health care markets and eliminate 13 unnecessary administrative and regulatory requirements, health care providers shall not be required, by 14 any public or private entity to comply with Maintenance of Certification requirements after 15 achieving initial board certification, other than the continuing medical education (CME) requirements 16 set by the health care provider’s licensing board.”; and, 17 18 Whereas, during the 2017 legislative session, the FMA endorsed substitution amendments to the anti-19 MOC bill in the Florida Senate ( SB 1354 ) which went against its stated policy, and these amendments 20 deleted the original language of the bill which would have banned MOC for medical licensure, hospital 21 staff membership and participation in insurance company contracts, ; and, 22 23 Whereas, these FMA-supported amendments to SB 1354 allowed for an increase in the authority of the 24 Florida State Board of Medicine by mandating, that it, the Board of Medicine, allow for the creation of 25 multiple physician “certifying” entities in the State of Florida; and, 26 27 Whereas, these FMA-supported amendments to SB 1354 stated that the newly created “certifying” 28 entities would be prohibited from mandating MOC, but hospitals, insurance companies were not 29 explicitly prohibited from using MOC against physicians; and, 30 31 Whereas, these FMA-supported amendments to SB 1354 allowed that a physician must receive formal 32 recognition as a specialist from a specialty board of the American Board of Specialty Medicine or other 33 recognizing agencies ( i.e. “certifying" entities) in order to be recognized as “board certified” ; and, 34 35 Whereas, these FMA-supported amendments to SB 1354 allowed that an osteopathic physician must 36 complete requirements for certification through the American Osteopathic Association or the 37 Accreditation council on Graduate Medical Education in order to be recognized as “board certified”; 38 and, 39 40 41

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Whereas, these FMA-supported amendments to SB 1354 defined criteria for re-certification by the 42 newly approved “certifying” entities which included minimal number of CME’s, and participation in 43 ongoing practice improvement programs which, as defined, appears to be another form of MOC.; and, 44 45 Whereas, the amended changes to Senate Bill 1354 did not reflect the will of the House of Delegates or 46 the Board of Governors of the FMA and the entire anti-MOC legislative effort failed; and 47 48 RESOLVED, the FMA reaffirms its policy that the Florida Medical Association opposes any efforts to 49 require Maintenance of Certification (MOC) as a condition of medical licensure, or as a pre-requisite for 50 hospital/staff privileges, employment in State of Florida/county medical facilities, reimbursement from 51 3rd parties, or issuance of malpractice insurance. 52 53 RESOLVED, the FMA reaffirms it’s policy that “health care providers shall not be required, by any public 54 or private entity to comply with Maintenance of Certification requirements after achieving initial board 55 certification, other than the continuing medical education (CME) requirements set by the health care 56 provider’s licensing board.” 57 58 RESOLVED the FMA will actively support legislation that advances their stated policy on Maintenance of 59 Certification and will actively oppose legislation that does not prohibit the use of MOC for hospital 60 medical staff privileges, medical licensure, or third party contracting or reimbursement. 61 62 RESOLVED, the FMA will oppose legislation that grants any state/private agency the authority to create 63 additional “certifying" entities, which could include hospitals and insurance companies, and the FMA will 64 not apply to become a “certifying” entity 65 Fiscal Note:

Description

Amount

Budget Narrative


Total $77,500 $0 added to the operating budget

Fiscal notes are an estimate of the cost to implement a given Resolution. All Resolutions that are adopted by the House of Delegates will be referred to the FMA Committee on Finance and Appropriations for fiscal consideration. Reference Committee: III – Legislation and Miscellaneous

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Resolution 17-115 Clarification of The Definition Of ‘Board-Certified’ Physician In The State Of Florida

Escambia County Medical Society Santa Rosa County Medical Society

Whereas, before 1990, a physician could hold himself or herself as board-certified for life after the 1 successful completion of a secure comprehensive examination administered by a recognized certifying 2 agency; and 3 4 Whereas, after 1990, a physician could not hold himself or herself as board-certified without the 5 completion of time-limited ‘re-certification’ examinations every 10 years, preceded by the mandatory 6 completion of tedious, poor quality “preparatory” modules; and 7 8 Whereas, after 2014, a physician could not hold himself or herself as board-certified without the 9 participation in maintenance of certification programs every 2 years; and 10 11 Whereas, in 2014, the proposed requirements by the ABIM/ABSM for a physician to be able to hold 12 himself or herself as board-certified was initial board certification, in addition to, a secure 13 comprehensive time-limited re-certification examination every 10 years, in addition to, the maintenance 14 of certification every 2 years through participation in the trademarked MOC program; and 15 16 Whereas, the ultimate acquiescence of the ABIM/ABSM to remove the every 10 year re-certification 17 examination requirement came about only after the determined push back from physicians aided by 18 their state medical societies, including our FMA; and 19 20 Whereas, in May of 2016, the FMA Board of Governor’s passed the following substitute resolution in lieu 21 of 15-101 and 15-105 which said: 22 “That the FMA seek legislation to improve the efficiency of the health care markets and eliminate 23 unnecessary administrative and regulatory requirements, health care providers shall not be required, by 24 any public or private entity to comply with Maintenance of Certification requirements after 25 achieving initial board certification, other than the continuing medical education (CME) requirements 26 set by the health care provider’s licensing board.”; and, 27 28 Whereas, as was witnessed in the 2017 legislative session, the American Board of Specialty Medicine 29 (ABSM) and American Osteopathic Association (AOA) want to continue to determine, based on their 30 monetary interests, which physicians may hold themselves as board certified; and, 31 32 RESOLVED, that the Florida Medical Association supports legislation that defines a ‘board-certified’ 33 physician to be a physician, who upon the completion of an accredited residency/fellowship program, 34 has taken and passed an initial secure comprehensive board-certifying examination, administered by a 35 recognized certifying agency. A physician, who from that point forward, meets the CME requirements of 36 the Florida State Board of Medicine may hold himself or herself out as board-certified in the state of 37 Florida. 38

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Fiscal Note:

Description

Amount

Budget Narrative


Total $15,200 $0 added to the operating budget

Fiscal notes are an estimate of the cost to implement a given Resolution. All Resolutions that are adopted by the House of Delegates will be referred to the FMA Committee on Finance and Appropriations for fiscal consideration. Reference Committee: III – Legislation and Miscellaneous

Members:

Aaron Sudbury, M.D., Chair Manatee County Medical Society Abram Berens, M.D. Broward County Medical Society Rebekah Bernard, M.D. Collier County Medical Society Charles Chase, D.O. Orange County Medical Society Mark Dobbertien, D.O. Florida Chapter, American College of Surgeons Shelley Glover, M.D. Lake-Sumter County Medical Society Larry Halperin, M.D. Florida Orthopedic Society Coy Irvin, M.D. AMA Delegate Brandon Luskin, M.D. Palm Beach County Medical Society Vincent DeGennaro, M.D. Past President MSS/RFS TBA

Agenda: Board of Governors Report C 1. Board Recommendation C-1, Resolution 16-312, Ambulatory Surgical Centers- Brevard County

Medical Society Resolutions: 17-301 Creation of New Medical License entitled “Assistant Physician” – James LaPolla, M.D. 17-302 Insurance for Motorcycle Medical Expenses – Duval CMS, FOS 17-303 Physician Payment on Same Day of Service – Hillsborough CMA 17-304 Recognition and Reimbursement for POLST – Orange CMS 17-305 Requirement for Insurance Coverage – Orange CMS 17-306 Drug Prescribing for Veterans – South Florida Caucus 17-308 Transparency – South Florida Caucus 17-313 Pretreatment Arbitration Agreements – Brevard CMS 17-314 Transitional Contracts for New Practices – Brevard CMS 17-315 Immunization Coverage Reimbursement and Vaccine Preventable Diseases – Broward CMA, Broward County Pediatric Society, Emerald Coast MA 17-316 Out of Network – Florida Society of Anesthesiologists, Florida College of Emergency Physicians, Orange CMS

Reference Committee No. III Legislation



Members:

Diana Twiggs, M.D., Chair Florida Academy of Family Physicians Valerie Dyke, M.D. Lee County Medical Society Javier Herrera, M.D. Duval County Medical Society Marc Hirsh, M.D. Palm Beach County Medical Society N. Alex Jones, M.D. Emerald Coast Medical Association Barbara Montford, M.D. Dade County Medical Association John Montgomery, M.D. AMA Alfredo Paredes, M.D. Capital Medical Society Alejandro Perez-Trepichio, M.D. Collier County Medical Society Carl Lentz, M.D. Past President MSS/RFS TBA

Agenda: Board Report D Resolutions: 17-401 Delegating Prior Authorization Responsibilities to Patient – Hillsborough CMA 17-402 Keep Patient Satisfaction Separate from Reimbursement and Incentive – Orange CMS 17-403 Additional Funding for Medicaid – Broward CMA, Palm Beach CMS 17-404 An Act to Provide Compensation to Physicians for Services Rendered Telephonically – South

Florida Caucus 17-405 Healthcare Access to All Floridians – Broward CMA

Reference Committee No. IV Medical Economics



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