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FLORIDA
ACADEMY
OF PAIN MEDICINE
Annual Meeting
Saturday, August 2, 2008
The Gaylord Palms, Orlando
MINUTES
Presiding:
Susanti Chowdhury,
MD,
President
(Note:
the
sign-in sheet was lost)
- A motion was made and carried to
approve the
Minutes from the 2007 Annual Meeting.
- Treasury
Report:
Kenneth Botwin MD,
Treasurer, reported FAPM is in decent financial shape.
We currently have $101,500 in the bank.
After the fees for this conference are paid, we anticipate ending
2008 with approximately $50,000.
Copies of the Profit & Loss Statement as well as the 2007 Income Tax
Return can be requested from FAPM’s Executive Director.
- Dr Taraschi gave this
Membership Report:
We currently have 143 members.
The following applications were found to be in order and new
members this year are:
David J Columbus DO, Trinity
Scott F Corneal DO,
St Augustine
Michael D Courtney MD, Springhill
Mark S Fishman DO, Weston
Harvey R Langee MD, Tampa
Laura K Morris MD,
Venice
Chuma Osuji DO, Tampa
Kinjal Parikh DO, Miami
Rodolfo Panganiban MD, Tampa
Jonathan Waldbaum MD, Deland
Padmaja Yatham MD, Daytona Beach
The FAPM Board is discussing ways to expand membership,
i.e., better ways to tap into medical schools, possibility of bylaws change
to allow psychologists, regional meetings with drug company/vendor
sponsorship, possibility of interactive website with monthly case
presentations, FAPM Board Members with educational offerings to other groups
such as the FL Academy of Family Physicians.
4.
Legislative and Regulatory Issues
a. Dr Andrea Trescot
discussed billing challenges with IDET
b.
Dr Rafael Miguel discussed that expansion of scope
of practice issues will probably drive
Florida
physicians to have to take an Opioid Course similar to those currently
required for HIV and Domestic Violence.
c.
He also mentioned the importance of
belonging to both the FMA and the AMA, both of which are mounting
defenses against such things such as BCBS of Illinois denying SIJ procedures
as “medically experimental.”
d.
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (formerly
FLASPER) – If the patient doesn’t give consent to access such a database,
then don’t write the Rx for the patient.
Dr Sanford Silverman, Member at Large, stated this was one of the
FMA’s top 5 legislative
priorities.
FAPM needs members in the
Tallahassee
area, or somewhere proximate, to be able to go to Tallahassee on short notice for purposes of
testifying, etc.
We need to be
able to mobilize on short notice.
e.
FAPM, FSIPP, and FSPMR collectively gathered $14,000
to give to the Senator Jeff Atwater Campaign.
This was given to him on behalf of pain medicine, in one batch at a
fundraising event for him today, here in
Orlando, at the FMA’s Annual Meeting.
The total given to Sen Atwater was $106,000.
5.
Other
Items of Business
FSPMR and the Southern Society of PM&R will join us for the 2009
meeting at The Breakers in Palm Beach, July 10-12.
FSIPP may do a one day preconference event.
Respectfully submitted,
Lorry S. Davis, M.Ed.
Executive Director
Division of Workers’
Compensation e-Mail Alert!
This notice is to advise
that the Florida Workers' Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement
Manual, 2006 Edition, which is included in Rule 69L-7.020 F.A.C., has been
adopted and will become effective November 16, 2006. Please review the
entire new rule carefully at the division's web site as it implements the
reimbursement rates authorized by the Three Member Panel pursuant to Section
440.13(12) F.S., as well as important amendments throughout each section of
the rule. It may be found under the section entitled "New Rules" at:
http://www.fldfs.com/WC/.
PDF and ASCII versions of
the Florida Workers' Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual,
2006 Edition are available at this website.
For questions or
additional information regarding this rule, please contact Don Davis, Office
of Data Quality and Collection, Division of Workers' Compensation at
850-413-1711.
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