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The Lake-Sumter Medical Societyis a membership organization comprised of Doctors of Medicine (MD) and Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) located within the two-county area. It is our mission to support members through organized medicine; to serve physicians and their patients by establishing and promoting ethical, educational and clinical standards for the medical profession; and to advocate the highest principle of all, the integrity of the patient/physician relationship.FMA Annual ConferenceThe FMA Annual Conference will be held next month, at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, welcoming physicians from across the state of Florida. This annual meeting features delegates from each County Medical Society and state Specialty Societies, who discuss, debate, convince and sometimes concede to resolutions submitted by colleagues from across the state. This year's delegates representing Lake & Sumter County physicians, and a part of the Central Florida Caucus, are: Jason Boardman, MD Shelley Glover, MD Wendy Lavezzi, MD Afzal Choudhry, MD Pete Marzek, MD Welcome new members!At the April meeting of the Board of Governors, the following physicians were voted upon for membership: Kevin Wandler, MD, Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine & Eating Disorders Nathan Hanflink, DO, Pain Management and Anesthesiology Luna Beck, MD, Internal Medicine Eze Uche, MD, Cardiology Eleanor Davina, DO, Internal Medicine Shirley Nagel, MD, Internal Medicine Ajit Hansalia, MD, Internal Medicine and Hospice & Palliative Care Tracey Lewis, MD, Opthalmology Governor signs FMA bill securing CAT Fund exemption
The FMA is pleased to announce that Gov. Rick Scott has signed into law a bill that secures a three-year extension of the medical malpractice insurance exemption from assessments levied by the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (CAT Fund). The FMA lobbied aggressively for this legislation, which will save physicians possibly thousands of dollars in additional insurance costs if a large hurricane strikes Florida. The FMA pledges to continue efforts to make the CAT Fund exemption permanent.
Physician Payment Sunshine ActUnder the new Physician Payment Sunshine Act, pharmaceutical and medical device companies must begin tracking information on their interactions with physicians, which they will report to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from August 2013 forward. The Act, created by Congress, was designed to ensure transparency in physicians' interactions with the pharmaceutical, biologic and medical device industries as well as group purchasing organizations. To get up to speed on this important issue and learn how the Act affects you, click here to read an overview by American Medical Association President Jeremy Lazarus, M.D.
Physician Leadership Key To National Quality Collaborative
By James Palermo, MD, MSMM, FACS Physician Consultant, Florida Hospital Association HEN
In April of 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched the national Partnership for Patients (PfP) initiative to make healthcare safer and less costly by targeting and reducing the thousands of preventable injuries and complications that occur from healthcare acquired conditions (HAC).
The PfP, under the direction of the U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Innovation, then launched a nationwide public-private collaboration called the Hospital Engagement Network (HEN), which has brought together leaders of major hospitals, employers, physicians, nurses and patient advocates along with state and federal governments in a shared effort to identify and create innovative solutions designed to reduce patient harm and improve care coordination.
The PfP established two specific goals for the HENs: * Reduce hospital acquired conditions by 40%, and * Reduce preventable hospital readmissions by 20% by 2013 |
A not-for-profit organization founded by the Lake-Sumter Medical Society, We Care provides referrals for specialty care to the more than 30,000 disadvantaged residents of Lake County. While We Care provides the referral service, the commitment by local health care providers makes the organization's mission a reality. |
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