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2012 Florida Chapter Meeting
September 7-9, 2012
PGA National Resort & Spa
400 Avenue of the Champions
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418
(800) 633-9150 toll free
www.pgaresort.com
For more information, contact Dawn Moerings, FL Chapter Executive Director, at FloridaChapterACP@comcast.net.
Congratulations to our new Fellows who marched in Convocation!
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2011 Chapter Meeting Handouts
2011 Florida Chapter Associates Meeting Syllabus![[PDF]](/graphics/new/pdf.gif){kind=small}
2010 Florida Chapter Meeting Syllabus
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New Edition of Young Physicians' Newsletter
Download the latest edition (January 2012)
Changing to 5010 version of HIPAA Transactions scheduled for 1/1/12
Florida Medicaid’s fiscal agent - the Agency for Health Care Administration Alert - All trading partners will be deactivated for HIPAA standard 4010 X12 transactions effective January 1, 2012.
Changing to the 5010 version of the HIPAA transactions is vital for Florida Medicaid providers to be able to appropriately bill the Medicaid program for services rendered to eligible recipients. Failure to prepare for this deadline will result in delayed Medicaid payments. This change applies to any provider and vendor submitting or receiving electronic files from the Florida Medicaid program and its fiscal agent. View the following document for additional information: 5010 Transition
If you have further questions regarding the 5010 transition for Florida Medicaid, enrolled members can contact HP at 1-866-586-0961
Important Update from Chair of the Florida Board of Medicine
It is extremely important to keep your profile updated with the Florida Dept of Health. Physicians can be disciplined for not maintaining an updated profile. In addition to the basic information required by law, Awards, professional achievements, contributions, memberships, special qualifications etc. can also be voluntarily added to the profile. Also, by adding your e-mail to the listserve “mailman” will ensure you keep abreast of all the important changes in Laws and Rules as they happen. If you are not receiving the email updates from the Board of Medicine, we encourage you to check your profile and add your e-mail address to the listserve to receive the updates in time. Your e-mail address will NOT be shared from the listserve. The link and directions are below.
One of the Board of Medicine’s missions is to disseminate appropriate information to consumers and practitioners. In an effort to reach out to more applicants, licensees and the public to provide information, the Board has established a “Mailman” system. Each time the Board of Medicine posts new items in Mailman, subscribers receive an email including that information.
Examples of the types of updates provided by the Mailman system includes changes in the law and board rules, reminders about legal requirements and updates that impact physicians and patients in Florida. Subscribers’ email addresses are not publicly displayed and are not posted onto the Board’s website or onto public practitioner profiles. You are encouraged to subscribe and instructions for how to sign up are below:
Instructions for Joining the Board of Medicine’s Mailman System
Step 1: Go to http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/medical/index.html
Step 2: Select Interested Parties (Mailman) from the upper left side of the screen in the blue box
Step 3: Enter your email address where indicated
Step 4: Click on Subscribe
You will receive a confirmation of subscription. When the Board of Medicine posts information, you will receive an email with the posted information.
To Update Profile – left side – white box – “Practitioner Profile”
Important Health & Public Policy Updates
March 12, 2012 - FL Chapter ACP Legislative Session Final Report
March 2, 2012 - Tallahassee Legislative Report
February 24, 2012 - Tallahassee Legislative Report
February 17, 2012 - Tallahassee Legislative Report
February 10, 2012 - Tallahassee Legislative Report
February 3, 2012 - Tallahassee Legislative Report
January 27, 2012 - Tallahassee Legislative Report
January 20, 2012 - Florida Chapter ACP Legislative Report
January 13, 2012 - Florida Chapter ACP Legislative Report
December 9, 2011 - 2012 Pre-Session Tallahassee Report
November 18, 2011 - 2012 Pre-Session Tallahassee Report
On 7/20/11, the Florida Board of Medicine announced that implementation of the the new prescription law will be delayed until August 29. The new law relates to prescribing controlled substances. Download the full update and excerpts from the new law
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