The SCMS Delegation for the FMA Annual Meeting

Delegation for the 2007 FMA Annual Meeting

• John Robertson, MD
• Vraj Panara, MD
• Ken Wing, MD

SCMS Resolutions presented at the 2005 FMA Annual Meeting

During the 2005 FMA Annual Meeting the Seminole County Medical Society Delegation presented 10 important Resolutions.  The results of those proposals were:

1. Emergency Room Call Coverage – the FMA set up a committee to look at whether the ER call coverage problem can be addressed using a statewide perspective.
2. Establishing the “Standard of Care” for Medical Expert Testimony – the FMA will use the items the SCMS proposed to help create a standard.  The SCMS is in the process of putting the standard for SCMS physicians in the SCMS By-laws.
3. Reducing Liability Risk – the FMA established that physicians have the right to limit their practices.
4. Patient Safety Initiatives – most of the language and recommendations proposed by the SCMS were incorporated into the FMA’s new patient safety policy.
5. The FMA and Information Technology – the FMA committed to maintaining a leadership position in IT among state medical associations.
6. Curbing Negative Political Activity – this Resolution did not pass, but FMA leaders committed to maintaining professionalism in future political debates.
7. Income Tax Credits for Uninsured Care – this did not pass as a Resolution, but we have received assurance that it will be kept under consideration by the AMA.
8. Creating a FMA Defense Expert Witness Program - action was deferred on this Resolution to concentrate on the Expert Witness Reform issue.  The SCMS is developing having most of this option available for SCMS members through the new SCMS medical liability protection program.
9. Creating a FMA Legal Defense Program - action was deferred on this Resolution to concentrate on the Expert Witness Reform issue.  The SCMS is developing having most this option available for SCMS members through the new SCMS medical liability protection program.
10. Creating a Program for Self-Insured Physicians – action was deferred on this Resolution so the FMA could concentrate on the Expert Witness Reform issue.