FLORIDA ACADEMY OF PAIN MEDICINE
Annual
Meeting Minutes
May 17, 2003
Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort
Present
(in order of sign-in): Joe Alshon DO, Youssef Wassef MD, Jonathan
Daitch MD, Ashraf Hanna MD, Kenneth Botwin MD, Paul Wand MD, Gary W Jay MD,
Charles M Grudem MD, Peter Taraschi DO, Sanford Z Pollak DO, Amy Clunn MD,
Lee Kadosa MD, Laura Yard MD, Felix Linetsky MD, Andrea Trescot MD, Michael
Willens, DO, Lorry Davis, MEd, Executive Director.
Presiding: Dr Gary W Jay,
President
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Self-introductions
were made all around.
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A motion was made and
carried to accept the June 1, 2002, Orlando meeting minutes.
Dr Botwin
gave the treasurer’s report: Details of this report
are available to members by contacting Lorry S Davis, Med, Executive
Director, at
mailto:lorry4@earthlink.net
4. Dr Charles Grudem gave the
membership report: We currently have 151 members. During this past
year, we lost a number of members to nonpayment of dues. In January, when
dues notices were sent out, certified letters went to those who had not paid
in 2002. We retrieved about a third of these members. The other 2/3 will
remain in different database to be sent conference mailouts or other special
notices.
Other Member Transitions:
Cheryl Fee MD
has moved to VA
Aaron Stein MD
cannot be located
Armando Angulo
MD cannot be located
The FAPM Membership Application is posted
on our website. The member application was mailed along with the conference
registration form, as well as with the Spring Pain Info. Those mailouts
went to FAPM; those who attended our meeting last year and are not members;
the Florida Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; American
Academy of PM&R members who are in FL, but not members of FSPMR; FL members
of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Board Certified in Pain
Management, but not members of FAPM; American Society of Interventional Pain
Practitioners; FL Members of the American Academy of Pain Medicine who are
not FAPM members; and the FL Members of the American Academy of Pain
Management who are not FAPM members.
We have gained 14 new members:
Michael G Barile
MD, Bonita Springs
Jonathan Daitch
MD, Ft Myers
Eduardo Dieguez
Jr MD, St Augustine
Daniel M
Frohwein MD, DABPM, Clermont
Andrew J
Goldberg MD, Tamarac
Demetrios
Kaiafas MD, Clearwater
Donna Marie
Lanthier MD, Ft Myers
Nancy LR Layton
MD, Melbourne
Shahriar A
Nabizadeh MD, Jacksonville
Carlos J Placer
MD, Kissimmee
Victoria
Rabe-Tagala MD, FAADEP, Lakeland
Ed Sleight MD,
Pt Charlotte
Cheryl R Tapp
DO, Ft Lauderdale
Yili Zhou MD
PhD, Miami
The following have made inquiries, but not
completed applications:
M Emdadul Haque
MD
Ricardo Sabates
MD, Miami
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Drs Jay and Linetsky
reported that FAPM is now Associated-at-Large with both the
American Academy of Pain Medicine and the American Academy of Pain
Management. This allows us to maintain autonomy and yet gain from a quid
pro quo type relationship with these 2 organizations.
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Drs Jay and Linetsky
reported that the Florida Pain Medicine Accreditation and Standards,
Inc, is now a corporation, which is now in the process of applying
for a tax ID number. After that, insurance will be sought. Dr Jay
explained that accreditation will be totally voluntary, and it is for the
facility, not the physician. There are 41 items to be accredited and they
can be found on our website: fapmmed.net.
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Dr Jay reported that
organized medicine in FL (the Florida Medical Assoc) was successful in not
allowing PIP legislation to be tied to a fee schedule.
However, the new work comp legislation, while improving
reimbursement rates, is going to make it very difficult for patients with
pain problems to be referred to pain practitioners.
Dr Trescot
gave a national report: National malpractice caps were
discussed, as was NASPER (National All Schedule Electronic Reporting).
NASPER would allow physicians and pharmacists to run a national scheduled
medication profile on a patient with the patient's consent. This would
reestablish the doctor-patient trust, because patients could no longer scam
doctors while they are getting meds from other doctors.
Doctors would
be more willing to write narcotics, so patients would have better access to
care.
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The following slate of
candidates was voted in for 2003 – 2004:
Ashraf Hanna
MD- President
Sanford
Pollak DO - President-Elect
Peter
Taraschi DO - VP and will function as Membership Chair
Felix
Linetsky MD - Secretary
Kenneth
Botwin MD - Treasurer
Gary W Jay MD
- Immediate Past President
Andrea
Trescot MD - Legislative Chair
Fred Furgang, MD - Member-at-Large
Asya Mikulinsky, MD - Member-at-Large
Winston
Parris MD - Member-at-Large
Laura Yard MD
- Member-at-Large
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Outgoing President,
Dr Jay, was recognized and awarded a plaque.
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Incoming President,
Dr Hanna, stated that one of the goals for his presidency was to determine
what FAPM members want from the organization and he passed out a simple
survey for members to answer that question.
Respectfully
submitted,
Lorry S
Davis, MEd
Executive Director
