Volume 6                                                                         Issue 5 Southeast News News from the Southeastern Delegation to the AMA

Dear Colleagues   Summer has  come and gone and here we are already with our September SED Newsletter.   As usual for this time of year, we profile our members who work hard for us at AMA in elected and appointed positions.  Please give them the credit they are due and feel free to reach them for questions or points of interest.   We also continue our Business Corner presentation.   Thanks for your support of the SED and the AMA, Bill Clark. MD (GA), Chair, SE Delegation to AMA Claudette Dalton, MD (VA), Chair-elect, SE Delegation to AMA Greg Cooper, MD (KY), Immediate Past Chair, SE Delegation to AMA Stephen Imbeau, MD (SC), Newsletter Editor

2018 American Medical Association Interim Meeting The AMA Annual Meeting will be held Saturday, November 10 - Tuesday, November 13, 2018. To make your reservations and access AMA meeting information please click on the links below. We would like to cordially invite all Southeast Delegation members to attend the annual Southeast Reception on Sunday, November 11, from 5:00 p.m - 6:30 p.m. at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Widrow Wilson A. 2018 Interim Meeting AMA Webpage Hotel and Travel Information Things to do in National Harbor, Maryland

BUSINESS CORNER CHANGES PROPOSED FOR 2019, SUMMER 2018 “SURPRISES,” AND APM UPDATES Asa C. Lockhart, MD, MBA Principal, Golden Caduceus Consultants In this installment, I will briefly review the proposed revisions to the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) that will be finalized in November, APM updates, a couple of emerging options for proceduralists, and some “summer surprises.” The conversion factor will be $36.0463 for RBRVS codes and $22.2986 for anesthesia, which is a 0.25% update but offset by a budget neutrality adjustment of -0.12% resulting in an actual 0.13% update. What a windfall!   Read the rest of Dr. Lockhart's article here.

Our Southeastern Delegation Members who Serve in the AMA ( Click on each picture for a bio )

Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, President--elect

Bruce A. Scott, MD, Vice Speaker, AMA House of Delegates

Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, Chair-elect, Board of Trustees

Gerald E. Harmon, MD, Immediate Past Chair, Board of Trustees

Willarda V. Edwards, MD, MBA, Member, Board of Trustees

E. Scott Ferguson, MD, Member, Board of Trustees

Sandra A. Fryhofer, MD, Member, Board of Trustees

William A. McDade, MD, PhD, Member, Board of Trustees

Albert J. Osbahr, III, MD, Member, Board of Trustees

Kevin W. Williams, Member, Board of Trustees

Southeastern Delegation Council Members (Click on each picture for more information)

Council on Constitution and Bylaws

Madelyn E. Butler, MD

Kevin C. Reilly, MD

Joy Lee (MS Member)

Council on Legislation

VijayaLakshmi Appareddy, MD

David T. Taylor, Jr, MD, FAAP

Council on Medical Education

Liana Puscas, MD, MHS

Niranjan V. Rao, MD

Council on Medical Service

W. Alan Harmon, MD

Council on Long Range Planning and Development

Shannon Pryor, MD

Council on Science and Public Health

Padmini D. Ranasinghe, MD, FACP, FACPM, MPH

Bruce M. Smoller, MD

AMPAC BOARD

Stephen A. Imbeau, MD AMPAC UPDATE

Brooke Buckley, MD

Benjamin Z. Galper, MD

Ashtin Jeney (MS Member)

Be sure to stay up to date on all the information your fellow delegation members have submitted to the AMA. Access the information submitted for consideration at the AMA House of Delegates 2018 Interim Meeting   here .

For the latest information on issues, meeting dates, helpful resources and pictures from past events make sure to visit the SE Delegation to the AMA's website!

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