LSMS Capsules November 2021

LSMS Capsules November 2021

Established 1878

NOVEMBER 2021

WHAT’S INSIDE

2 LSMS Turns the page 3 We Need Your Help! 4 Kleinpeter Named to Board 5 Louisiana State Medical Society Disclaimer 5 In Case You Missed It 6 Lammico Defense Counsel Seminar 8 LSMS now offering Classified Ads in The Journal of the LSMS

8 LSMS Graduate Medical Education (GME) Lectures 8 Toys for Tots 9 LSMS Working for you! 10 RSL Annual Meeting 10 St. Tammany Parish Medical Society meeting 11 Thomas Pressley Fundraiser

LSMS TURNS THE PAGE In the works since 2019, Louisiana State Medical Society looks to the future as we move to our new location by year’s end.

LSMS TURNS THE PAGE 6767 Perkins Road, also known as Perkins Properties, has been the home of the LSMS and CSRS (an engineering firm) since they joined in partnership and began construction of the building in 1996. For almost 25 years, the LSMS has called 6767 its home. During that time, our footprint and faces changed many times, but we always occupied suite 100 (the first floor). Starting with Bruce Williams, MD, and ending with William Freeman, MD, the boardroom has seen many presidents preside over meetings of the Board of Governors. The halls and offices were occupied by many qualified and passionate staff members during those 25 years as well.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

However, just as all goods things must come to an end, so must our ownership and occupancy in Perkins Properties. A move, to a smaller and more efficient location has been in the works since 2019 but was delayed dramatically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Things are finally getting back to normal and just as life, the business of the society must go on. To that end, after CSRS moved to a larger location in September, a purchase agreement to sell the building and adjacent property was entered into in October. The next and final step is for the LSMS to move, and we anticipate that will conclude before the year’s end. Please be on the lookout for our new mailing address, which we will share very soon.

The Governor’s Office has requested physician nominations from the LSMS for consideration to serve on the following Boards and Commissions:

• Traumatic Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund AdvisoryBoard This board was created by the Louisiana Legislature in 1993 by Act 654, which imposes additional fees on motor vehicle violations in Louisiana for the offenses of driving under the influence, reckless operation, and speeding. Please click here for more information regarding meetings, rules, and past minutes. • EmergencyMedical ServicesCertificationCommission This board is charged with recommending to the Bureau of EMS requirements and standards of practice for individuals for EMS Practitioners, conducting disciplinary hearings for emergency medical personnel, and recommending education requirements. Please click here for more information regarding meetings, rules, and past minutes.

• Louisiana Commission on HIV, AIDS, and Hepatitis C Education, PreventionandTreatment This commission was created to serve as an advisory body to the governor and the Louisiana Department of Health on matters relating to hepatitis C, HIV, and AIDS. Please click here for more information regarding meetings, rules, and past minutes. We consider this a great honor as it confirms that our members are valuable contributors to the future of healthcare in Louisiana. To be considered for nomination, please forward your name, corresponding Board or Commission name, contact information, and CV to Terri Watson, [email protected].

DONNA BREEN INSTALLED AS SMA PRESIDENT

Donna Breen, MD, of Marksville, LSMS member since 1991, was sworn in as the 115th President of the Southern Medical Association on October 30, 2021. Also pictured is the outgoing president Christopher Morris, MD.

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KLEINPETER NAMED TO BOARD

LOUISIANA STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY DISCLAIMER

The American Medical Society’s (AMA) House of Delegates met this week, and while Louisiana does send a delegation to the meeting, via the LSMS, it is important for Louisiana physicians to know that the LSMS and the AMA are separate and distinct organizations. As such, the policies, opinions, and views expressed by the AMA, the AMA House of Delegates, and AMA officers are theirs and theirs alone. The LSMS has its own policies that are crafted in-state, by Louisiana physicians, through our House of Delegates and can be viewed at any time on the LSMS Website at https://lsms.org/page/LSMSPolicy.

Dr. Myra Kleinpeter, a practicing nephrologist in New Orleans has been appointed to the LSMS Board of Governors as the District 1 Councilor. The first district includes Orleans and St. Bernard parishes. Dr. Kleinpeter has been an active LSMS member for more than 25 years.

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DISCLAIMER

2022 100% GROUPS Thank you!

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Louisiana Attorney General, Jeff Landry, filed suit challenging the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate On Tuesday, November 16, 2021, Louisiana Attorney General, Jeff Landry filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ rule mandating COVID vaccines for nearly every full-time employee of healthcare facilities receiving Medicaid or Medicare funding. Landry asserts that the mandate will upend the state budget and create healthcare shortages. The complaint was filed in federal court in Louisiana by a 12-state coalition including Montana, Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah and West Virginia.

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LAMMICO DEFENSE COUNSEL SEMINAR LAMMICO held its annual defense counsel seminar November 10th through the 12th during which LSMS Vice President of Legal Affairs, Lauren Bailey, and LSMS Vice President of Governmental Affairs, Maria Bowen, presented the Legislative Update.

complaints, and the Gross Negligence Doctrine. There was significant discussion relative to the letter, which can be viewed below, sent by the Louisiana Association for Justice to medical review panel chairs stating that they are not inclined to use attorney chairpersons who intend to allow the medical review panels to apply the qualified immunity provisions of the Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act, La. R.S. 29:771(B)(2)(c) as well as current efforts to seek a ruling that the panel chairs must instruct the panelists in the modified gross negligence standard under the LHEPA.

The two provided an overview of significant legislation from the 2021 Fiscal Session of the Louisiana Legislature, the Veto Override Session that followed, as well as what we expect to see next year. You can access the slide deck below. Other topics of interest centered around the impact of COVID-19 on hospitals and primary care physicians, defending LSBME

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