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Florida Medicaid
Removes Seroquel IR from Preferred List |
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Florida Medicaid requests
assistance in getting out the news that effective 24 Feb 10 adult
patients on Seroquel must be switched to Seroquel XR. Presumably this
will reduce the number of tablets prescribed per day and reduce use of
Seroquel as a sedative. We do not have information about how this
impacts the several other Medicaid providers in Florida.
Read Florida Medicaid message. |
Hear it Here!!
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FPS Spring 2010 Meeting
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Florida Psychiatric Society
has developed 30-60 second Public Service Announcements on various
mental health topics available for listening or download. FPS also has
prepared a number of Brief Conversation interviews with noted experts
ranging from 15 to30 minutes on various topics of interest to
psychiatrists. These files can be downloaded in mp3 format.
Click Here to
make your selection or
go to Hear it Here on the left side bar menu. |
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Board of
Medicine: What's New |
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Members who would like to
keep up on the latest from the Board of Medicine can find it
here. |
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New Website
Design |
Tampa
Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina |
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design is still a work-in-progress as we test it on different monitors,
browsers etc. The goal has been to make it consistent with the
rest of the "FPS look." Not all functionality has been retained at
present and some areas that have not been modified will be changed
shortly. Hopefully the website will be fully functional within a
few weeks as we prepare for additional changes down the road. |
The FPS
Spring Council and CME Meeting will be April 30 to May
2, 2010 at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina. Put the meeting on
your calendar and look here for additional information
during the fall and winter. For preliminary
information and hotel reservation
click here.
See our
Patrons list on the
Scientific Meetings page. |
| NAMI Florida
Opposes Recent Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Florida Action |
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In a letter to BCBSFL
Vice President of Network Management Barry Schwartz, MD, NAMI
Florida asks that recent actions that are "discriminatory and verging on
unethical" be rescinded. To read the letter (pdf)
click here. |
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CME
Information Update |
FPS Clinical
Research Directory |
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As was the case
previously, the CME courses required for re-licensure of MDs and DOs in
Florida are not the same. This is because two separate licensing boards
govern the practice of medicine and osteopathic medicine in Florida.
For more info
click
here. |
A goal of the
recently-developed FPS Clinical Research Committee has been to publish a
directory showing who is performing clinical trials and research, and
how to contact them. The directory will be updated monthly or as
needed. Click here
to access the Directory. Click the Acrobat icon below to download
Adobe Acrobat.
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Florida
Psychotherapeutic Medication Guidelines For Children and Adolescents and
for Adults |
Please note the following resources available to psychiatrists and other
physicians prescribing psychotherapeutic medications to children and
adolescents and for adults. Florida Psychiatric Society members have
participated in development of the guidelines and the medical advisory
committee which has commented on implementation of the Medicaid Drug
Therapy Management Program for Behavioral Health, a program designed to
review data on prescribing patterns of psychiatrists, pediatricians and
other physicians treating patients with medications primarily in the
categories of antidepressants, antipsychotics and ADHD medications.
Click Here.
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Position
of the Florida Psychiatric Society Regarding Incarceration of Persons
with Severe Mental Illness |
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In the past judges throughout Florida have brought public attention to
the problem of people in Florida with severe mental illnesses who sit in
our state jails. In fact, one Pinellas County Judge threatened to hold
the Secretary of Florida's Department of Children and Families (DCF) in
contempt if the agency did not provide a more appropriate setting for
this population. The Florida Psychiatric Society appreciates that
judges throughout the state are alerting our citizens to the plight of
these inmates. Jail is not a place to treat persons with severe mental
illnesses. For
More Click Here. |
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APA Dues
Payment Policy Change |
APA HIPAA
Info |
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check here for
important news about a change in the way FPS/APA dues are collected.
Florida Psychiatric Society now bills dues through the American
Psychiatric Association. Go to
www.psych.org and sign in to the member's section to pay your annual
dues. |
Complete
HIPAA info is available online now in both PDF and Word formats from
APA (click
here). You can also check the
HIPAA website for the Department
of Health and Human Services as well as their regional helpline
number: 866-627-7748.
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Members Write
Books |
Members Only
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You may order member/author
books online through Amazon.com. If you have written a book, submit
information to the Webmaster for consideration.
(Reviews) |
Members may
go to the Members Only section for
a current list of
2008-2009FPS Committee Members. If you do not have the Members Only
password, please contact the FPS office.
Members may also read a Memo
from Government Counsel Jim Daughton on the Legislative Action page.
Legislative Action is available to members only. |
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CyberTransference |
Obituaries |
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Newsletter online updated.
Click on
CyberTransference Another
issue will be here before you know it! |
Look here for member
obituaries. Notify FPS office when you know of the death of an FPS
member.
(Click Here). |
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More
New Stores: Shop Anytime!!
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New AHCA Rule
Effective April 25 |
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Florida Psychiatric Society
provides direct links to a number of carefully selected online stores
for the convenience of our members who make internet purchases.
Purchases made from Internet affiliate stores hyper linked directly from
this FPS Web Site earn FPS a commission while saving you money and time.
Always link to the internet store from this Web Site in order to direct
the commission to FPS.
Go to our Online Shopping
page to see all of the possibilities! When you visit Amazon be sure to
check out all the additional "stores" available within the Amazon store:
Nordstrom, Marshall Fields, Gap, Babies R Us, Target and many more! If
you can't find it within the FPS listings let the webmaster know and we
will try to find a way for you to order it through our site. |
Effective April 25th, 2008,
Medicaid will require a prior authorization for atypical anti-psychotics
for children under the age of six years. The prior authorization request
form will be posted on the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)
website prior to April 25th, 2008. You may access the form on the AHCA
website at:
http://ahca.myflorida.com/Medicaid/Prescribed_Drug/
If you have questions or require assistance in submitting a prior
authorization request, please contact the fiscal agent at 800-603-1714
or Medicaid Pharmacy Services at 850-487-4441.FPS-INTOUCH
Listserv
Members who would like to
be included on the FPS Listserv can
email the office and request that they be added. |
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The
Partnership for Prescription Assistance brings together America’s
pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care providers, patient
advocacy organizations and community groups to help qualifying patients
who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through the
public or private program that’s right for them. Many will get them free
or nearly free. Its mission is to increase awareness of patient
assistance programs and boost enrollment of those who are eligible.
Through this site, the Partnership for Prescription Assistance offers a
single point of access to more than 275 public and private patient
assistance programs, including more than 150 programs offered by
pharmaceutical companies. To access the Partnership for Prescription
Assistance by phone, you can call toll-free, 1-888-4PPA-NOW
(1-888-477-2669).
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Florida Psychiatric Society is grateful to The Psychiatrists' Program
for their generous support of this Web Page with an unrestricted
educational grant. |
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Contact Information |
Margo S.
Adams,
Executive Director
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Telephone
(850) 222-8404 |
Bonnie Toole,
Associate Director |
FAX
(850) 224-8406 |
Jan
Starnes
Administrative Services |
Postal
address
521 East Park Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida 32301-2524 |
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Electronic
mail
General Information:
FPS@floridapsych.org
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