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Our Mission |
Start Planning
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We are a professional association committed to
continuously improving the ability of our more than
1,000 psychiatrist members to provide quality
treatment for persons with mental illnesses.
Florida Psychiatric Society is the professional
organization for all of Florida's psychiatrists
from Key West to Pensacola.
The
activities of the FPS are coordinated from our staff office in
Tallahassee, Florida. The Council
directs the activities of the Executive Director. Staff duties in support of
those activities are then assigned by the Executive Director. The FPS also
contracts for the services of our Government Relations Consultant, the
registered lobbyist for the society.
For additional information, click on the
About FPS
button at the left.
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TradeWinds
Island Grand Resort--St. Pete Beach, Florida
The FPS Spring Council and
CME Meeting will be March 20-22, 2009 at the St. Pete Beach TradeWinds
Island Grand Resort. Check back for more information later. |
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CME
Information Update |
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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. |
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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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Memorandum on
Medicaid Reform Plan |
Position
of the Florida Psychiatric Society Regarding Incarceration of Persons
with Severe Mental Illness |
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Jim Daughton has prepared a memorandum
that summarizes the Medicaid
Reform Plan that is the subject of the upcoming special session of the
legislature. Please go to the Members Only
section to review this Legislative Update. If you are a member of FPS and do not have a
password you will have to contact the Tallahassee office and verify your
membership. |
In the past several weeks
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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Hear it
Here!! |
New
AHCA Rule Effective April 25 |
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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.
For latest
NPI information click here. |
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. |
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APA Dues
Payment Policy Change |
Opting Out of
Medicare |
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Please
check here for important news about a
change in the way FPS/APA dues are collected. |
A physician who opts out of Medicare agrees
not to see any Medicare patients (barring emergencies or urgent services),
except for those with whom he/she has entered into private contracts, for a
period of two years.
(more of article here). |
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Members Write
Books |
Pay Your APA
and FPS Dues Now!! |
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member/author books online through Amazon.com. If you have written
a book, submit information to the Webmaster for consideration.
(Reviews) |
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. |
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Advertise
With Us |
Attention FPS Members |
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Ads are available on this web site. Please contact the FPS office for
rates. And click here! |
Please visit our new
Members Only section
for a current list of 2007-2008 FPS Committee Members. If you do not have
the Members Only password, please contact the FPS office. |
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Legislative
Action |
APA HIPAA Info
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Members may now read a Memo from Government Counsel Jim Daughton on the
Legislative Action page. Legislative
Action is available to members only. |
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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Obituaries |
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Look here for member obituaries. Notify FPS office when you know
of the death of an FPS member. (Click
Here). |
CyberTransference
Newsletter
online updated. Click on
CyberTransference Another
issue will be here before you know it! |
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More
New
Stores: Shop Anytime!!
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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. |
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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