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News & Press

Most of FPS' important news can be found in our monthly E-Connect newsletters. Members can view our E-Connect archive, here! If you are not a member but would like to receive FPS updates, you can join our FPS Friends email list here.

News relating to state legislation and advocacy can be found at our Legislative Update archives.

Below are some highlights from our Newsletters, as well as interim updates. You can click on the blue headings to read the full article.

FPS News
Thursday, April 24, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) RIPPLE registration is now open! » RIPPLE registration is now open! The Florida Psychiatric Society's leadership training program for psychiatric chief r...
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Call for Poster Abstracts now open! » FPS Resident-Fellow Members (RFMs) are invited to submit abstracts for the John E. Adams Psychiatry RFM Scholars Poster...
Monday, August 26, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Secure Your Hotel Room for the FPS Fall CME Meeting » The room block for the 2024 Fall Meeting & Expo at the Hyatt Regency is almost sold out , reserve your room as soon a...
Monday, May 6, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) UF Residency Team wins 2024 APA MindGames! » Congratulations to the residency team from @uf_psychresidency for becoming the 2024 @apapsychiatric MindGames Champions! R...
Friday, August 4, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Book your room for the Fall CME Meeting » We are looking forward to seeing you at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, October 6-8, 2023. Book your room prio...
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News Relating to Practice
Friday, September 5, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Florida Medical Association on Childhood Vaccinations and Immunizations » For Immediate Release: Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025 Press Inquiries: Christina Johnson , christina@on...
Monday, July 21, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Background Screening Required For All Physicians » New Background Screening Requirements Now Apply to All Physicians Effective July 1, 2025 , all...
Saturday, March 1, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Protect Critical NIH Research Funding » Protect Critical NIH Research Funding On February 7th, the Trump administration announced a new policy to cap facilit...
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) NEW Event for Early Career Psychiatrists » Join us for a new program where seasoned early-career colleagues share the real stories and lessons they wish they’d kno...
Thursday, December 5, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Telemedicine prescribing flexibilities extended through 2025 » The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have issued...
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Legislation and Advocacy
Friday, June 13, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) The 2025 legislative session has been extended, again. » The Florida Legislature has once again extended the 2025 legislative session—this time until June 18, 2025 —to finali...
Monday, March 3, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) Tell Congress to Protect Medicaid » Tell Congress to Protect Medicaid Congress is considering several proposals to cut Medicaid in its budget reconcil...
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Protect Patients from Step Therapy Protocols » Please take a moment to Send a Message your member of Congress and Senator to support H.R. 2630/S.652 to req...
Monday, September 9, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Help Pass the Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act » If you have not yet done so, urge your member of Congress to support H.R. 2474 , the Strengthening Medicar...
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 Comments Now Open for Proposed Fee Schedule » Comments Now Open for Proposed Fee Schedule The proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule has incorporate...
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Classified Ads
Sunday, June 1, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Psychiatry Practice for Sale – Pinellas County » An established psychiatry practice in Pinellas County is now available for purchase due to the owner’s upcoming retirement...
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) The FSU Mood and Anxiety Center of Excellence Inaugural Event » FSU College of Medicine Presents The FSU Mood and Anxiety Center of Excellence Inaugural Event Featuring Gues...
Thursday, December 12, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Independent Evaluators Needed » The Professionals Resource Network (PRN), a State of Florida's Impaired Practitioners Program, is seeking independent eval...
Thursday, June 30, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Psychiatry Redefined » Founded by integrative psychiatrist, Dr. James Greenblatt, Psychiatry Redefined is an educational platform o...
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News from APA
Friday, June 27, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) APA 2025 Federal Advocacy Conference: Registration is Open » Registration is open for APA’s 2025 Federal Advocacy Conference, on October 6-7 in Washington, D.C. This is a pivotal mome...
Monday, June 23, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Serve on the APA Board of Trustees » Interested in Serving on the APA Board of Trustees? Tuesday, July 8 \| 8 - 9 p.m. ET Join APA for this vi...
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Editors needed for 2 APA journals » Focus Seeks Next Editor in Chie f Focus, APA’s quarterly clinical review journal, is accepting applications for i...
Friday, May 30, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Telehealth Providers: Input Needed » Telehealth Providers: Input Needed New CPT codes (98000-98015) for telehealth services were introduced on Jan. 1, b...
Thursday, May 1, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) APA's Looking Beyond Series: Mental Health Equity Fireside Chats » Join our very own, Ludmila DeFaria, MD, DFAPA and other multidisciplinary experts on May 7 th at...
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CME Activity
Thursday, March 13, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Webinar: Inform & Empower Healthcare Professionals » Inform & Empower Healthcare Professionals Join the FMA and Krithika Iyer, MD on March 13, 2025 at ...
Friday, November 15, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) CME Course - Mind Meets Machine: Technological Innovations and AI in Psychiatry » San Diego Psychiatric Society is pleased to announce that REGISTRATION is OPEN for our upcoming "AI" CME Course scheduled...
Friday, November 1, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Updates in Diagnostics and Therapeutics in Alzheimer's Dementia » Webinar: Updates in Diagnostics and Therapeutics in Alzheimer's Dementia Wednesday, Nov. 13 \| 2 – 3:30...
Thursday, October 3, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) FMA Webinar-Healthcare law you should know » Postponed - Healthcare law you should know, Oct. 8 at noon* Due to the imminent threat of Hurricane Milto...
Saturday, September 21, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Disaster Psychiatry: A Brief Introduction, hosted by NYCPS » Join NYCPS Disaster Psychiatry: A Brief Introduction Presenter: Grant H. Brenner, MD, DFAPA...
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