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FSP signs onto letter to encourage sponsors to Local Coverage Determination (LCD) bill, US HR5721

FSP signs on to cosponsor H.R. 5721, the Local Coverage Determination and Clarification Act in collaboration with the College of American Pathologists (CAP).

FSP President Speaks to AP Faculty at Moffit

FSP President, Margaret Neal was invited by Dr. Anthony Magliocco, chair of the Anatomic Pathology department at Moffitt to speak to the AP faculty on July 6 in Tampa on "What FSP is Doing for the Florida Pathologist".

Balance Billing and Preferred Provider Organizations

Prior to 2016, the laws that regulated balance billing with regard to enrollees of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) did not apply to preferred provider organizations (PPOs). The basic rule in section 641.3154, Florida Statutes - If an HMO is liable for services rendered to a subscriber by a provider, regardless of whether a contract exists between the organization and the provider, the organization is liable for payment of fees to the provider and the subscriber is not liable for payment of fees to the provider – applied only in the HMO context. Physicians who did not participate in their patient’s PPO were free to balance bill the patient when the insurance company did not pay the physician’s full charge.

FSP Endorses Rebecca L. Johnson, MD and Ronald Giffler, MD in upcoming election at FMA

FSP is proud to announce that it will endorse Rebecca L. Johnson, MD as candidate for delegate for AMA House of Delegates and Ronald F. Giffler, MD as candidate for delegate for FMA Vice President.