2012 Council Election Slate
The IPS nominating Committee, chaired by Immediate Past President, Jagannathan Srinivasaraghavan, MD, has nominated the members of the society to join the IPS Council for the 2012-2013 year.
The following candidates have been nominated for the following positions:
Click here to view the list.
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***ADVOCACY ALERT***
House To Consider Medical Malpractice Bill, Repeal Of IPAB.
CQ (3/22, Jenks, Subscription Publication) reports, "The House is set to begin consideration today of a bill that would eliminate...the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)." It is attached to "a separate bill (HR 5) limiting malpractice awards" which "offers a fiscal offset that counters the higher health spending without the payment adjustment board."
The New Orleans Times-Picayune (3/21) reports, "House Republicans are taking another stab at changing health care policy. The House Wednesday is slated to begin debate on a GOP proposal to limit medical malpractice costs." The measure "would limit non-economic damages to $250,000, allow courts to limit attorney contingency fees and cap punitive damages to the greater of two times the economic losses, or $250,000." Numerous Democrats oppose the bill, including "some conservative Republicans who contend it would supersede state malpractice reform measures, including in Louisiana."
Other Advocacy Links:
Important Medicare Payment Changes
Governor Quinn Signs New Illinois Parity Bill!
IPS Passes New Parity Law
CMS Addresses APA Members' Concerns with E-Prescribing Incentive Program Proposed Rule
Political Presence: APA Values of Advocacy and Leadership
APA Advocacy Day Report
Blues Rescind Authorization Mandate after APA, District Branch ProtestHealth Reform, the 112th Congress, & the Courts
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IPS Members in the NEWS
IPS Leader speaks out at Mental Health Rally
Anna Costakis, MD and patient in photo to the left.
A political battle royal over the closing of three state mental hospitals is grabbing most of the attention, but beneath that struggle is a plan that would reshape psychiatric care in Illinois — and not, critics say, for the better. Click here for the full article.
Are Violent Video games a First Amendment Issue?
by IPS member, Louis Kraus, MD - On June 27, in a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a California law banning the sale of violent video games to children. The majority argument for the ruling was that banning the sale of these games to children is a violation of First Amendment rights protecting free speech. The California law would have imposed a $1,000 fine on stores selling violent video games to minors. Click here for the full article.
Congratulations to IPS member Franz Hinojosa, MD first-year child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at the University of Illinois, Chicago, who received one of the APA 2011-2013 Diversity Leadership Fellow Scholarships this year. He is interested in educating the Latino and other minority communities about mental healthcare. He will serve on the Council on Minority Mental Health and Health Disparities.
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