THE WEEKLY DOSE

Dec. 25, 2016

Vol. 5, No. 50

In this Issue…

2017 Board of Directors

Please RSVP for BCMS Officer Installation

Support BCMS Circle of Friends Sponsors

MedPro Group

First Command

2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2017 Bexar County Medical Society Board of Directors
	PRESIDENT Leah H. Jacobson, MD Pediatrics
	PRESIDENT-ELECT Sheldon G. Gross, MD Child Neurology
	VICE PRESIDENT Adam V. Ratner, MD Radiology
	TREASURER John Robert Holcomb, MD Pulmonary Disease
	SECRETARY Gerald Q. Greenfield, Jr., MD, PA Orthopedic Surgery
	IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Jayesh B. Shah, MD Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine
	Rajaram Bala, MD, PA Plastic Surgery 2^nd Full Term 2016-2018
	Josie Ann Cigarroa, MD Psychiatry 1^st Term 2015-2017
	Kristi G. Clark, MD Internal Medicine 1^st Term 2015-2017
	Vincent Paul Fonseca, MD Public Health 1^st Term 2017-2019
	Michael Joseph Guirl, MD Gastroenterology 1^st Term 2017-2019
	John W. Hinchey, MD Orthopedic Surgery 1^st Term 2016-2018
	John Joseph Nava, MD Family Medicine 1^st Term 2015-2017
	Gerardo Ortega, MD Vascular Surgery BCMS Foundation President
	David M. Siegel, MD, JD Internal Medicine 1^st Term 2017-2019
	Bernard T. “Buddy” Swift, Jr., DO, MPH Occupational Medicine 2^nd Term 2016-2018
	MILITARY REP. Col. Bradley A. Lloyd, DO Infectious Diseases
	MED SCHOOL REP. Ronald Rodriguez, MD Interim Dean, UTHSCSA School of Medicine Urology
	MED SCHOOL REP. Carlos Alberto Rosende, MD Ophthalmology
	MED SCHOOL REP. Robyn Phillips-Madson, DO, MPH
	ALLIANCE REP. Lori Boies, PhD Alliance President
	BOARD OF CENSORS CHAIR Arthur D. Cortez, MD Neurology, Neuroradiology
	BOARD OF MEDIATIONS CHAIR Rodolfo Molina, MD Rheumatology
	LEGAL COUNSEL George F. "Rick" Evans, Jr.
	BCMS CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Stephen C. Fitzer

PLEASE RSVP FOR INSTALLATION

BCMS Officer Installation

Honoring incoming presidents

Dr. Leah Jacobson, 2017 BCMS President

and

Lori Boies, 2017 BCMS Alliance President

Saturday, January 28, 2017

Reception 6 p.m. – Dinner and Program 7 p.m.

Mays Family Center

The Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway St.

Click here to RSVP

TMA RESOLUTIONS

Attention BCMS members:

It’s not too early to be thinking about resolutions…New Year resolutions…BCMS resolutions….

All kidding aside, if you have any issues you would like the BCMS Delegation to TMA to consider regarding changes in policy or a stance you would like them to take on a particular issue, click the link below for a sample form you can use to get started now with your draft. The BCMS Delegation to TMA will meet in early February to review any resolutions submitted for consideration. The deadline to submit your draft resolutions to BCMS is Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017.

To submit your draft resolutions or if you need assistance with drafting your resolution ideas, please contact Mary Nava, BCMS chief government affairs officer and delegation liaison at mary.nava@bcms.org.

Click Here for Resolution form

YOUR INPUT NEEDED

The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) seeks informal input from workers’ compensation system participants concerning potential categories for the CY 2017 Medical Quality Review Annual Audit Plan (Annual Plan).

As a reminder, the Annual Plan sets the priorities for audits the Medical Quality Review Panel (MQRP) will initiate during the upcoming per Section IV of Annual Plan. This includes the scope, methodology, selection criteria, and program area responsibilities described in the medical quality review process (Process).

Information about the Process and Annual Plans are posted on the TDI website at http://www.tdi.texas.gov/wc/hcprovider/medadvisor.html.

For more information click here.

SPACE FOR LEASE