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Welcome to the Members Area – Florida Society of Plastic Surgeons

Florida Society of Plastic Surgeons members are encouraged to explore the information and links on this page for items of interest to our group. If you have a specific question and you are an FSPS member, contact our office today for more information.

The Plastic Surgery Hyperguide
This is a FREE online innovative approach to global continuing medical education (CME).   The goal of this activity is to provide a FREE interactive study too and education resource for plastic surgeons, and professionals in the field of plastic surgery. This is available at www.plasticsurgery.hyperguides.com.

Florida Society of Plastic Surgeons 2010 Annual Meeting
The 2010 Annual Meeting will be at the Boardwalk Inn Resort in Disney World, November 11-14.

Summary of the 2008 "Pedigree Bill"

• Florida Society of Plastic Surgeons Position Statement - Scope of Practice
• Urgent Notice to Our Members
• What has FSPS done for you lately?
• FSPS Introduces a New Travel Website
• Medispas – ASAPS-ASPS Joint Position Statement
• Current Office Surgery Rule
• Waiver Seminars
• Legislative Updates 2007
• So you want to direct a medical spa?
• Privileged Peer Review
• Non-Members of FSPS
• New PIP Law Benefits Physicians
• Surgical Log Form

June 3, 2008 – Florida Society of Plastic Surgeons Position Statement - Scope of Practice (Disclosure of Licensure Status - Board Certification - Truth in Medical Education)

The Florida Society of Plastic Surgeons is committed ensuring that patients are fully informed of the credentials of their health care professionals. It is for this reason that the Society was a leading proponent of the Truth in Medical Education (TIME) Bill, which requires all Florida health care providers to disclose their licensure status prior to initiating any treatment. The TIME Bill also makes a legislative finding that there is a compelling state need to protect the public from misleading advertisements, including claims of "board certification" from sham organizations; this finding provides the legislative foundation to the Board of Medicine's rule that a physician may not claim board certification unless the board has received recognition from the American Board of Medical Specialties or the Florida Board of Medicine.

In the Society's estimation, meaningful board certification should require an ACGME-approved residency in that specialty. Therefore, the Florida Society of Plastic Surgeons continues to oppose any attempts to recognize agencies that claim to bestow "board certification" on those who have not undergone such a residency.

June 5, 2007 – Urgent Notice to Our Members
National Provider Identifier Dissemination Causes Concern

On May 30, 2007, CMS issued its National Provider Identifier ("NPI") Data Dissemination Notice in the Federal Register. The NPI, which is a unique 10-position identification number, is required of all health care providers as of May 27, 2007, including physicians who perform HIPAA-governed electronic billing.

Somewhat ironic is the fact that although the NPI is governed by HIPAA, the goal of which was to ensure the privacy of medical information, the NPI itself has been deemed to be a public record and is therefore scheduled to be made publicly available on June 28. The American Medical Association has publicly objected to this interpretation of the Freedom of Information Act, through which the public will have access to a free query-only database. 

As a result of the dissemination of this information, many physicians will want to delete from the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) any "optional" information that they may have given during the NPI application process, such as the physician's DEA number (information such as Social Security Numbers and dates of birth will not be provided). Unfortunately, CMS will allow such deletions only through the end of June, 2008, at which time the entire file will be made public.

Physicians seeking additional information should visit the CMS website.

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What Has FSPS Done for Your Lately?

The Florida Board of Medicine's Legislative, Rules, Surgical Care, and Quality Assurance Committees met recently with universally positive developments. The Florida Society of Plastic Surgeons has worked long and hard on all of these issues.

• With our support, the Surgical Care Committee passed an amendment to the Office Surgery Rule strengthening the training requirements to ensure that the surgeon has documented training comparable to board certification in the actual procedure being performed.

• The Implementing Rules for the TIME Bill went into effect January 16.

• The toughened rules for new accreditation agencies went into effect on January 30.

FSPS Introduces a New Travel Website

Explore the new travel website for the Florida Society of Plastic Surgeons – where your travel earns money for our organization.

Medispas – ASAPS-ASPS Joint Position Statement

Current Office Surgery Rule

Waiver Seminars

A waiver is an agreement with patients that caps non-economic damages at $250,000. FMA Waiver Seminars help explain legal issues and implementation processes.

Legislative Updates 2007

So You want to Direct a Medical Spa?

Privileged Peer Review

The Department of Health can now obtain Peer Review documents during investigations.

Non-Members of FSPS

If you would like to help the Florida Society of Plastic Surgeons, the best way is to recruit new members. There are almost twice as many non-FSPS-member plastic surgeons in the state as there are members; this fact means that your dues money buys advocacy for not just you, but also for non-members who are not paying dues at all. This list of surgeons by county includes all the non-FSPS plastic surgeons in the state about whom we are aware. If you know of others, please let the FSPS office know so that we can add non-members to the list for recruitment projects. Please review the list and choose a few names to target for recruitment.

New PIP Law Benefits Physicians

Surgical Log Form

Download and/or print the Surgical Log Form, which contains the information required by the Board of Medicine for surgeries performed in the office, as discussed at the 2007 Fall Forum.

Contact the Florida Society of Plastic Surgeons

If you have any further questions or concerns, please contact the FSPS office today. We are always happy to hear from our members.

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