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Feb. 16, 2021 Committee and Board Meetings
Please join us for our next virtual Board and committee meetings on Tuesday, February 16 via Zoom. All FCEP members are invited to attend. February 16 Agenda: 8:00-8:55 am: Membership & Professional Development Join Zoom Meeting One tap mobile:...
FCEP Testifies on SB 54: Motor Vehicle Insurance (PIP repeal)
On Tuesday, January 26, Executive Director Jon Dolan traveled to Tallahassee to testify on behalf of SB 54 (Motor Vehicle Insurance), which seeks to replace Florida’s personal injury protection (PIP) coverage system with bodily injury (BI) coverage. Under PIP,...
Join Us at EMRIS 2021
FCEP will be hosting its fifth Emergency Medicine Reimbursement & Innovation Summit on February 25-26, 2021. This year’s virtual meeting will again deliver AMA Category I CreditsTM along with relevant and meaningful discussions on issues affecting all emergency...
The Law isn’t Working: Winter 2021
FCEP believes it is extremely important to prevent “surprise bills” from being sent to patients who have been treated in an emergency department. These surprise bills are a result of “balance billing,” or the practice of when a practitioner sends a patient a bill for...
The Synergy of Revenue Cycle Management and Practice Management
Every Emergency Medicine group practice must deal with many complex business issues, due to many fluid parts and ever-changing details. In addition to optimizing your practice from a Revenue Cycle Management perspective, we often find that there is opportunity for...
Busting Myths About the New Coronavirus Vaccines
Now that the U.S. Presidential Election is in the rear view mirror, we are left to deal with the stark realizations of how divided we are as a country. I am trying to set aside the fact that political differences in this country are legion in their magnitude. However,...
Finding Joy in Work: A Story of Resilience and Wellness
After the pandemic began, a friend of mine who manages student learners said to me, “no one is happy right now.” Most of us in emergency medicine just experienced one of our toughest years. We have all been dealt many hardships by living “a new normal,” which is...
Until the Monitor Alarms: Pain, Death and COVID-19
“Mom, when can we go see Grandpa?” The truth was that Mom did not know. How could she tell Johnny that his grandpa’s heart was not functioning well, his lungs were filling with fluid, that he did not recognize his own children, let alone his grandchildren? Johnny...
Winter 2021: Daunting Diagnosis
Question: A 64-year-old male, who is a heavy smoker, presents to the ED with acute mouth pain. He states that he has been under tremendous stress and has not been caring for himself lately. The patient complains that his gums are tender and have been bleeding. His...
Fun & Games: Using Gamification to Engage Multi-generational Learners
Many factors can influence the effectiveness of medical education. Learners respond to educational strategies differently, and there is a generational dimension as to how these strategies are delivered and received. A generation is defined by a set period in which,...
