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BOARD OF GOVERNORS ’ HIGHLIGHTS MAY 12 , 2017
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Outgoing President John Roberts , MD , presented outgoing Board Chair Robert Couch , MD , MBA , with an art piece created by Flame Run honoring his incredible service to GLMS . ( photo to right ) “ Bob , it has been a pleasure as you led this board for the past year , and the years before that as president and president-elect . You ’ ve been a very hard act to follow .”
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Dr . Jeffrey Goldberg gave the Board an update on changes to the Centralized Application Processing Service ( CAPS ) which issues credentials to physicians in the region . Dr . Goldberg has volunteered as a consultant for GLMS to help right the CAPS boat as the service is reimagined from the ground up . Estimates within the organization are anticipating an early autumn release of a whole new credentialing program using the latest technology . “ The current staff is running processes to the best of their ability , but it ’ s like asking them to run a bus company and only giving them horse and buggies ,” said Dr . Goldberg who , along with GLMS representatives , met with leaders of the major hospital systems in Louisville to inform them of the major changes coming . “ We have a good sense of what success looks like .”
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GLMS Public Relations & Membership Specialist McKenna Byerley gave the annual membership report . Statistics from this report include :
- GLMS membership has increased by 194 since late 2016
- Total membership is currently 3,580 with 2,012 active .
- 100 % of both Baptist Health and KentuckyOne physicians are members .
- 88 % of Norton Healthcare and 49 % of UL Physicians are members .
- There are 59 members who are delinquent on their membership dues as of today .
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The Board passed a motion to drop the members who are delinquent . Those physicians will receive a notification that they have been dropped as a GLMS member but with encouragement to join again in the near future .
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The GLMS Foundation will host a happy hour event for physicians at Against the Grain Brewery on June 15 from 5 to 7 p . m . More information will be sent to physicians soon , so be on the lookout !
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Incoming President-Elect Wayne Tuckson , MD , reported that the Health Department is working to create a CME course dedicated to education on prescribing opiates .
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Erica Sutton , MD , founder of Surgery on Sunday Louisville , Inc ., reported the organization continues to grow . Two facilities in Indiana are interested in hosting Surgery on Sunday events , and interest has spread to Alabama and Massachusetts . Surgery on Sunday Louisville , Inc . was recently named as an Honoree recipient of the 2017 “ 80 % by 2018 National Achievement Award ,” an award created by the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable to recognize individuals and organizations who are dedicating their time , talent and expertise to advancing needed initiatives that support the shared goal to regularly screen 80 % of adults 50 and over by 2018 .
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Before the meeting came to an end , Dr . Couch thanked the Board for its service and said , “ We were a great organization 3 years ago and we ’ re a great organization today . Thank you for everything you ’ re doing for our society . I know we ’ re in good hands .”
GLMS MISSION - Promote the science , art and profession of medicine ; Protect the integrity of the patient-physician 2 relationship ; Advocate for the health and well-being of the community ; Unite physicians regardless GLMS of practice NEWS setting APRIL to 2017 achieve these ends .