LOUISIANA STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY
AM 2024 DESTIN
HOUSE OF DELEGATES
RESOLUTION 103
SUBJECT:
LSMS Policies to Reaffirm
INTRODUCED BY:
Steen Trawick, MD, Speaker Reece Newsome, MD, Vice Speaker
WHEREAS, the LSMS automatically schedules its policies to sunset every five years, and WHEREAS , to keep policies active, the House of Delegates must reaffirm them, therefore be it RESOLVED, that the following LSMS policies be reaffirmed. Health Care Delivery Models - Direct Primary Care The LSMS supports alternative practice models such as Direct Primary Care, which allow physicians to practice medicine in a manner which reduces burdens and administrative overhead created by third party payors. Authority Note: Added R305-14; reaffirmed R101-19 93.01 Retail Health Clinics - Retail Health Clinics 80.01 The LSMS supports the eight guidelines established by the AMA on June 13, 2006 for the operation of in-store Retail Health Clinics. For retail health clinics operating in Louisiana the medical providers of such health clinics, should adhere to the same standard of medical care as other licensed health care providers in the state and be subject to the licensure and oversight authority of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. The LSMS supports policies which require retail health clinics to disclose in a conspicuous manner the name of the collaborating physician associated with the retail clinic and whether the physician is licensed and domiciled in Louisiana. Any individual, company, or other entity that establishes and/or operates retail clinics should adhere to the following principles: 1) Retail clinics should have a well-defined and limited scope of clinical services, consistent with state scope of practice laws, and 2) Retail clinics should utilize a standard of care derived from evidence-based practice guidelines to insure patient safety and quality of care. Authority Note: R127-06; reaffirmed R101-11; amended R303-14; reaffirmed R101-19 100.10 Health Care Reform - Price Controls The LSMS is opposed to the imposition of price controls in our health care delivery system whether through fee controls, global budgets, expenditure targets, premium caps, percentage of payroll caps or any other method of price controls and supports the establishment of a more effective medical market to achieve cost effectiveness in our health care delivery system.
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