Patients Compensation Fund Oversight Board – Unexpired Term 1 Dr. Williams informed board members the LSMS had received a letter of resignation from Patrick 2 Breaux, MD from the Patients Compensation Fund Oversight Board effective December 31, 2020. Dr. 3 Breaux’s term officially expires on June 30, 2021 and as such his early resignation creates a 6-month 4 unexpired term. Dr. Williams then asked if there were any board members who were interested in 5 filling the unexpired portion of the term as there was not ample time to solicit and interview potential 6 nominees. Two board members volunteered, and another had a close colleague that was interested and 7 who he believed would be perfect for the temporary position. As such, the following motion was made:
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MOTION (APPROVED)
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SUBMIT TO NAMES OF DAVID BROUSSARD, MD, ROBERT NEWSOME, MD AND PAUL GUILLORY, MD TO THE GOVERNOR FOR CONSIDERATION AS NOMINEES TO FILL AN UNEXPIRED
TERM ON THE PCF OVERSIGHT BOARD.
Update – Ad hoc Committee – Independent Physicians
17 Dr. Williams provided a short summary of the committee’s initial meeting, which included defining an 18 Independent Physician as a MD or DO who is financially and administratively responsible for 19 maintaining and managing their practice. Additionally, the committee identified issues, concerns, and 20 problems unique to employed physicians and determined how the LSMS may potentially address these 21 issues. Members of the ad hoc committee are Vicki Steen, MD, Chair; Phil Jenkins, MD; Neal 22 Duplantier, MD; Gillian Redlich, MD; Lance Templeton, MD; Jason Rudd, MD and Katherine 23 Williams, MD (ex-officio). 26 Dr. Williams stated the outline and format of the employed physicians meeting was very similar to the 27 independent group. However, the key difference was the definition of an employed physician, which the 28 group determined to be a MD or DO who practices medicine in a setting, which is controlled externally 29 by a corporation, health system or larger entity and the physician maintains no ownership or partnership 30 within the corporation, health system or larger entity. Members of the committee include Bennett 31 Schmidt, MD, Chair; Deidre Stelly, MD; Chris Foret, MD; Amberly Nunez, MD; Patrick Massey, MD; 32 and Katherine Williams, MD (ex-officio). 24 25 Update – Ad hoc Committee – Employed Physicians 33 34 AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) Nominee 35 Dr. Jeff White, 4 th District Councilor and member of the LSMS Delegation to the AMA House of 36 Delegates, asked the board to consider nominating Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD to CEJA in 2021. Dr. 37 Sulmasy is the acting director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and a professor of Biomedical Ethics in 38 the department of medicine and philosophy at Georgetown University. After some discussion, the 39 following motion was made:
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MOTION (APPROVED)
DIRECT STAFF TO SUBMIT THE LSMS NOMINATION OF DANIEL P. SULMASY TO THE AMA COUNCIL ON ETHICAL AND JUDICIAL AFFAIRS AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME DURING 2021.
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