VOL 177 | ISSUE 1 | SPRING 2025 CONTENTS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Jeff Williams
JOURNAL BOARD K. Barton Farris, MD Secretary/Treasurer, Richard Paddock, MD Anthony Blalock, MD
4 ACEP: LACK OF 24/7 ATTENDING PHYSICIAN COVERAGE IN US EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, 2022 11 2025 LSMS LEADERSHIP 12 ACP: LOUISIANA ACP HOSTS OVER 200 PHYSICIANS AND TRAINEES AT 2025 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING 13 CAMS: CAMS BLENDS CELEBRATION WITH SERVICE IN A MEMORABLE START TO 2025 14 CENTURY CLUB, HEALTHSYNC: PAYERS SHARE DATA, TOO! SEVEN INFORMATION EXCHANGE INSIGHTS TO KNOW 15 LAEPS: LAEPS ADVANCES OPHTHALMOLOGY THROUGH REGIONAL OUTREACH AND POLICY ENGAGEMENT IN 2025 16 LPMS: LAFAYETTE PARISH MEDICAL SOCIETY WELCOMES STATE OFFICIALS AND ELECTS 2025 LEADERSHIP 17 A PERFECT STORM THAT THREATENS MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES’ ACCESS TO CARE 19 LPMA: PSYCHIATRISTS GATHER IN NEW ORLEANS FOR LPMA & MPA SPRING MEETING FILLED WITH CME, COLLABORATION, AND COMMUNITY 21 LETTER TO CONGRESS AND US SENATE REGARDING MEDICAID CUTS 22 IMMUNIZATION RESOURCES 24 WHITE COAT WEDNESDAY: REGISRATION NOW OPEN! 25 NWLMS: THE OYSTER PARTY, CIRCA 1952 26 OPMS: A YEAR OF GROWTH, ADVOCACY, AND ENGAGEMENT 27 INCREASINGLY TENDER RIGHT HEEL MASS IN A YOUNG MALE 30 COUNTDOWN TO THE 2025 SESSION
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BOARD OF GOVERNORS President, Roderick Clark, MD Immediate Past President, Richard Paddock, MD President-Elect, Steen Trawick, MD Secretary - Treasurer, Amberly Nunez, MD Speaker, R. Reece Newsome, MD Vice Speaker, Katherine Williams, MD Col, Chair, Matthew Giglia, MD Ex Officio, Lampac, Chair, Susan Bankston, MD
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