News
FEBRUARY 2015 · VOLUME 25 & ISSUE 2
A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE GREATER LOUISVILLE MEDICAL SOCIETY
WHAT’S INSIDE
Page 2 - Board of
Governors’
Highlights
Page 2 - Surgery
on Sunday
Changes
Page 3 - rmy Offers
A
Paid Tuition to
Med Students
Page 5 - Louisville
Physicians Take
Health Mission
to Nicaragua
Page 7 - LMS to Host
G
Medicaid MCO
Roundtable
VIEW THE 2015 GLMS
PROPOSED BALLOT
GLMS members have until Friday, Feb. 27, to review the proposed ballot of candidates for this
year’s GLMS election and, if they desire, submit
a petition to be added to the final ballot. The
proposed ballot was developed by the 2014-2015
Nominating Committee and sent to voter-eligible
members by e-mail on Feb. 1. Click here and
login to view the proposed ballot. Contact
[email protected] if you need assistance.
Candidates are presented for the following offices:
president-elect, vice president, treasurer, at-large
board members, Judicial Council, KMA delegates,
in-training delegates and the 2016 Nominating
Committee. Terms begin in June.
Any member not slated who desires to run for an
office may submit a petition containing the valid
Voting instructions for the online election will be
provided in March.
P&A TEAM HOSTS SUCCESSFUL
LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION
KMA PHYSICIANS’
DAY CANCELLED
The GLMS Policy & Advocacy Team hosted a legislative reception at the U of L Shelby campus on
Jan. 22, 2015.
The KMA Physicians’ Day in Frankfort, originally scheduled for Feb.
18, 2015, was cancelled in its entirety due to inclement weather.
The reception gave GLMS physicians the opportunity to meet face to face with state senators
and representatives to discuss the legislative issues most affecting their practices today. Nearly
a dozen Kentucky legislators visited the event
including members of both parties.
Consequently, our most effective
approach for reaching the capitol
will be phone calls to individual
legislators via the legislative message line, 1-800-372-7181.
For more information about the
current status of our priority bills
as well as the Jefferson County
members of the committees considering them, visit www.glms.org/
Default.aspx?PageID=595.
signatures of at least 199 active GLMS members
to the GLMS offices no later than the end of the
business day on Friday, Feb. 27. An official petition form is available here or you may call 502736-6338.
(left to right) Mary Helen Davis, MD, GLMS President Bruce
Scott, MD, and Frank Burns, MD, spoke to physicians and
legislators at the GLMS Legislative Reception
Although the 2015 legislative session is a short
one, only 30 days, physicians and legislators both
hope to make significant progress on several of
the most pressing issues. GLMS President Bruce
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