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Delegates adopt new policies, elect officers
05.02.10

The KMS Annual Meeting was held last weekend in Wichita. On Friday, more than 200 physicians attended the KaMMCO-sponsored education program which focused on health information technology and the emergence of a health information exchange in Kansas. That evening, Craig Concannon, MD (Internal Medicine-Beloit) was installed as the KMS President for 2010-2011.

On Saturday, the KMS House of Delegates convened for its annual policy-making session. The delegates reaffirmed a number of current KMS policies including those which:

• endorsed KFMC as the QIO for Kansas

• expressed support for the development of community-based programs to improve access to health care

• expressed KMS opposition to both substance abuse and underage drinking

The House also debated and adopted several new policies, including:

• the endorsement of KMS participation in the establishment of a provider-led, statewide HIE

• an expression of support for the adoption of a new system to select Kansas Supreme Court Justices

• the creation of a new section on the KMS Council for Academic Physicians

• adoption of principles regarding medical spa facilities and the endorsement of legislation which would (when drafted) regulate medical spa facilities in Kansas

Additionally, the House approved two resolutions to be forwarded to the AMA for consideration at its Annual Meeting in June; one resolution addressed the issue of hospice services provided to Medicare beneficiaries and the other asks the AMA to work with relevant stakeholders to limit the amount of information required of residency directors when verifying a residents’ completion of the program. (Complete coverage of the resolutions adopted at the meeting will appear in the upcoming issue of our newsletter, Kansas Physician.)

The House also elected officers for the coming year; joining Dr. Concannon on the 2010-2011 Executive Committee will be: