TSA BOARD OF DIRECTORSSUMMARY OF ACTIONS FEBRUARY 8, 2015

  1. Recognized Dr. Joseph F. Bryan as the Interim Director for District 1.
  2. Applauded Mr. Paul Pomerantz and Ms. Terri Howard for their assistance with the Board Retreat.
  3. Approved amending the Investment Policy Statement to reflect that the TSA will no longer maintain 5% of the funds in readily liquid cash assets.
  4. Approved motion to proceed with current contract negotiations between the TSA and Mr. Jaime Capelo, TSA Legislative Consultant. The final contract will reflect a renewal date of September 30, 2015; as well as approval by the Executive Committee, followed by approval of the Board of Directors at its May 2015 meeting.
  5. Approved motion to provide video conferencing options for the May 3, 2015 Board of Directors meeting.
  6. Approved a 2% merit bonus for Christina Bacak and Bonnie Bruce.
  7. Approved an annual cost of living increase for all employees of longer than one year duration. The increase for 2015 will be 3.2%.
  8. Approved motion that the Governmental Affairs Committee review, finalize and move forward with the proposed Bill drafted by Dr. John S. Scott, Jr. The Bill would require that if an anesthesiologist is present and available at a facility then the anesthesiologist should be the supervising physician and if not, the delegating physician retains liability for the procedure.
  9. Received a request that the Board of Directors be provided with details explaining how the Bill does not support QZ Billing.
  10. Approved motion to allow the Governmental Affairs Committee to refile a Truth and Transparency Bill.
  11. Charged Dr. Sherif Z. Zaafran with researching the necessary requirements, including financial impact, for establishing a Resident Physician Section.
  12. Charged Drs. Tim M. Bittenbinder, Thomas J. Oliverson and Sherif Z. Zaafran and Bonnie Bruce and Chris Bacak with reviewing options for obtaining or creating personal e-mail addresses for all resident and faculty members of the TSA.
  13. Approved the Executive Committee’s action to increase the budget line for the ASA Legislative Conference from $20,000 to $53,000.
  14. Agreed to review the contract between the TSA and Mr. Mike Toomey at the Board’s May 2015 meeting.
  15. Approved the minutes of the September 7, 2014 Board of Directors meeting as written.
  16. Approved the following House of Delegates appointments:
    • Don J. Daniels, MD, Delegate, District 3, Place 7
    • Adam S. Lipp, MD, Alternate Delegate, District 3, Place 7

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