TSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SUMMARY OF ACTIONS JANUARY 26, 2014

  1. Announced that video conferencing will be offered for the May 4, 2014 Board of Directors Meeting.
  2. Reiterated that the TSA database will never be used for political purposes.
  3. Approved motion to accept Dr. Susan Curling’s resignation as TSA Speaker of the House and
    appoint Dr. G. Ray Callas as the Speaker.
  4. Informed the Board that per the TSA Bylaws the Executive Committee will appoint an Interim
    Vice-Speaker and that the House of Delegates will have an opportunity to approve or disapprove the
    appointment in September.
  5. Applauded Dr. John Scott, Jr. for organizing a reception for Greg Abbott on December 2, 2013.
  6. Charged Drs. Christopher Cook and Evan Pivalizza with organizing a question and answer session
    for residents during the TSA Annual Meeting Resident Reception.
  7. Approved the following House of Delegates appointments:
    • Carlos Nicholas Lee, MD, Delegate, District 3, Place 12;
    • Arsia Dabiri, MD, Alternate Delegate, District 3, Place 3;
    • C. Thomas Porter, Jr., MD, Alternate Delegate, District 5, Place 3;
    • Connie K. Tran, MD, Delegate, District 7, Place 12;
    • Davide Cattano, MD, Alternate Delegate, District 7, Place 11;
    • Stacy L. Norrell, MD, Alternate Delegate, District 7, Place 12;
    • Ricardo R. Mora, MD, Delegate, District 8, Place 7;
    • Derek M. Schoppa, MD, Alternate Delegate, District 8, Place 7; and
    • Omeed Khodaparast, MD, Alternate Delegate, District 10, Place 10.
  8. Approved the following Administrative Affairs Committee recommendations:
    • Employee compensation adjustments;
    • A decrease in the employee benefit budget line to compensate for the salary adjustments;
    • The reinstatement of the Staff Development budget line in the amount of $2000; and
    • Staff bonuses.
  9. Approved proposed Bylaws revisions to Article 9.200 Committee on Annual and Interim Meetings.
    The proposed revisions will be printed in the January 2014 issue of the TSA Bulletin.
  10. Recognized the TSA Communications Committee and Tina Haggard, TSA Webmaster for their
    efforts in refreshing the TSA website.
  11. Approved motion to release up to $10,000 to update the website and database, pending review of
    proposed logistics by the TSA President and Executive Director; and that the website is reviewed
    every 5 years at a minimum for potential enhancement.
  12. Informed members that the 2014 Interim Meeting will be divided equally into scientific and practice
    management topics; and that beginning in 2015 the Interim Meeting will be a practice management
    conference only, held in conjunction with TexMed. The 2014 Annual Meeting’s theme will be
    “Ambulatory, Office-Based and OR Anesthesia”.
  13. Approved motion to proceed with a new commercial rate survey, and that it be performed by Blough
    & Associates.
  14. Updated members on:
    • Truth & Transparency Bill – Is pending the rule making phase;
    • Local Anesthesia Bill – The Texas Medical Board adopted rules implementing legislation
      pertaining to the regulation of local anesthetics in office-based practice settings. TMB
      exempted Mohs surgical procedures from the application of these rules; and
    • CMS opinion letter dated November 18, 2013, which says, if a participating hospital’s anesthesia
      standard of care is based on an anesthesiologist/CRNA team approach, Medicare regulations
      require that this standard be met for all cases where anesthesia care is delivered in the hospital.

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