VOLUME 31, ISSUE 2

SUMMARY OF ACTIONS
TSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MAY 18, 2019

  1. Applauded Dr. G. Ray Callas for his election to the Executive Committee of TMA’s Board of Trustees.
  2. Recognized Bonnie Bruce and Craig Chick for their work during this legislative session.
  3. Praised Drs. Thomas Oliverson, Sherif Zaafran and John Zerwas for their work on Senate Bill 1264 which relates to consumer protections against medical and health care billing by out-of-network providers.
  4. Stressed the importance of the Society examining its lobbying and strongly encouraged that the Society consider bringing Mr. Craig Chick into its lobby team.
  5. Informed the members that the Honorable Suzanne Harrison from Draper, UT will be presenting the 2019 Betty P. Stephenson Lectureship.
  6. Announced that board members and committee chairs will all be asked to volunteer one to two shifts at the ASA PAC Booth during this year’s TSA Annual Meeting.
  7. Received updates from the Communications and Governmental Affairs Committees as well as from the TSAPAC and TSA Treasurer.
  8. Announced that June 20th is the ASA PAC’s National Day of Giving.
  9. Recognized Dr. Shannon Hancher-Hodges for the resolution she submitted to the American Academy of Pediatrics. The resolution addresses the use of the term “provider” when describing board-certified pediatricians.
  10. Requested that a resolution addressing the use of the term “provider” when referring to Anesthesiologists be submitted to the ASA.
  11. Prior to the May 18th meeting the Board approved and certified the following items:
    • The minutes of the January 26, 2019 Board of Directors Meeting;
    • The House of Delegates election results for 2019: and
    • The continuation of allowing the TSAPAC to purchase TSA Annual Meeting waivers at a twenty percent discount.
  12. Following the meeting the Board took the following actions:
    • Appointed the following to the TSA/ASA House of Delegates:
      • Michael R. Hicks, MD, ASA Delegate, Place 19;
      • Richard P. Dutton, MD, ASA Alternate Delegate, Place 12;
      • Stephen A. Sarmiento, MD, TSA Alternate Delegate, District 10, Place 1; and
      • Dawn Yan, MD, TSA Alternate Delegate, District 10, Place 3.
    • Approved proposed revisions to TSA Bylaws Sections 9.1; 9.215; 9.2151; and 9.2152.
    • Approved Sunday, April 26th and Monday, April 27th as the dates for the 2019 TSA Anesthesiologists Days at the Capitol.

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