Hot Topics Congress Overrides Presidential Veto for Medicare Cuts Congress voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to override President Bush's veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (H.R. 6331), allowing the bill to become law and protecting access to care for seniors, the disabled and military families. Click here for more information provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Physician Assistant Supervision Form All physicians MDs and DOs must notify the Council on Physician Assistants if a PA under their supervision is fired or is changing practices. A special form is available at the Department of Health website. For a Physician Assistant Supervision Form, please click here Below is the excerpt that addresses this issue in the Florida Administrative Code: 64B8-30.004 Change in Employment Status. (1) The supervising physician of any physician assistant who is terminated from employment or otherwise ends employment as a physician assistant shall notify the Council in writing within 30 days of such occurrence. (2) Each physician assistant shall submit changes to the Department on the form approved by the Council and Boards, and provided by the Department within 30 days of any change in employment status. (3) Upon any change in employment status the licensed physician assistant’s prescribing privileges shall immediately be stayed until such time as a new written agreement is entered into pursuant to Rule 64B8-30.007 or 64B15-6.0037, F.A.C., and a new form is filed with the Department.   Medicaid's Deadline for tamper-proof Rx pads is April 1 Beginning April 1, 2008, all written prescriptions for outpatient drugs prescribed to a Medicaid beneficiary must be on paper with at least one tamper-resistant feature as outlined by CMS. Beginning October 1, 2008 these same prescriptions must be on paper that meets all three baseline characteristics of tamper-resistant pads. For more information, visit the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Website - CMS Website Click here for recommended Rx Pad features.   Membership Directory for 2007-2008 The new Lee County Medical Society Membership Directory is now available at our office at 3805 Fowler Street Ste 2, Fort Myers, FL 33901. There is no cost for the Directory. Our office is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.