Alert - Call to Action
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
ACTION REQUIRED
May 4, 2012
Dear FCMA Members:
On Thursday, May 3, an incredible event happened in the Connecticut General Assembly. Despite passage of an amendment last week in the Senate by a vote of 32 to 3, the House of Representatives rejected by a vote of 74 to 69 the same amendment that would have lowered the qualification requirements for medical experts who sign a Certificate of Merit in a medical liability legal action.
The Connecticut trial lawyers were handed an amazing defeat; but it is not over yet. FCMA received word the plaintiff lawyers are mounting a campaign to resurrect the bill for another vote before the 2012 legislative session ends at midnight on May 9.
Take five minutes over the next day or two and ask your State Senator and State Representative not to vote for any bill that would lessen the qualification requirements for medical experts who sign a Certificate of Merit in a medical liability legal action.
Tell your elected officials that CGS 52-190a should remain in its current form.
Contact your state elected officials.
Click here for background information.
See how the Senate and House voted on the amendment to the Certificate of Merit.
EVENTS
We have our most recent events displayed here as a reminder for everyone. For a complete list of events please check out our calendar of events for 2012; there doctors and their office staff will be able to view, as well as sign up for, future events.
- May 10: 220th FCMA Annual Meeting - Crowne Plaza Danbury - 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- May 19: Mandatory CME Training for Connecticut License Renewal - Continental Manor - 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- May 30: PQRS and ePrescribing - The Norwalk Inn & Conference Center - 12 Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Andrew J. Finnegan - Boston Region 1 Office of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - June 2: ShredFest - Riverview East Park Long (148 East Avenue, Norwalk) - 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- What Fairfield County Medical Association Has Done For You Lately
- FCMA organized a first-ever presidents forum whereby the volunteer heads of the hospital medical staff can meet to discuss mutual items of interest
- FCMA clarified for the members the unlabeled use of medications in the schools
- Initiated a special semi-annual social and business networking opportunity for the younger physicians in Fairfield County. The group is called the Young Physicians Network