Dear Colleague, Your membership in the Connecticut Orthopaedic Society was vital to our collective success in 2011, including hard won legislation to guarantee reimbursement for preauthorized services and holding the trial lawyers at bay by running out the legislative clock for a proposed change to the certificate of merit legislation that would have weakened the standards for expert testimony.
Your ongoing support will be critical to our mission in 2012. Your continued involvement enables our Society to project a strong, unified voice in state and national issues. The COS is the ONLY in-state organization that has as its sole objective, the interests of the orthopaedic surgeon. In 2012, your Society will continue to work diligently on your behalf with the following activities and focus:
Legislative – Working with the Society's lobbyist and members' fundraising efforts has guaranteed the Society a seat at the legislative table with upcoming debates and decisions including, protecting the certificate of merit language, seeking meaningful liability reform and working to obtain collective bargaining for physicians. We will continue to safeguard the practice of medicine and assist the Society's members with presentations at public hearings, bill tracking and meetings with key legislators.
Worker's Compensation – Continue an open dialogue with the Commission and key legislators to discuss an update of current treatment guidelines and in office prescription dispensing.
Programs for Your Practice - Educational seminars are offered at reduced rates with continuing education credits. Don't miss the Coding Workshop scheduled for March 14, 2012 at the Farmington Marriott. This popular workshop is half the cost of similar programs and beginning in 2012 attendees will receive CME credits.
Annual Meeting & CMEs - Provide educational opportunities and CME credits at the Society's Annual Meeting. This year's event will be held on May 11, 2012, at the Farmington Marriott Hotel and will offer informative clinical sessions from renowned speakers and more.
Communicate and update members with the Society's website (www.ctortho.org), online newsletters,"Backbone" and new this year, valuable legal services, articles and alerts provided by Barry B. Cepelewicz, M.D., Esq., Meiselman, Denlea, Packman, Carton & Eberz P.C.
Your Society works diligently to be the collective representative for orthopaedists and their practice and we have been able to keep the dues for 2012 at $250.00, which includes admission to the Annual Meeting with CME credits, reduced rates for coding workshops, legislative and regulatory representation and much more. Please complete the online Membership Renewal form or download and mail dues with payment (for your convenience, we accept MasterCard or VISA). Thank you.
