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February 24, 2017 Christopher L. Nuland, JD The calendar may only say February, but legislators and lobbyists made this past week the most eventful and challenging “Committee Week” in recent years. Officially, the House and Senate Committees were busy.  On Tuesday, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee advanced bills to eliminate most retroactive denials (SB 102) and to make HMOs liable for medical malpractice when they make medical decisions (SB262).  At the exact same time, the Senate...

Dear Fellow FSPS Members: This past week was a momentous one for Florida Plastic Surgery, both in the courts and in the legislature. FSPS Opposes Unsupervised Nurses Injecting Fillers The FSPS this week filed a Motion to Intervene in a Board of Nursing Declaratory Statement. The FSPS position is that Florida law does not support a registered nurse injecting facial fillers without the direct supervision and involvement of a supervising physician. Florida House Moves Major Legislation While the...

By Chris Nuland, FSPS Counsel The 2017 Legislative Season is in full swing, with both the House and Senate completing the second week of Committee hearings this week. While few bills were actually acted upon, battle lines have begun to form on numerous issues of interest to physicians. For instance, we have already received commitments from legislators to file our legislation to better regulate medical spas, and bills have already been filed that would prohibit insurers from removing drugs...