{"id":2361,"date":"2024-04-22T20:03:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T20:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.psva.org\/?p=2361"},"modified":"2024-04-22T20:03:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T20:03:21","slug":"apa-assembly-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.psva.org\/?p=2361","title":{"rendered":"APA Assembly Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Area 5 Council Meeting<\/strong>, <strong>American Psychiatric Association<\/strong><br><em>February 15-17, 2024<\/em><strong><br><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By John P.D. Shemo, MD, DLFAPA<br><\/strong><em>Medical Director,<br>Psychiatric Alliance of the Blue Ridge<br>Associate Clinical Professor,<br>University of Virginia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Area meeting was held virtually as APA reportedly did not have the funding to support in-person Area meetings due to limited annual meeting revenue and publications revenue.&nbsp; This past year, APA has also been the victim of cyber-crime, but we are told these funds are currently being recovered.&nbsp; As has been addressed in prior newsletters, the quality of the output of virtual council meetings is negatively impacted compared to in person meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Issues related to the consideration of the restructuring of APA central office positions and the selection of Dr. Marketa Wills as the new APA CEO and Medical Director were discussed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The council also discussed and endorsed Action Papers that will be presented at the next full assembly meeting in May.&nbsp; This included an Action Paper entitled \u201cCoordination to Reduce the Burden of Prior Authorizations\u201d and another entitled \u201cEnd Binding Arbitration for Denied Medical Claims.\u201d&nbsp; In addition, an Action Paper involving promoting psychiatry rotations as core rotations for other specialties was discussed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As is usual at the Area meetings, representatives from various states did present brief reports on activities in their state which others would find either interesting or disturbing.&nbsp; For example, in Kentucky there is an anti-crime bill being considered that could criminalize homelessness, thereby jailing individuals with mental illness.&nbsp; It also contains a provision allowing individuals to use force to defend themselves if they feel \u201creasonably threatened\u201d by an individual experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As usual, I end this report with the reminder that Drs. Kaul, Moideen, and I are your representatives to the APA Assembly and we are always open to input on issues and concerns you would like to see addressed by the Assembly and\/or APA administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Area 5 Council Meeting, American Psychiatric AssociationFebruary 15-17, 2024 By John P.D. 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