Why do you need a NPI?  In order to get Medicaid reimbursement, you must provide NPI numbers for any referrals from physicians, physician groups, physician assistants, and ARNPs. 

Do you have your (NPI) National Provider Identifier number yet?
There three ways to obtain your NPI:

1. Online application at the NPPES website at www.NPPES.cms.hhs.gov/forms (CMS-10114)
2.  Call the NPI Enumerator at 1-800-465-3203 to request an application
3.  Authorize an employer or other organization to obtain the NPI for you through bulk enumeration known as Electronic File Interchange (EFI).

NEW DEADLINE:  May 23, 2008, CMS systems will only accept the NPI. Retain the notification documentation that NPPES sends you containing your NPI!! For more information:  go to www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProfldentStand/

 LICENSE INFORMATION:
For license updating/adding/changing your practice location, go to: ww2.doh.state.fl.us/mqaservices/ 
OR mail or fax a letter stating your changes to:
Department of Health
Florida Board of Medicine
4052 Bald Cypress Way, BIN C01
Tallahassee, FL  32399
--or--FAX to 1-850-487-9626
To speak to a service representative, call:  850-245-4444 and follow menu instructions for physicians

Membership
 

Membership in our medical society is open to all licensed physicians, both medical  doctors (M.D.) and doctors of osteopathy (D.O.) who practice medicine in Northwest Florida.
Steps to join organized medicine:
1.  Fill out APPLICATION (click to open it for printing) and sign it
2.  Enclose all  requested documents, especially copy of driver's license
2.  Include a check for $375 made out to:
      Escambia County Medical  Society
    * Military physicians:  $60 dues |  Residents & Medical Students:  FREE
3.  Mail both to the E.C.M.S office: 
     8880 University Parkway, Suite B
     Pensacola, FL 32514
4.  Or fax your application to (850) 474-9783 and mail your check. Your membership is contingent on receipt of  your dues for $375.
5.  Our executive committee (all volunteers) meets once a month to review all applications. You will receive a letter in the mail of your acceptance. You will also be announced in our next newsletter, so please include a photo of yourself. Photos may also be emailed to ECMSinfo@bellsouth.net
6.  Please come to our next general membership meeting so you may be introduced to the members.
7.  If you would like to become active on executive board, please just let the executive director or another board member know. We will be pleased to share ways in which you can become involved.

Board Members
 
Officers of the Executive Committee
 Kurt D. Jones, M.D.
President
Michael V. Riesberg, M.D.                       
President-elect
Wayne S. Willis, M.D.
Vice President
Michelle J. Brandhorst, M.D.  
Secretary-Treasurer 

Past Presidents
Charles E. Farmer, M.D.
Immediate Past President  (2007)
Jack P. Kotlarz, M.D.
Past President (2006)

 Members-at-Large
George Smith, M.D.
Mary Mehta, M.D. 
Andres Candela, M.D.             
             
ECMS Alliance President
Mrs. Patti Myers

Chief of Hospital Staffs
 Layne Yonehiro, M.D., Baptist Hospital
Edwin Rogers, M.D., Sacred Heart Hospital
Luis Navas, M.D., West Florida Hospital


 

 

Delegates to the
American Medical Association
E. Coy Irvin, M.D.
Troy M. Tippett II, M.D.

Committee Chairs
Membership -current President-elect
Legislation - E. Coy Irvin, M.D.
Public Relations - current Vice President
ECMS Foundation - E. Coy Irvin M.D., President

2008 Delegates to the
Florida Medical Association

Michelle Brandhorst, M.D.
Charles Farmer, M.D.
Coy Irvin, M.D.
Kurt Jones, M.D.   
John Lanza, M.D.
Mary Mehta, M.D.
Michael Redmond, M.D.
Michael Riesberg, M.D. 
Wayne Willis, M.D.                                     

 



 

 


 

8880  University Pkwy, Suite B       Pensacola, FL 32514
850.478.0706 office | 850.474.9783 fax     ecmsinfo@bellsouth.net
Holly Strickland, executive director