REDUCED FEES EXTENDED UNTIL JUNE 27TH! 22nd Annual Meeting of the FCACC Cardiology 2008 The FCACC Annual Meeting increases your clinical competence, enhances your business acumen and develops your political proficiency. One weekend will revolutionize the way you see your role as a change agent for your patients and your profession. And your family are invited to all our social events…including a private dinner at EPCOT's Living Seas Pavilion with a private viewing of Illuminations the Disney fireworks show. SECURE ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN - Click Here to Register Securely Online For more information, visit our Meetings & Education page. Welcome to the Florida Chapter of the American College of Cardiology Website One more time we need to flood our Florida congressional delegation with post cards, phone calls, personal letters and requests for meetings regarding Medicare. We need their attention and action. In the next few weeks the FCACC has this as a single goal in mind - to let our federal lawmakers in Washington, DC know we care deeply about our patients and need legislation passed to stop the 10 percent Medicare physician payment cut before the Senate's proposed deadline of July 1, 2008, and to reject further cuts in reimbursement for office-based medical imaging services in an effort to control costs. Every FCACC member has a part to play because it is only if all of us take time to write, call and visit that we can make an impact. In ten days the summer issue of Florida Chapter News will come to your office with preprinted postcards for you to fill out and sign as the first step to making sure our voice is heard in Washington, DC. This will take about 2 minutes of your time and 78 cents to help send a message. Then after that there are a few toll-free calls to make, a personal letter to compose and if you are truly committed to change a brief 15 minutes appointment to set up with your representative in their office near your home or office. Take the initiative - take these simple steps so we can show the Florida congressional delegation (and the rest of Capitol Hill) that cardiologists are active and committed to a system that works for both patients and physicians. Sincerely, Alberto Montalvo, MD, FACC President PS - Advocacy & Health Care Reform is on the agenda at our Annual Meeting, August 22-24, at Disney's Boardwalk. Register today at www.accfl.org.