Florida
Dispute Resolution Center
THE RESOLUTION REPORT ONLINE April 2006 - Volume 22, Number 2
News from the
Field
**Negotiating
and Mediating Healthcare Disputes**
The
USF Conflict Resolution Collaborative will be offering a two day
course titled Negotiating and Mediating Healthcare Disputes
on May 11-12, 2006. This course satisfies FMQAI (formerly
known as Florida Medical Quality Assurance Inc.) training requirement
for mediators who wish to apply for membership on its mediator
panel to mediate Florida Medicare beneficiary complaints. To register
visit www.crc.usf.edu or call (800)
852-5362. For more information about the FMQAI panel, call 813-865-3545.
Mediators:
This course satisfies FMQAI (formerly known as Florida Medical
Quality Assurance Inc.) training requirement for mediators who
wish to apply for membership on its mediator panel to mediate
Florida Medicare beneficiary complaints. For further information
concerning the FMQAI mediator panel, please call 813-865-3545.
In addition, this course is eligible for continuing mediation
education (CME) credit. Since the Florida Dispute Resolution Center
(DRC) does not pre-approve continuing mediator education activities,
it is up to each mediator to determine the extent to which a course
will meet the CME requirement.