Officers & Committees

Dear Members: Please make sure you and your staff take advantage of Educational Weekend, taking place in Orlando, FL, April 11-12. The courses focus on safeguarding your practice against the unexpected (Practice Priorities), optimizing insurance reimbursements while avoiding coding pitfalls (OMS Coding Essentials), and managing medical emergencies in the office (APME). All of you should […]

SSOMS Past President J. W. Barts Passes Away

Dr. J. W. Barts, Charlotte, NC, who served as SSOMS President in 1989, passed away on March 9 following an extended illness.   A memorial service will be held Monday, March 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM at Myers Park Presbyterian Church. The service will be livestreamed for those unable to attend. Following is a link to the obituary: […]

Cyber: Safeguarding Your Practice

Dear Fellow Society Members, In recent years, we have seen unexpected natural disasters and costly cyberattacks affect our friends and colleagues, if not ourselves. Nobody expects a disaster or thinks it will happen to them….but it will happen to someone and it may well be you. We cannot prevent these things from happening but we […]

OMS Loses a Giant

Dear SSOMS Member, We regret to inform you that our friend and an icon in the specialty, Dr. Jeff Schultz, died suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack on February 22, 2026. We are still trying to process this loss to all of us and particularly to the specialty. Jeff never refused to serve when asked. A […]