 |
| |
|
Jan. 13, 2016 | Issue 129 |
|
|
| |
|
| |
 |
| |
Government Affairs and Practice Advocacy
Pa. Medicaid provider required revalidation deadline near
|
| |
As part of the Affordable Care Act, state Medicaid programs are required to revalidate most Medical Assistance (MA) providers. If you enrolled as a provider on or before March 25, 2011, you must be revalidated by March 24, 2016. If you enrolled after March 25, 2011, your revalidation must occur on or before five years from the date on which you initially enrolled. Providers are also asked to review all of their service locations in PROMISe at https://promise.dpw.state.pa.us to check revalidation dates and ensure sites are still valid.
|
| |
|
| |
Education
Register today for great CME opportunities in 2016!
|
Register today for the Combined PAFP CME Conference and 43rd UPMC Refresher Course in Family Medicine, March 10-13 at the Marriott City Center in Pittsburgh. An expanded conference full of case studies, roundtable discussions, Research Day, an off-site PAC event, and much more!
And brush off the chill in the air and head to Bermuda with us for more great CME on our second-ever PAFP CME Cruise, leaving from the Port of Baltimore, July 2-7 on Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas. CME before departure in the morning at the hotel (Hyatt Place Baltimore) and on sail days.
|
| |
|
Public Health
New year brings new changes for public health
|
If your office made the resolution to be more team-oriented in the new year, the PAFP has the online webinars to help keep your office on track. The PAFP has been working with Integrated Learning Partners on a quality improvement project to improve the health outcomes of patient with non-malignant chronic pain. From the project PAFP, has created over five hours of enduring CME hours to help your office communicate better with your patients. Visit the PAFP’s online CME catalog to learn more how to create a team-based approach to pain management and improving patient centered care.
|
| |
|
Quality Improvement
Why care about quality improvement in health care?
|
Why should you care about quality improvement in health care? The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) collaborated with Dr. Mike Evans, Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto, to create a dynamic, animated whiteboard video that introduces the concepts of quality improvement in health care. In a short and concise manner, Dr. Evans touches on system design, the Model for Improvement, and reaching your quality improvement goals!
|
| |
|
Residents and Students
Call for abstracts and nominations; AAFP awards open
|
|
|
| |
 |
| |
Final days for 'Family Physician of the Year' contest entries
|
| |
There are thousands of excellent family physicians in Pennsylvania, and we want to hear why you think you or a colleague is the best of all – maybe you’ll be chosen as the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians’ 2016 Family Physician of the Year! But you only have a few days left to prove it!
This Friday - Jan. 15, 2016 - is the deadline for entries to the PAFP’s 2016 Family Physician of the Year contest – be sure to read the contest rules on www.pafp.com/topdoc.
Zoobiquity conference coming April 2, 2016 to Philly
How does a bulldog with atopic dermatitis impact human medicine? Can a gorilla with a bad heart teach us about human cardiology?
Experts in veterinary and human medicine are often confronted with similar clinical challenges and shared diagnoses. Zoobiquity Conference 6 fosters conversations and collaborations that can lead to new ways to diagnose and treat diseases in all species.
Morning case presentations: Atopic Dermatitis and the Cutaneous Microbiome Sleep Apnea Causes and Pharmacotherapies Osteosarcoma Immunotherapy
Afternoon rounds: Rounds at Penn Vet’s Hill Pavilion, Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center, and the Philadelphia Zoo will explore connections between animal and human health.
|
|
|
| |
 |
