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IAFP Annual Meeting is December 5-7 in St. Louis!! Click
here for registration information. Click
here Information about the Board of
Directors elections and submitting resolutions.
View the latest issue of Family Physician and E-News as well as backdated issues. Click here
Medicare
veto
override a success!! Read statement
Check out the NEW Member Benefits page loaded with discounts for IAFP members!! 2008 Match Results
News New
Updates and answers about the HPV vaccine - Courtesy of the
Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics MRSA/SSTI Survey Results - In order to characterize current clinical management of SSTI in patients outside of the hospital by family physicians in Illinois, an electronic survey was distributed to members of the IAFP. The project by IDPH and IAFP was led by Catherine Counard, MD. Click here for survey results. **Measles
Alert! IDPH has confirmed a second case of measles in
Illinois click here for
IDPH memo with important details and instructions for
providers. State expands access to breast and cervical cancer screening for uninsured women click here for info Medicare news MEDICARE
PAYMENT ISSUE AAFP’s #1 FOCUS
AAFP
has put up a new "Medicare Alert" feature on the home
page of AAFP.org from now until July with a "Keep the Door
Open" theme. The direct link is http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/policy/federal/medicarecut.html.
Other News Attention Medicaid Providers! You must use your individual NPI (national provider indentifier) number as the billing provider on all claims to Illinios Dept. of Healthcare and Family Services. Claims missing this number or using a Group NPI will be rejected beginning May 23.
Lyme
Disease and Tickborne Illness information for physicians from IDPH
Click here COOK
COUNTY BUREAU OF HEALTH
IAFP
PARTNERSHIP GIVES PURCHASING POWER FOR VACCINES Check out the New Disease Management website. Illinois Academy of Family Physicians, in collaboration with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) and McKesson Health Solutions, is proud to announce the unveiling of its new continuing education. Click here for more information about the website and YHP! IAFP elects 2007-08 Board of Directors - click here IAFP Celebrates 60 Years and presents annual Awards click here Celebrating Family Medicine - How family medicine and IAFP work together for Illinois. A chronology of family medicine's 60 years- 60 years of Caring - IAGP - IAFP since 1947
Steven
D. Knight, M.D. of July 1, 2007 release from Illinois Department of Public Health on an exemption to Mercury Free Vaccine Act read more. Participate in a GlaxoSmithKline/IAFP research collaborative. Enhance your quality improvement efforts and chronic care management with the BridgingCare® Planner (BCP) patient registry. Hear the experiences of two physicians at www.bridgingcare.com (@ bottom of page) or for more information, email Kristen Jackson , IAFP’s Bridging Care Planner Project Manager. Click here to learn more about BCP Resources IDPH has guidelines for primary care providers for managing MRSA. http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/infect/MRSA_Provider.htm
You can find a
list of other useful documents for schools, athletes and patients
at http://www.idph.state.il.us/a-zlist.htm#mrsa
CDC Launches Preteen Vaccine Awareness Campaign. A new Web site, http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/spec-grps/preteens-adol.htm, will link you to the Campaign Gallery filled with resources for parents and providers. AAFP has created a "resource center" for members regarding retail health clinics. (Members Only - AAFP ID required)
AAFP
offers Tobacco Cessation resources for patients online
Go to www.askandact.org
for resources you can use to help your patients kick the habit.
Materials include posters, patient education materials,
provider toolkits and information on reimbursement. NIH offers free articles with patient education. Read more AAFP's new "Vote for America's Health" a guide to health care issues and the tough questions to ask Congress on how to fix our failing federal health care system.
AAFP and AMA collaborate on Health Plan Complaint Form. AMA will share quarterly reports with AAFP of family physicians who file complaints about private payer issues. If you have a situation, please use this form to aid AAFP in gathering important data. Are you looking for information about Electronic Health Records? The AAFP has a dedicated service to help you with answers and resources about every phase of the EHR process. Visit the AAFP's Center for Health Information Technology Bioterrism and Preparedness - AAFP has a new a new website for bioterrism which contains updates, links, articles, programs on bioterrisim. AAFP is offering a new listserv for bioterrism and related issues. To sign up go to www.aafp.org/members/lyris and click on the bioterrism list. Familydoctor.org - find links to patient information on health topics from A to Z.
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