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| 2010 Family Physician of the Year | | Nomination deadline is April 2 | | Click here for more information and online nomination form | | | | Return To Top | | | | Research Day Winners Announced! | | Congratulations to PAFP Foundation's 2010 Research Day Winners! For the full list of winning researchers and their projects, click here | | | | Return To Top | | | | PAFP Welcomes New Practice Advocacy Manager | The Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians welcomes Lee Ann Grajales as Practice Advocacy Manager. In this role, she will provide information and advocacy services to PAFP members on practice-related issues, trends, and best practices. Lee Ann’s background includes more than 30 years of health care experience, including health plan reimbursement contracting, credentialing, practice management software and systems, Electronic Health Record (EHR) software, medical collections and more. Look for her upcoming email newsletter “DOC Talk” for the latest in topics of interest for Pennsylvania’s family physicians.
Welcome LEE ANN!!!
You can contact her at lgrajales@pafp.com | | | | Return To Top | | | | CME Webcast Series on Practical Application of Quality Improvement | | Five FREE CME sessions, approved for 1.0 Prescribed credit each, including one by Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, creator of the Chronic Care Model. Click here for more information... |
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| | | | Return To Top | | | | Funds Taken from Mcare | Passage Sparks Lawsuits from Physician and Hospital Groups
After months of stalemate, the Governor and the General Assembly finally enacted a state budget. In the final weeks of negotiation, a proposal was presented to take $100 million off the top of the Mcare Fund. The PAFP presented fierce opposition to this proposal...READ MORE
PAFP Statement on Support for PMS and HAP Lawsuits |
| | | | Return To Top | | | | FTC Delays Red Flag Rules AGAIN Until June 2010 | | Could Affect Family Physicians | The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has once again delayed the enforcement date of the Red Flags rule, a regulation requiring creditors and financial institutions to develop identity theft prevention programs.
Last summer, the FTC announced that it would consider health care providers to be creditors when they accept insurance and bill patients after services are rendered for any amounts that insurance does not pay; or if they regularly allow patients to set up payment plans after services have been rendered.
The FTC has now delayed enforcement until June 2010.
More on Red Flags Rule
The FTC's Red Flag rules on identity theft could pertain to many family physicians.
PAFP attorney Charles Artz has prepared an analysis of the regulations. It is linked here along with a copy of an FTC appendix on the rules.
Click here for the analysis
Click here for the FTC appendix | | | | Return To Top | | | | What is Family Medicine? | | Three-Part Series on Family Medicine in PA | | The PAFP has created reports to reintroduce you to this evolving specialty. Click here for this three-part series. | | | | Return To Top | | |
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