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February 26, 2014 | Issue 82 |
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Government Affairs
HAN Network: Important Tool for Family Physicians
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Get the latest information on emergent public health issues and outbreaks through the Pa. Dept. of Health’s Health Alert Network (HAN) system. Under a cooperative agreement between the Dept. of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), you can receive an email whenever a serious public health issue arises. These can range from information on outbreaks to breaking news on pharmaceutical shortages. Issued judiciously (20 to 30 per year), these updates come from the physicians in the Dept. of Health’s Bureau of Epidemiology. Click here to register for HAN.
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Practice Advocacy
ICD-10 Test Claim Acknowledgement
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During the week of March 3-7, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) is giving providers, billing companies, and clearinghouses the opportunity to send test claims using ICD-10 codes to ensure their Medicare Administrative Carrier (MAC) is able to receive them. Their MAC will return a 277A claim acknowledgement that confirms whether submitted test claims were accepted or rejected. CMS may offer other weeks of acknowledgement testing after analyzing results from the March 2014 testing week. For more information, refer to your MAC’s website.
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Education
Feb. 28: Lays Day to Pre-Register for CME, Complete Survey |
Feb. 28 is the final day to speak out about your CME needs. Please take a few moments to fill out this survey – you could win free state dues for 2014!
This Friday is also the last day to pre-register for the Hershey CME Conference. Join us for the CME, a SAM study group, DOT training, and the PAFP annual meeting. Registration will also be available onsite.
If you can’t attend the Hershey CME Conference, register for live streaming by Thursday, March 6 and watch from your computer! You’ll earn the same CME credit as if you were there.
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Public Health
Fall Prevention: What Will You Do Differently?
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Quality Improvement
PA REACH Ranked Third in Number of Meaningful Users |
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) posted an article online to highlight the tremendous achievements of the Regional Extension Center (REC) program in the past four years and how the RECs are leveraging ONC's investment to support expansion of Meaningful Use. The top ten RECs, ranked by number of Meaningful Users, were listed, with PA REACH coming in third place (behind CalHIPSO in California and Ohio Health Information Partnership in Ohio) among the 62 RECs nationwide. PA REACH has assisted over 4,000 providers in becoming Meaningful Users.
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Residents & Students
Come to Hershey for CME, Research Day, Teacher Award and More! |
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Come to Hershey March 6-8! Leadership, awards, dinner and gala, Research Day, great live CME! Meet AAFP President Reid Blackwelder, MD; congratulate Patrick McManus, MD, our Exemplary Teaching Award winner; and help incoming PAFP President Doug Spotts, MD, usher in his term in style! Come join us for the party: Find the event schedule here, register here. Contact Molly Talley for more details. Bring your dancing shoes!
Resident and Student Assembly elections coming in April! Explore your options now and look for your email invitation to join the assembly conference call coming in a few weeks!
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Register for Free Pulmonary Care CME Program
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Join other health care professionals for Advances in Pulmonary Care: An Update at the Philadelphia County Medical Society Headquarters on Saturday, March 15. This free CME program features topics including management of severe asthma, pulmonary hypertension, COPD and more. Click here for full details and to register.
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