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July 11, 2019 | Issue 217
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Government Affairs and Practice Advocacy
Ask your state representative to oppose NP scope legislation
Senate Bill 25 seeks to remove the collaborative agreement requirements for CRNPs. The PAFP opposes this legislation that passed the Pennsylvania Senate 44-6 on June 12th. The bill has been assigned to the House Professional Licensure Committee. Now, during the legislature’s summer recess, is a good time for you to engage with your House Member on the issue. You may click here to tell your Representative to oppose SB 25 using a script (you may customize) and then send via SpeakOut’s email system. Or write, call or schedule a visit to their district office. Click here to learn more about SB 25 in a video from PAFP President Mary Stock Keister, MD.
Education
Act fast for summer CME
Get your AOA Category 1, AAFP Prescribed and FAWM credits all in one place this summer!!! Hurry and register now for the PAFP’s 3rd Annual Dermatology and Outdoor Medicine Conference at Lake Raystown Resort and Conference Center on Thursday, August 8 – Saturday, August 10. Click here to register. Bring your family and take advantage of the wide array of social activities Raystown has to offer. Online registration closes on Sunday, July 28. Contact Janine Owen or Lindsey Killian with questions you have regarding the agenda or accommodations.
Public Health
A reminder: Extreme heat can cause dangerous health conditions
The PA Department of Health made it a point this week to remind the public that summer heat waves not only create uncomfortable conditions, but can often be hazardous and sometimes deadly. The department offers many helpful tips to fight the heat, such as: staying hydrated, limiting outdoor activity, and looking after those who may be particularly vulnerable during extreme heat. Click here to view the PA Department of Health's full statement to review all of their heat-related safety guidelines. Stay safe and enjoy your summer!
Residents and Students
Welcome new PAFP resident members; AAFPNC just four weeks away!
The PAFP welcomes our newest resident members embarking on their residency training July 1. We hope to get to know you over the next three years. Join us and tap into leadership, conference, research and networking opportunities with PAFP!
AAFPNC is but four weeks away! If you’re making the trip, please notify mtalley@pafp.com to connect to the PAFP pre-conference communications and conference calls.
Another conference not to miss! —
FMEC Annual Meeting in Lancaster November 1 – 3, 2019.
Residency Programs: Residency Fair
Students: Student Scholarships (include hotel, conference meals, registration)
Other News
Explore the FMX Expo Hall | September 24-28 in Philadelphia
The 2019 AAFP Family Medicine Experience (FMX) will be held in Philadelphia, September 24-28. Have you registered? Don’t miss one of the most expansive Expo Halls in the industry–it offers something for every attendee. Access the latest technologies and patient care tools through 50-plus product categories. Discuss ideas, innovations, and tools with more than 425 exhibitors and subject matter experts representing multiple industries. Plus, explore the must-see Office of the Future exhibit for administrative burden resources. Learn more and register soon to capitalize on early bird savings.
PRIME Registry: Building the future of primary care
The PRIME Registry is unleashing the potential of patient and community data to build better primary care, helping shift the focus beyond individual disease diagnoses to measuring what really matters to patients and clinicians. Join PRIME Registry, and help shape the future of primary care.
PRIME Includes:
- More Measures that Matter—through PRIME’s improved array of high-value primary care measures with demonstrated connection to improved outcomes and quality of life.
Doctors and patients agree that Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) is meaningful. The PRO pilot launched in PRIME in April 2019 gives patients a voice, while giving clinicians valuable feedback. The PRO will roll out to all of PRIME later in 2019.
- Improved Health for Communities:
PRIME’s quality dashboard helps identify patients with quality gaps and helps practices see how they are doing compared to their peers.
The PHATE tool helps identify patients at risk due to social determinants and provides an in-clinic connection to resources in the patient’s community, while also illuminating areas where resources are needed. PHATE has the potential to help guide more personalized risk-assessment and access to patient resources.
- Reduced Burden for Clinicians:
PRIME’s quality data tracking and benchmarking, paired with the implementation of more “measures that matter” (comprehensiveness, continuity, PRO, low-value care) enables participating physicians to demonstrate high value in practice which has the potential for a positive affect on payments from both CMS and private payers.
Learn more:
email PRIME@theabfm.org
visit www.primeregistry.org
The project described was supported by Funding Opportunity Number CMS-1L1-15-002 from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The contents provided are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of HHS or any of its agencies.
Welcome New PAFP Members!
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