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July 25, 2019 | Issue 218
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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 12. 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
Remind residents to visit PAFP in Kansas City for summer CME info
Sending residents to Kansas City for AAFP National Conference? Be sure to remind them to find Lindsey Killian at the Pa. Block in the expo hall to learn how they can hone their procedures skills this August at Lake Raystown with the PAFP. During the PAFP’s 3rd Annual Dermatology and Outdoor Medicine Conference, Thursday, Aug. 8 through Saturday, Aug. 10, attendees can earn over 19 CME hours, including AOA Category 1-A and FAWM credits for the wilderness enthusiast! This program is open to all physicians! Online registration closes at 11:59 PM on Sunday, July 28. Contact Janine or Lindsey with questions. www.pafp.com
Public Health
Pa. to raise age to buy tobacco to 21?
Pennsylvania may be the next state to raise the age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. According to PennLive, a bill to raise the age could be a "first priority" when the General Assembly reconvenes in the fall. The bill is currently on hold until lawmakers return; the House introduced a similar bi-partisan-backed bill that moved into the health committee in March.
Residents and Students
Excited to see you in Kansas City!
Best wishes for safe travels to the more than 70 residents and students going to AAFPNC this week! If you’re making the trip, please notify mtalley@pafp.com to connect to the Pa. residency booths and reception in Kansas City. Stay tuned for the upcoming write-up on this inspiring road trip in your next KP!
If you love family medicine, here’s another conference not to miss:
FMEC Annual Meeting in Lancaster, Nov. 1-3, 2019.
Residency Programs: Residency Fair
Students: Student scholarships (include hotel, conference meals, registration)
If you need any additional reason to come to FMEC in Lancaster this November (and you really don’t), read up on the vibrant Lancaster food-scene in this piece from the New York Times – just steps from the conference venue!
Other News
Apply for preceptorship on child abuse examinations
The Pa. Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics (PA-AAP) is taking applications for a highly competitive, fully funded 60-hour preceptorship to enhance skills of evaluating children with concerns of child abuse and neglect. The preceptorship has been coordinated since 2003 through the PA-AAP, with fiscal oversight by the Pa. Department of Human Services. For more information, please click here.
Still time to register | 2019 AAFP FMX in Philadelphia
Don’t miss your chance to take part in the AAFP’s largest annual family medicine event! The 2019 AAFP Family Medicine Experience (FMX) will be held in Philadelphia, September 24-28. You and your peers will earn CME, be inspired by dynamic keynote presentations, and find patient care solutions to implement when you return to practice. Learn more and register soon to secure your spot.
Time to vaccinate? Atlantic Health Partners can help!
Whether it’s a toddler getting scheduled vaccines, children and teens going back to school or off to college, adults needing boosters, or flu season - Atlantic Health Partners is a strong resource for PAFP members to strengthen their immunization efforts by offering most favorable vaccine prices, purchasing support and program management assistance.
Key benefits include:
- Most favorable pricing for Sanofi, Merck, Pfizer (Trumenba®), Dynavax and Seqirus vaccines
- No minimum quantity requirements to always receive most favorable pricing and terms
- Excellent and timely customer service including reimbursement support and advocacy
- One stop shopping for most vaccines
- No cost to join!
For information about the program please contact Jeff or Cindy at 800-741-2044 or info@atlantichealthpartners.com.
www.atlantichealthpartners.com
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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