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New DHH Budget to Include Enhanced Funding for Health Information Technology
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals announced today Gov. Bobby Jindal’s budget priority for improving health care through investment in health information technology. The new funding supports several statewide initiatives toward the goal of ensuring every Louisianan has a privacy-protected electronic medical record, and ensuring health care providers have access to relevant information they need to provide the best quality health care. Read More...
Primary Care Emphasis Relies on Payment Reform Measures
The nation's reliance on a fee-for-service payment system has resulted in an "atomized and uncoordinated system of care that rewards expensive procedure-based services while undervaluing primary care services," according to a recent report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, or GAO. Read More...
Database on Health Broadens, Mix of pressures driving changes
In the not-too-distant future, physicians in Louisiana will have to begin reporting their patient treatment data to a central database, the same way that hospitals now do, a state health-care official said Tuesday. The push for transparency is being driven by the health-care system’s payers, insurance companies, and “choosers,” employers and their and their employees, said Dr. Michael Fleming, president of the Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum. Read More...
LAFP Partners with Atlantic Health Partners for Vaccines Savings and Advocacy
The very mention of immunizations can start debate among anyone who works in family medicine. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and LAFP have been working in recent years to identify how to assist our members to deal with the ever-increasing costs of providing vaccines, along with addressing proper storage, ordering and payment problems. Read more...
Nominations Sought for 2008 Family Physician of the Year
LAFP is now accepting nominations for the 2008 Family Physician of the Year Award. Help us bring recognition and visibility to a deserving family physician that serves and benefits the profession, the specialty, and the community. Read More...
Nominations Sought for 2008 Board of Directors
The Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians Nominating Committee is seeking quality leaders who are willing to serve on the LAFP Board of Directors. Board members are expected to attend meetings, and to take part in the decision-making process. Read More...
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