LAFP Weekly Family Medicine Update

WEEKLY FAMILY MEDICINE UPDATE

October 24, 2008

In this Issue:

	Patient Centered Medical Home Handout and Update
	New Physician Members Get Special Help From AAFP
	The LAFP Needs Your Feedback on the Medical Home Model
	The Fall Edition of Louisiana Family Doctor Now Available Online
	AAFP Members Dr. King, Dr. Weida Featured on Front Page of New York Times
	AAFP Comments on ICD-10 and 5010 Transaction Standards
	Final Weeks of the Physician Practice Information Study-Act Now and Help Your Entire Profession!
	Continuing Resolution Keeps Health Discretionary Spending at Current Level
	John Fleming, MD, President-Elect of the LAFP, Came Out on Top of His Primary Election
	Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians Offers Spring CME Cruise
	View AAFP News Now
	Donate to LaFamPac Today!
	Newsletter Home Page

Executive Committee

James Campbell , MD
President

John Fleming, MD
President-Elect

Mark Dawson, MD
Vice President

Melvin Bourgeois, MD
Secretary

Herbert Muncie, MD
Treasurer

Russell Roberts , MD
Immediate Past President

		Ragan Canella Editor-in-Chief	Mary Catherine Koonce Co-Editor & Website Manager
	Patient Centered Medical Home Handout and Update The AAFP provides information on the patient-centered medical home and how to get there. An electronic version of the Patient-Centered Medical Home Handout that was available to participants at the 2008 AAFP Scientific Assembly is now provided. Read more... New Physician Members Get Special Help From AAFP There’s more than a few letters’ difference between MD and MBA. Nonetheless, new physicians face the significant debt, start-up costs, and dilemmas typical of many new businesses or careers. That’s why the AAFP created a program designed to support its newest members. Read more... The LAFP Needs Your Feedback on the Medical Home Model The AAFP along with the coalition of large employers, consumer groups, patient quality organizations, health plans, hospitals and others have joined together to develop and advance a new medical model. Read more.. The Fall Edition of Louisiana Family Doctor Now Available Online The fall edition of Louisiana Family Doctor has been mailed to LAFP members and may also be viewed online. Read more... AAFP Members Dr. King, Dr. Weida Featured on Front Page of New York Times AAFP Board Chair Jim King, M.D, FAAFP, and past AAFP Board member Tom Weida, MD, FAAFP, were prominently featured in a front-page story in the New York Times. Read more... AAFP Comments on ICD-10 and 5010 Transaction Standards Provided are two responses from AAFP Board Chair Dr. Jim King to Kerry Weems, Acting Administrator of CMMS. Read more... Final Weeks of the Physician Practice Information Study - Act Now and Help Your Entire Profession! We need your help! AAFP, AMA and more than 70 other organizations are conducting a comprehensive multi-specialty survey of America’s physician practices. Read more... Continuing Resolution Keeps Health Discretionary Spending at Current Level President Bush has signed a continuing resolution, or CR, that will keep the federal government funded until March 6, leaving in place current funding levels for federal agencies, but possibly delaying the processing of new grant money. Read more... John Fleming, MD, President-Elect of the LAFP, Came Out on Top of His Primary Election John Fleming, MD, President-elect of the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians came out on top of his primary election on Oct. 4. Read more...

Continuing Resolution Keeps Health Discretionary Spending at Current Level

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