WEEKLY FAMILY MEDICINE UPDATE

   
December 19, 2008
 
In this Issue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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

Mark Your Calendar For The 2009 Louisiana Family Medicine Leadership Conference & Strategic Planning Retreat!

Mark your calendar to attend the 2009 Louisiana Family Medicine Leadership Conference & Strategic Planning Retreat scheduled for January 10-11, 2009 at Baton Rouge General Hospital in Baton Rouge, LA. The conference will be held in conjunction with the LAFP Board and Committee ClusterMeetings. Read more...

National and State Health Policy Experts Laud Governor's Proposed Healthcare Overhaul

Condition of care, reduction in rolls of uninsured key components of transformation

BATON ROUGE, La. – In a week that Louisiana was ranked by several studies as having the lowest-performing health care system in the nation, including citations as having the highest number of avoidable hospitalizations, over-utilized emergency departments and among the highest rates of death in the nation and with among the highest costs, several Louisiana-based and national health care experts are supporting Louisiana Health First, a broad effort to overhaul the state’s health care system for the poor and uninsured. Read more...

The Leadership of the LAFP Needs Your Input on Louisiana's Healthcare Program!!!

The leadership of the LAFP is very concerned with Louisiana's consistently poor healthcare outcomes and WE NEED YOUR INPUT as the Jindal administration wishes to revamp out present Medicaid system. Read more...

Call For Family Physician of the Year Nominations

The Nominations Committee urges all LAFP members to consider their colleagues and submit a nomination for the Louisiana Family Physician of the Year (FPOY) Award. This award is one of the LAFP's highest honors. Help us bring recognition and visibility to a deserving family physician that serves and benefits the profession, the specialty and the community. Read more...

Call For LAFP Board Nominations

The Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians Nominating Committee is seeking quality leaders who are willing to serve on the LAFP Board of Directors. Read more...

Med Job Louisiana Career Fair

Med Job Louisiana would like to take this opportunity to announce an upcoming multidisciplinary career fair in Alexandria. Read more...

Pay Your Dues Online!

Save yourself a trip to the post office by paying your 2009 AAFP dues online. It's easy. It's fast. It's secure. 2009 membership dues are due on January 1, 2009. To pay your dues online, click here!

Family Physician Wanted

The following ad was recently submitted to the LAFP: Established group seeking BC/BE family physician or Med Peds physician to join 7/09 or sooner. Physician will be hospital employed with attractive call schedule location in office across the street from the hospital. Generous benefits with an amicable working environment/bonuses. No J-1 applicants please. EOE Please contact Barbara Oakes at 985-839-9895 or fax CV to 985-839-9884.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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