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Upcoming CMS Conference Call on EHR Incentive Programs |
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a conference
call specifically for Louisiana Providers, Partners, and Stakeholders on the
Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs. The
Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum encourages you to participate. The
call will take place on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010 from 9 - 10:30 AM Central
Daylight Time.
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The doctors are not in: Trends in Health Care |
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Baton Rouge Business Report- Baton Rouge, La.
August 24, 2010
The doctors are not in: Trends in Health Care by Maggie
H. Richardson
http://www.businessreport.com/news/2010/aug/24/doctors-are-not-hlcr1/
To a large extent, the success of President Barack
Obama’s health care reform rests on the field of primary care and its ability
to respond to a forthcoming surge in demand.Broader Medicaid requirements, coverage for children
under 19 with pre-existing conditions and other changes are expected to prompt
millions of newly insured Americans to head to the doctor.
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Registration for AAFP 2010 State Legislative Conference Opens |
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Information about the New Pfizer MAINTAIN™ Program |
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The LAFP was contacted by representatives of the MAINTAIN program in regards to their commitment to help the victims of the Gulf Oil Spill. The MAINTAIN Program is geared to help patients who are unemployed, uninsured, and need help staying on their Pfizer or Wyeth medicines. They have asked the LAFP to distribute this information to you, our members.
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Save on Back To School Vaccine Purchases With Atlantic Health Partners! |
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 With
the back to school peak purchasing season on your mind, now is the perfect time
to see how Atlantic Health Partners can help your practice save on vaccine
purchases! The
Louisiana AFP has a strong partner in helping thousands of Physicians save
precious dollars and advocate on your behalf with payers and manufacturers. |
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RECs Face Uphill Battle in Meeting Tight Deadlines |
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With the country's 60
regional extension centers already four or six months into their first two-year
budget period, it appears they have their work cut out for them to reach the
federal government's ambitious goal of helping 100,000 primary care providers
become meaningful users of electronic health records by 2012.
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Fall BOD and Committee Cluster Meeting Set |
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The 2010 Fall Board of Directors and Committee Cluster Meetings have been scheduled for Saturday, October 16, 2010, at the LAFP Headquarters: 919 Tara Blvd., Baton Rouge,
LA 70806. Breakfast and Lunch will be served. The schedule of meetings will be sent out at a later date.
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Pain Action Initiative: A National Strategy (PAINS) |
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The PAINS
project is a national initiative of the Center for Practical Bioethics to
access the capacity and readiness of individual leaders and organizations to
collaborate for the purpose developing a national strategic plan to improve the
treatment of chronic pain. Myra
Christopher, CPB’s President and CEO, will serve as the principal investigator
for the PAINS initiative.
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LHCQF: What Does "Meaningful Use" Mean? |
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In July 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services released the final rules to help improve the quality and
effectiveness of health care in America through expanded use of electronic
health records (EHRs).
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Health Care and Disaster Planning: Understanding the Impact of Disasters on the Medical Community |
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The Louisiana State Medical Society Educational and Research
Foundation (LSMS ERF) documented lessons learned from 2005 Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita.
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LAFP Welcomes Disney Institute to Baton Rouge on September 28, 2010 |
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Every
hospital, clinic, group medical practice, dental practice, or freestanding
medical care provider has the opportunity to distinguish themselves through the
delivery of quality services.
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LAFP Weekly Family Medicine Update Changing Dates! |
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You may have noticed that the LAFP's Weekly e-Newsletter, Weekly Family Medicine Update, was not sent last week. The LAFP has changed the date of the weekly newsletter to now be sent on Tuesday of each week. This will allow us to send out the news in the beginning of the week as opposed to Fridays, when we see a lot of "Out of Office" messages.
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Get Resources to Stop the Medicare Cuts! |
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As you know, Congress last summer
acted to temporarily rescind the 21 percent Medicare physician pay cut and to
add a 2.2 percent increase to what Medicare pays you for your services. However,
on Nov. 30, the current temporary "fix" to Medicare physician payment
will end. That means on Dec. 1, this year's scheduled 21 percent reduction as
well as the 2.2 percent increase that was part of the current Medicare
patch, will end.
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