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Patient Education

The LAFP includes in the Strategic Plan, Health of the Public. It is our job at the LAFP to give you the support and updates you need to relate to your patients on a day to day basis. One way we do this is by supporting the idea of a Patient Centered Medical Home.

In a medical home, the practice is organized around the patient – communication is based on trust, respect and shared decision-making. Patients want access to personalized, coordinated and comprehensive primary care when they need it, when it’s convenient for them.

In a Patient Centered Medical Home: 
  • Patients have a relationship with a personal primary care physician. 
  • A practice-based care team takes collective responsibility for the patient’s ongoing care.
  • The care team is responsible for providing or arranging all the patient’s health care needs.
  • Patients can expect care that is coordinated across care settings and disciplines.
  • Quality is measured and improved as part of daily work flow.
  • Patients experience enhanced access and communication.
  • The practice uses electronic health records, registries, and other clinical support systems.

The LAFP also forms partnerships that benefit our members and helps give you the ability to give the best care to your patients. One of these partnerships includes Atlantic Health Partners. LAFP formed a partnership with vaccine purchasing program Atlantic Health Partners to save family physicians money when purchasing vaccines and advocate on behalf of family medicine practices among manufacturers and payers. There is no cost for LAFP members to enroll in the program and enrollment is voluntary.

Benefits of joining Atlantic’s program include:
  • Favorable pricing for Sanofi Pasteur and Merck vaccines;
  • Improved purchasing terms for a wide assortment of pediatric, adolescent, adult and travel vaccines;
  • No fee to participate and voluntary enrollment;
  • Access to reimbursement support; and
  • Access to resources on billing, coding, pricing and inventory management.
How much will you save? If your practice already purchases vaccines directly from Sanofi Pasteur and Merck, you will save between 3 percent and 35 percent, based on the specific vaccine, with a typical overall savings of 5 percent to 15 percent by purchasing through Atlantic. You’ll generally save more on pediatric and adolescent vaccines and less on newer vaccines such as Gardasil. In addition, Atlantic members can make smaller orders to manage inventory and cash flow and still receive the same low program prices.  If your practice purchases vaccines from a medical supply distributor, the savings are often as much as 50 percent, with an overall average of 25 percent to 35 percent.  Atlantic will support LAFP continuing medical education by donating 10 percent of the revenue from all LAFP member sales to LAFP.  Contact Jeff Winokur at Atlantic Health Partners at (800) 741-2044 or jwinokur@atlantichealthpartners.com for more information and details about how your practice can participate in this program.