ADVANCES IN FAMILY MEDICINE 2008
LAFP 61st Annual Assembly & Exhibition

Destin, FL · July 3 - 6, 2008
Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legislative Session Comes to an End

The Legislative Session came to a close on Monday, June 23rd. Many thanks to all of the volunteers who manned the first aid station. Below is the final Legislative Report for June 27, 2008 . Please contact the LAFP office if you have any questions.

• LAFP Final Report   

HHS Secretary Announces 12 Communities Selected to Advance Use of Electronic Health Records in First Ever National Demonstration

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today named 12 communities that will participate in a national Medicare demonstration project that provides incentive payments to physicians for using certified electronic health records (EHR) to improve the quality of patient care. The five-year, first-of-its-kind project is expected to improve the quality of care provided to an estimated 3.6 million Americans. Read more...

Louisiana Chosen as One of Only 12 Electronic Health Records Project Sites by Federal Government

Baton Rouge, LA – Governor Bobby Jindal and Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) Secretary Alan Levine were joined today by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt to announce that Louisiana has been chosen as one of 12 sites for implementation of a five-year CMS demonstration project that encourages small- to mediumsized primary care physician practices to use electronic health records (EHR) to improve the quality of patient care. The total project reimbursements for participating practitioners could equal $29 million during the five-year period. A small- to medium-sized primary care physician practice is defined as one with 20 or fewer medical doctors. Read more...

2008 Congressional Conference Synopsis

The 2008 Family Medicine Congressional Conference (FMCC) was held Monday-Tuesday, May 19-20, in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by AAFP and the Academic Family Medicine Advocacy Alliance (AFMAA), the FMCC educates participants on family medicine’s legislative priority issues, trains attendees on how to lobby on Capitol Hill and allows participants to put these skills to use with federal legislators and their staff. Advocacy is a high priority of AAFP and AFMAA; every family physician and educator can learn how to be effective in Washington and at home. Read more...