AAFP issues Action Alert on Medicare payment
AAFP has launched the “Medicare: Stop the Cut” campaign to provide members resources to combat a scheduled 10.6-percent Medicare payment cut, set to take effect July 1. Find the tools for you and your patients here. more …
Legislature requires umbilical cord blood donation brochure in physician’s offices
If you care for women at any time during their pregnancies, you may be required to provide them a DSHS brochure. more …
Physician enrollment now open in new health plan for children in foster care
HHSC has opened enrollment for STAR Health, the new health plan for children in foster care. Find more information on how you can enroll. more …
Up to $200,000 available to support community obesity prevention programs
Apply before Feb. 29 to be one of four Texas communities to receive DSHS grant support for obesity initiatives. more …
TAFP president-elect highlights rural medicine issues in statewide magazine
If you’re one of the one million Texans who receives Texas Co-op Power magazine, you will see a familiar face on the cover of the February issue. TAFP President-elect Robert Youens, M.D., of Weimar offers insight into rural medicine in the cover story, “The country doctor is alive and well.” Read it here.
MEMBER RESOURCES
Get answers to your practice management questions through new TAFP partnership
Do you have questions about billing and coding? Managed care contracts? Take advantage of a new partnership with Bradley Reiner, a practice management consultant with more than 15 years of experience under his belt. more …
“Other CME” Web page directs members to additional educational opportunities
TAFP Education staff work hard to provide members top-notch CME through its symposia programs and PrimeCME. Now, in addition to our work, TAFP unveils a special section of TAFP’s Web site, www.tafp.org/education/otherCME, which lists other CME opportunities around Texas. Bookmark this page in your Web browser and visit it often to find CME to suit your interests.
EDUCATION UPDATE
C. Frank Webber Lectureship hotel update
First room block sold out, book now in extended room block
Space is going fast at the Hilton Austin Airport, location of the 2008 C. Frank Webber Lectureship and Interim Session March 14-15. The first TAFP room block at the Hilton has sold out, but TAFP has opened an additional block of rooms for a limited time. To register for the conference, book your hotel room online and view other conference updates, go to the C. Frank Webber section of www.tafp.org.
