CAPITOL UPDATE: TAFP premiers new season of video newscast, Capitol Report
Watch this session’s first video Web cast of TAFP’s Capitol Report, featuring interviews with Rep. Jose Menendez of San Antonio and TAFP member Rebecca Gladu, M.D., of Baytown.
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TAFP launches nationwide resource: www.MedicalHomeForAll.com
This week, your Academy has published a new Web site to educate members, other physician organizations, policy makers, business leaders and the public at large on the importance and value of the medical home. We’ve compiled a series of videos about the medical home that feature the entire range of interested parties, from patients and physicians to business leaders and policy makers. Watch videos with Newt Gingrich, Sen. Dick Durbin, IBM’s Paul Grundy, Coca-Cola’s Bill Yang, TransforMED participants and leaders of the primary care organizations. Click here to explore the medical home.
DSHS changes specimen regulations for HIV, syphilis and Hepatitis C testing
Starting next week, the DSHS lab will only accept specimens for HIV, syphilis and Hepatitis C testing if they adhere to guidelines for collecting, coagulating and shipping. Read more about the new specifications and how they will affect your practice.
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Share your EHR experiences through UTHSCSA survey
K. Ashok Kumar, M.D., and Brian Cox, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, are conducting a survey on electronic health record use among Texas physicians and would appreciate your participation in this very short online survey. They encourage all physicians to respond regardless of whether you use an EHR currently. Click here to take the survey.
Loan repayment program applications now available for docs who treat Medicaid kids
Texas Health and Human Services is now accepting applications for the Children’s Medicaid Loan Repayment Program that would pay up to $140,000 each to physicians who treat children with Medicaid coverage. Read TAFP’s previous coverage of the program or access the application directly from the HHSC Web site.
EDUCATION UPDATE
Register for C. Frank Webber online before March 9 or on-site on March 13
Make your plans to attend the C. Frank Webber Lectureship in Austin. Online registration will be available until Monday, March 9. A limited number of attendees may register on-site at the Hilton Austin Airport beginning at 6 a.m. on Friday. March 13.
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