CAPITOL UPDATE: Physician loan repayment bill wins approval as session ends
TAFP entered the session with three main goals: create a substantial new physician loan repayment program for primary care physicians, require health plans to provide instant verification of benefits at the point of care and stave off efforts by advanced practice nurses to achieve independent practice. The Academy succeeded on all three counts.
more...
TMLT to award four $10,000 medical student scholarships
Know any exceptional medical students? There are only two weeks left before the application deadline for four $10,000 scholarships to be awarded by the Texas Medical Liability Trust. Read the story for details.
more...
EDUCATION UPDATE
Calling all football fans: You don’t want to miss this
Take a tour of the new Cowboys Stadium at this year’s President’s Party
That’s right. Join your friends and colleagues from across the state at TAFP’s 60th Annual Session and Scientific Assembly in Arlington as we celebrate TAFP’s new president in style. We’re spending an evening in the Dallas Cowboys’ new home, Cowboys Stadium. There’ll be guided tours, refreshments and loads of fun. And of course you can get up to 24 hours of accredited CME that is planned by family physicians for family physicians at TAFP’s Annual Session. Here are the dates:
July 15-19, and here’s the Web site: www.tafp.org. Register online today!
|
|
