CAPITOL UPDATE: Family medicine fares well in 81st Texas Legislature
Watch end-of-session Capitol Report for the video postmortem on the Lege
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.
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Scholarship available to attend AAFP National Conference
Attention students and residents: Would you like to attend AAFP’s National Conference in Kansas City? The TAFP Foundation offers a scholarship for just such a leadership conference. Read the article for information and for a link to download the application form.
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TransforMED publishes second round of findings from medical home national demonstration project
AAFP's medical home consulting firm, TransforMED, continues to examine the two-year national demonstration project concluded last year with this new report. TAFP has partnered with TransforMED to offer the family physicians of Texas the tools and information they need to implement medical home concepts in their practices. Read the TransforMED report and peruse the Web site for vital information about the medical home at www.transformed.com.
National organization works to build collaborative practice models
Health care executives, physicians and other health professionals met recently in San Antonio to discuss collaborative practice models and a team approach to providing quality care. The executive director of the Case Management Society of America writes to update TAFP members on the conference.
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