Your TAFP News Now update for the week of October 15, 2016
TAFP News Now
Drumroll please: 2016 Best States to Practice, and the winner is …
Physicians Practice has named Texas one of the best states to practice medicine. Find out what TAFP’s own Lloyd Van Winkle, MD, had to say about what makes the Lone Star State so great.
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TAFP to hold Clinical Teaching Skills workshop at ASPCS 2016
Looking for professional development opportunities during the 2016 Annual Session Primary Care Summit? Attend our FREE Clinical Teaching Skills — Advanced Workshop. Experienced instructors from the UNT Faculty Development Center will lead you through an advance course of different teaching models and effective instructional methods designed to help you engage all students. Reserve your spot today.
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Check your dues off your to-do list and support the AAFP Foundation
With one click, you can support the work of the AAFP Foundation when you renew your Academy dues. The Foundation Dues Check-Off campaign asks members to give a one-time $50 gift that will help advance the work of the philanthropic arm of the Academy.
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Satire, health care, and “The Big Heist”
Executive Producer, Dave Chase, and the team behind the satirical film The Big Heist describe the film as “’An Inconvenient Truth’ meets ‘The Big Short’ or ‘The Daily Show’ for our broken health care system.” At TAFP headquarters we’re pretty excited about the potential this project has to move the needle for patients and employers. Interested? Check it out on their Facebook page.
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PQRS: Are you ready?
Logon to AAFP’s webinar at noon on Nov. 3
Physician Quality Reporting System deadlines are approaching and you know this is something you will need no matter which MACRA payment path you choose. No reason to worry, because AAFP is holding the webinar “PQRS: Are You Ready?” In it, you’ll learn how to avoid a 2 percent Medicare payment cut, requirements and available options for meeting compliance, what the benefits of reporting by the deadline are, and how to articulate a plan for improved reporting practices.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NPI is headed to San Antonio in 2017
Great news! NPI is bringing back two of its most popular courses, Basic Suturing and the new and improved Wound Care Management and Advanced Suturing course. Spend a weekend in February brushing up on techniques and enjoying all the things San Antonio has to offer.
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