KAFP AAFP has two Leadership Conferences you are encouraged to attend if interested in leadership opportunities! AAFP’s National Conference of Constituency Leaders (NCCL) and AAFP Leadership Conference are both held in Kansas City, Missouri, April 25-27, 2019 (pre-conference April 24). The Leadership Conference serves as a great orientation for emerging leaders who serve, or who are […]
KAFP The 2019 Kansas Legislative Session started yesterday, January 14! Join us in welcoming Governor Kelly and a new House of Representatives. There will be opportunities to improve the health of Kansans as well as challenges to previous gains. Please join us in actively supporting and promoting these initiatives that put the health of Kansans […]
KAFP The legislative session is right around the corner! The legislative session kicks off January 14 with President Jeremy Presley, MD, FAAFP serving as the Family Doctor of the Day (FDOD) for the first two days. We invite all of our active members (including residents) with a Kansas license, to serve as the FDOD at […]
IAC Express CDC reports that flu activity is elevated and 11 children have died of influenza; please keep vaccinating your patients. CDC stated in its Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report, FluView, that as of the week ending December 22, influenza activity was increasing in the U.S. Four influenza-associated pediatric deaths were reported to CDC during week 51, […]
NAMI Attention KanCare providers: The information card explaining the expanded KanCare benefits for tobacco cessation has been updated to include 2019 KanCare MCOs. Thank you for your continued partnership in providing this information to your patients. Please print the information cards in-house or contact Kim Neufeld to request a quantity of the printed cards. Download 2019 […]
NHSC The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) seeks clinicians who want to serve the nation’s underserved rural, urban and tribal communities. The NHSC Loan Repayment Program (NHSC LRP) offers licensed primary care clinicians in eligible disciplines the opportunity to receive loan repayment up to $50,000. In exchange, participants serve for at least two years at […]
AAFP/CMS Effective January 1, 2019, CMS announced new strategies to further help Medicare Part D sponsors prevent and combat opioid overuse including additional safety alerts at the time of dispensing as a proactive step to engage both patients and prescribers about overdose risk and prevention. The CMS advises, “As the new opioid safety alerts are […]
One Health Commission The One Health Academy, Washington DC presents Dennis Carroll, PhD, who currently serves as the director of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Global Health Security and Development Unit. The Future is Coming! Is One Health Ready? Wednesday, January 9 5:45 p.m. Registration is free but registration is required for login. […]
KAFP Registration for Advocacy Day is looking healthy at 47 registrants. We highly encourage all physicians, residents and students ready to make a mark this legislative session to sign-up. Help us increases the voice of family medicine and join us on January 30 in Topeka for a full day of legislative activities! Wednesday, Jan. […]
Kansas Medical Society Kansas Medical Society (KMS) is surveying physicians to learn about their experience with prior authorization. Please consider completing this important survey: PRIOR AUTHORIZATION SURVEY. The survey closes Friday, Dec. 21. 2018.