Please join me in congratulating the following — Keisa Bennett, MD (Lexington) selected as KAFP’s GLBT Delegate; Gerry Tolbert, MD (Florence) selected as KAFP’s New Physician Delegate; Adnan Ahmed, MD (Carlisle) selected as KAFP’s IMG Delegate; Molly Rutherford, MD ( La Grange) selected as KAFP’s Women Delegate; and Eltanya A. Patterson Grant (Clinton) selected as KAFP’s Minority Delegate.
The above responded […]
Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians
Issue Brief: Educational and Training Comparison
Compare the Education Gaps Between Primary Care Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
While nurse practitioners are trained to emphasize health promotion, patient education, and disease prevention, they lack the broader and deeper expertise needed to recognize cases in which multiple symptoms suggest more serious conditions. The primary care […]
Atlantic Health Partners Can Help Your Practice with the 2012-13 Flu Season
Atlantic Health Partners offers Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians the overall best purchasing terms for Sanofi’s Fluzone, Merck’s Afluria, and MedImmune’s Flumist. As the leading vaccine buying group in the country, Atlantic can assist your practice with reserving flu doses for the upcoming flu […]
On Friday 2/17, I had the opportunity to visit The Trover Foundation Family Practice Residency Program in Madisonville. Thank you Dr Wood and everyone for the warm welcome. It is a great time to be a family physician!
Jeremy Bradley, MD (Ownesboro, KY) receives the Bridges to Excellence Diabetes (BTE) Recognition Award for excellence in Chronic Diabetes Management.
BTE is a national pay for performance program of the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3), a not for profit organization. To earn Recognition, clinicians must meet benchmarks on measures such as:
Blood pressure
LDL levels
HgBA1c levels
Ophthalmologic and […]
KAFP would like to know —
Medscape recently referenced an article from the JABFM that brings up the concern that many rural family physicians, who may use procedural CPT and/or non-office E&M codes as a greater proportion of their total billing than their urban counterparts, may not reap the benefits of the Patient Protection Affordable Care […]
Check out the article below … What has been your experience with the Medicaid MCO … Leave us your comments.
Health care officials from throughout Kentucky described massive problems Wednesday with the state’s new Medicaid managed- care system — resulting in …
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120208/NEWS01/302080099/Officials-Care-disrupted%3Fodyssey%3Dtab%257Ctopnews%257Ctext%257CHome&ct=ga&cad=CAEQARgAIAAoATAAOABAkPrM-QRIAlgBYgJlbg&cd=yuZR4dxhJjA&usg=AFQjCNEGVSay3TmTf2EXEoDbeg09iuOX5A
I visited the Glasgow Family Medicine Residency program on Friday 2/3/2012. What a great bunch of physicians! It is a great time to be a family physician! Thank you Dr. Wright and all for the cordial welcome.
ICD-10 Countdown to Change
Join us for a Webinar on February 16
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/455094482
Time is running out and October 1, 2013 will be here sooner than you think.
ICD-10 is not just about the coding, but involves extensive preparation for medical practices, small to large.
It is important that every medical practice review […]
I attended the Kentucky Prescription Drug Abuse Summit today at UK along with Chuck Thornberry. There are on average two deaths a day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky secondary to prescription drug abuse. Let me know if you want to work with the KAFP and law enforcement in Kentucky to develop solutions to this scourge.