Annals of Family Medicine Praises Illinois PCCM programs

The success of Illinois Health Connect and Your Healthcare Pluswas published last week in the Annals of Family Medicine.  IAFP is proud that these cost-saving patient centered programs were led by our IAFP leaders.

-Margaret Kirkegaard, MD and Alvia Siddiqi, MD - Illinois Health Connect

-Carrie Nelson, MD and Rick Leary, MD- Your Healthcare Plus

Illinois AFP leaders, staff and the Illinois Medicaid program worked with the Robert Graham Center to ensure these wonderful accomplishments were studied and then shared with the wider community.  Support for the study was provided by Commonwealth Fund.

Cost, Utilization, and Quality of Care: An Evaluation of Illinois' Medicaid Primary Care Case Management Program

http://annfammed.org/content/12/5/408.full

IAFP also thanks the Michael Reese Health Trust and Community Memorial Foundation for providing funding for the development of a case statement in 2010 about Illinois Health Connect and Your Healthcare Plus, which led to this publication.  

State Update

IDPH Resource Assessment

Every five years, Illinois is required by the Title V legislation to develop a comprehensive statewide needs assessment. The needs assessment of the MCH population is an ongoing collaborative process; one that is critical to program planning and development. Thus enabling the state to target services and monitor the effectiveness of interventions that support improvements in the health, safety and well-being of the MCH population, which includes the following 5 domains:

• *                             Maternal/Women's health
• *                             Perinatal/Infant Health
• *                             Child Health
• *                             Children with Special Healthcare Needs
• *                             Adolescent/Young Adult Health

Link to the assessment grid here.  Please return to IDPH via email to Alexander Smith at Alexander.j.smith@illinois.gov by Thursday, September 25^th.

230 Q&As about the Medicaid Managed Care Rollout

HFS released their 53-page document answering 230 questions (categorized) from the HFS Webcast on the procedures for enrollment and general managed care roll-out.  The link is on the HFS care coordination webpage and answers many specific questions from providers.

Federal Update

AAFP Offers Workforce solutions on Capitol Hill

AAFP leaders held a press briefing in Washington, DC on Monday to offer their recommendations to reform federal GME funding and structure, in order to train the right physician workforce for the future, one that will meet the nation's growing primary care demand. 

The Academy's recommendations, appear in a report titled Aligning Resources, Increasing Accountability and Delivering a Primary Care Physician Workforce for America.

The five recommendations seek to break the 50-year old format that has not enabled GME funding to be used in the most optimal ways to train and build a family medicine foundation for America.  You can link to the AAFP News story from Thursdaywith more details. 

Click here for full information on each of the positions listed below:

Cermak Health Systems - Cook County

Assistant Professor (2) - SIU Quincy and Carbondale

Assistant Professor & Asst. Chair of Geriatrics Program - SIU Springfield

Private Practice - North Shore

Medical Director - Friend Family Health Center in Chicago

Advocate Lutheran General Family Medicine Residency

UIC Illinois Masonic Family Medicine Residency

Faculty position opening

Prime Care Community Health

Multiple positions available with teaching opportunities

PCC Wellness Center

PCC has openings for physicians at their clinics on the Near West Side and in Oak Park and seeks Medical Directors for the Austin and Loretto clinics.

 Access all our FREE self-study CME that meets your needs! Log on at with www.iafp.com/education

• Understand diagnosis of concussion and tools to assist evaluation in the office.
• Review of concussion management strategies on return to school.
• Review of concussion management strategies on return to sport. 
• Discussion of case examples to highlight management techniques and pitfalls.

Immunizing Adolescents against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Meningococcal Disease: What You Need to Know

Presented by:Glenn Skow MD, MPH, Chief of Staff, Medical Director, Emergency Department, Fayette County Hospital

October 30, 2014, 12:00-1:00pm CST

• Understand the current guidelines for immunizing adolescents against HPV and meningococcal disease. 
• Educate patients and their parents/guardians about the importance of immunization. Develop an office-wide strategy to improve the immunization rate with adolescent patients (e.g., patient recall and reminder systems, standing orders).

IAFP Clinically Integrated Networks Committee Chair Mark Loafman, MD is a presenter.

Intended participants include current and potential vaccine providers, pediatricians, family medicine physicians, OB/GYNs, internists, emergency medicine physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and medical office staff. Supported by IAFP, The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, DuPage County Health Department, DuPage County Medical Society, EverThrive Illinois, Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Illinois Chapter of the American College of Physicians, and the Illinois State Medical Society.

Register for the 5th Annual ABC (Autism, Behavior Complex Medical Needs) Conference, "Interprofessional Approach to Caring for Children with Special Healthcare Needs," Friday, November 21 at Moraine Business and Conference Center in Palos Hills. Join pediatricians, family physicians, other healthcare professional and community service providers, including home visitors, child care providers, and Early Intervention professionals, for a day of excellent educational content, valuable resources, and networking with colleagues from around the state.

ICAAP has extended their discounted member rate to IAFP members!

Download the full brochure for more information, or click here

Webinar, October 2 from 11:00 a.m. to Noon Central

The American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This live activity is designated for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

California Academy of Family Physicians CO*RE ER/LA Opioid REMS :  Achieving Safe Use While Improving Patient Care live Webinar (given at four remaining times, beginning September 23):

You can visit the series landing page here to find registration links to all the webinars. 

These 90-minute webinars meet the FDA requirements for ER/LA opioid risk evaluation and mitigation strategies [REMS], and include a wide range of topics relevant to your practice and patients. The webinars include the latest evidence-based information and practical tools you will put immediately to use, and much more. Upon completion of the assessment and evaluation you will receive 1.5 AAFP Prescribed credits, and receive both the faculty slides and additional resources you can use to improve your care of patients.

New DEA law on effective Oct. 6

On Oct. 6, the DEA will move hydrocodone combination products from Schedule III to Schedule II, so family physicians need to prepare for the change. Refills will be valid only if the original prescription was written before Oct. 6 and is filled before April 8, 2015. 

Read more in this week's AAFP News here

Prescriber's Letter also is offering a patient handout to help patients better understand how these changes affect them.

Illinois Resources on Opioid Safety

On May 21 DuPage County hosted a conference in Elmhurst on Opioid Safety. Seminar presentation audio, slides, and resources have been posted at the following link:  www.dupagehealth.org/opioidsafety.

You can also join the IAFP Safe Prescriber recognition program here for CME, sample office policies and a patient contract to help you safeguard your practice and your patients.

IL PAMS 5K for Peru - Sunday 9/21

Sponsored by the Illinois Peruvian American Medical Society

Walk or run, register online until Saturday at 12 noon.

Onsite registration Sunday 21st starting at 8 am            

Start line: across from the Nature Museum 2430 N. Cannon Drive, Chicago IL 60614

Proceeds will be used to provide free medical-surgical care to the underserved in remote areas of Peru. 

Learn more here

There's an app for that

The Flu Clinic Map app is loaded and available. It can be found at http://chicagoflushots.org/

IAFP's Influenza Vaccine resources for you and your practice

Visit http://www.iafp.com/immunization/ for CME, free patient education materials for your practice and a video you can link to from your practice website.