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Massachusetts Legislation Addresses Primary Care Workforce Issues - Creates Primary Care Incentive Programs
(08/13/2008) -- Massachusetts has enacted a sweeping health care measure designed to strengthen the state's primary care infrastructure by addressing primary care workforce shortages while bolstering an existing health care plan.

Ask and Act Podcasts Provide Tips for Helping Patients Become Tobacco-free
(08/13/2008) -- The AAFP has released four of five planned podcasts in its "Ask the Expert" tobacco cessation podcast series. The podcasts are part of the Academy's Ask and Act tobacco cessation program, which encourages family physicians to ask all patients about tobacco use and then act to help them quit.

CMS Clarifies Electronic Prescribing Rule - Tamper-Resistant Paper Not Mandatory
(08/12/2008) -- Family physicians who send patient prescriptions electronically -- or who plan to use this technology in the near future -- will welcome recent clarification of a CMS policy. Tamper-resistant computer paper will not be mandatory when phase two of tamper-resistant prescription policies for Medicaid outpatient drugs go into effect on Oct. 1.

Montana Academy of Family Physicians

 

Upcoming
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  Big Mountain Medical
  Ski Conference

       Feb 3-7, 2009

  Red Lodge Primary
  Care Conference

       June 11-13 2009
As the representative of Family Medicine and Family Physicians in Montana, the Montana Academy of Family Physicians:
  • Promotes Family Medicine;
  • Provides education for Family Physicians;
  • Represents the personal and professional interests of Family Physicians, and:
  • Is the guiding force for quality primary care in Montana.

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