The document welcomes readers to the Texas Academy of Family Physicians (TAFP) and American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). It highlights that membership provides access to advocacy, education, and resources to support members' careers, practices, specialties, and patients. TAFP has over 7,000 members in Texas while AAFP has over 100,000 members nationwide. The document provides information on various programs and services offered by TAFP and AAFP in these areas. It encourages readers to get involved with leadership opportunities and contact staff with any questions.
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Welcome to Your TAFP
1. WELCOME TO
TAFP
YOUR CAREER
YOUR PRACTICE
YOUR SPECIALTY
YOUR PATIENTS
Texas Academy of Family Physicians | www.tafp.org
2. TAFP & AAFP
Shared membership means shared
priorities, and as a member, you get two
great organizations working on your behalf.
3. Texas Academy of Family Physicians
MISSION:
The Texas Academy of Family
TAFP
Physicians unites the family
physicians of Texas through
advocacy, education, and
member services, and empowers
them to provide a medical home
for patients of all ages.
Your
7,000 total members statewide
www.tafp.org
4. American Academy of Family Physicians
MISSION:
To improve the health of
AAFP
patients, families, and
communities by serving the
needs of members with
professionalism and creativity.
100,000 members nationwide
Your
• Practice enhancement
• Education
• Advocacy www.aafp.org
• Health of the public
5. Experience AAFP …
for New FP members
Receive discounts and special pricing on:
AAFP
• Practice support resources • Board Review Express
and forms, including On course ($50)
Your Own: Starting a
• METRIC
Medical Practice from the
Ground Up • Coding resources
• Self-study board review and • CME self-study
FP Comprehensive
Your
… and more
• Scientific Assembly ($100)
6. Experience the Family of TAFP
TAFP offers
discounted
TAFP
registration fees at
all of the symposia
for members in
their first 7 years
of practice.
Your
7. Help is Just a Click or a Call Away
CAREER
Getting Started: Tools
for the New Physician
CV Prep
Career Choices
Credentialing
Locum Tenens
DEA, licensure, OSHA, HIPAA
Starting Your Own Practice
Your
www.aafp.org
8. Promoting Family Medicine
SPECIALTY
Advocating for you
and for your future
Federal legislators
State legislators
Insurers and third-
party payers
Your
9. Promoting Family Medicine
SPECIALTY
At the
White House
AAFP’s Board Chair
Ted
Epperly, M.D., (left, s
tanding) tells
President Obama
that the AAFP is
"ready to do its part"
to support health
Your
care reform.
Photo courtesy of AAFP News Now
10. Promoting Family Medicine
SPECIALTY
Advocating for you at
the Texas Legislature
Promoting the primary
care workforce
Protecting patients
Protecting the viability
of your practice
Your
Supporting our state
safety net programs
11. Keeping You Informed
AAFP
employs an
excellent
staff of
reporters
who bring
you up-to-
the minute
information
on what’s
happening
across the
country.
12. Keeping You Informed
TAFP’s
communica-
tions staff Texas Family Physician
consistently is the quarterly
publishes magazine of
news and TAFP, containing
resources features and news on
important to legislative and
the family regulatory
physicians of topics, practice
Texas across tips, member
all media. news, and human
interest stories for
family doctors.
13. Keeping You Informed
TAFP’s
communica-
tions staff TAFP’s QuickInfo is the
consistently e-newsletter you don’t
publishes want to delete. It’s packed
news and with the latest news and
resources resources your Academy
important to has to offer. We only
the family publish when we need
physicians of to, so don’t miss it!
Texas across
all media.
14. Keeping You Informed
During the
legislative
session, we
ramp up the
coverage
with
innovative
projects like
the video
newscast, Ca
pitol Report.
16. Helping You Effect Change
With tools
like AAFP’s
Speak
Out, you’re
only a click
away at any
time from
becoming an
advocate for
family
medicine
with elected
officials.
17. CME and CME Reporting and Tracking
CAREER
Staying current and organized is easy
AAFP Clinical CME – Evidence-based topics
requested by members
Commitment to lifelong learning (150 credits
over 3 years)
Easy CME reporting and tracking tool –
e-mail your CME report anywhere, anytime
Your
CME Learning Portal: AAFP’s newest
member benefit, makes it easy to match CME
needs with applicable, available CME
18. Providing Excellent Lifelong Learning
CAREER
TAFP offers four seminars each year:
Annual Session and Scientific Assembly
July 11-15, 2012 | Austin, Texas
Primary Care Summit - Houston
October 26-28, 2012 | Houston, Texas
Primary Care Summit - Dallas
November 9-11, 2012 | Dallas, Texas
Your
C. Frank Webber Lectureship
March 2, 2012 | Austin, Texas
19. Career Resources from AAFP
CAREER
FP Assist
Consultants
Attorneys
for
a second
opinion before
you sign
Your
20. Practice Support Resources
PRACTICE
FPM Toolbox
Billing& Claims
Processing
Coding
Career Flow Sheets
Management HIPAA
Encounter
Medicare
Forms
Staffing
Your
24. Educate Your Patients, for a Healthier Life
PATIENTS
(in English and Spanish)
AAFP Family Health
Facts
Patient Education
handbook
Family Medicine
brochures
Your
25. Activate Your Community, for a Healthier Life
PATIENTS
Tar Wars
Ask and Act
Hard Hats for Little
Heads
Americans in
Motion
Your
26. AAFP Journals
ACADEMY
American Family
Physician
Peer-reviewed clinical
journal
Print and online
Full-
text, searchable, current
and past issues
Online quizzes
Your
Testyour knowledge
Earn CME credit
27. AAFP Journals
ACADEMY
Family Practice
Management
Online
Contract negotiation
Coding
Getting
paid
PCMH how-to articles
Your
28. AAFP Journals
ACADEMY
Annals of Family
Medicine
Online
Peer-reviewed
family medicine
research journal
Collaborative effort
of 7 family
medicine orgs
Your
29. Peer-provided Information
AAFP E-discussion
ACADEMY
Lists:
Electronic Health New Physicians
Records IMGs
Emergency and Rural Health
Urgent Care Women’s
Practice State Legislation
Management Private Sector
Residents Advocacy
Your
Minorities More…
31. Leadership Opportunities
At the state
ACADEMY
chapter level
Board of
Directors
Committees
Commissions
Sections
Your
www.tafp.org/membership will take you to lots of information
about our officers, governance structure, and opportunities for you
to get involved.
33. Be Part of the Family
Our
greatest
assets and
our most
precious
resources
are our
members.
34. Be Part of the Family
What we
can do
together
and learn
from each
other is the
greatest
member
benefit we
have to
offer.
35. AAFP & TAFP
ACADEMY
We’re in it for you, for life
During your transition into
practice and well into your career,
AAFP and TAFP staff are a call or
e-mail away, for:
career resources
practice support
advocacy
patient resources
research
Your
36. Contact Us
For more information, call:
AAFP TAFP
(800) 274-2237 (512) 329-8666
www.aafp.org www.tafp.org
37. Contact Us
Follow us on Twitter:
www.twitter.com/txfamilydocs
Find us on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/txafp
38. Kathy McCarthy
Chief Operating Officer
kmccarthy@tafp.org
Jonathan Nelson
Director of Communications
jnelson@tafp.org
Texas Academy of Family Physicians | www.tafp.org
39. Please complete a brief survey to be eligible for a rebate
on your 2012 dues.
www.surveymonkey.com/s/tafpnp
Texas Academy of Family Physicians | www.tafp.org
Editor's Notes
Welcome to TAFP’s first New Physician Webinar. Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to participate. We hope you learn a little about your Academy. My name is Kathy McCarthy and I am the Chief Operating Officer for TAFP. Joining us is Jonathan Nelson, TAFP’s Director of Communications. At the conclusion of the webinar you will be asked to fill out a brief survey online. Please submit the survey and once your dues payment has been verified, we will send you a rebate on your 2012 dues. The final slide contains our contact information. Please don’t hesitate to contact either of us with questions or comments.
Unlike the AMA and it’s state societies, membership in the Academy is unified. As a member you belong to all levels of the organization and benefit from the rich resources and support available through the AAFP, TAFP and, in some cases, a local chapter.
TAFP also extends a discount for our four symposia to new physician members. The savings vary from program to program, but can be as much as 27%.
For over10 years, TAFP member surveys have shown that the number one service family physicians want from the Academy is Advocacy. Your state and national Academies serve as your voice and advocate for you as a family physician, and for family medicine’s future. To tell you more about the advocacy and communications aspects of the Academy, here is Jonathan Nelson…. Left over from slide notes from AAFP: Less well known are AAFP’s private sector advocacy initiatives, among them: Pay for Performance, physician profiling, retail health clinics, and payment: bundling, coding and claim denials.
The health care reform efforts in the U.S. and the realization of primary care’s integral role in caring for the nation has drawn increasing levels of attention: from the White House, in Congress, and from the public. (from another slide):AAFP leaders converge on the Hill annually, and work year-round with congressional leaders and staff to keep issues that impact family medicine and quality health care at the forefront.
The AAFP’s national and state educational and advocacy efforts regarding the patient-centered medical home are resonating with the public and with political and health care leaders who recognize its importance in controlling medical costs while ensuring quality care that’s focused on patient outcomes. The AAFP’s Connect for Reform keeps members in the loop, with updates from D.C. and around the nation as AAFP leaders, staff and members work to effect meaningful change that has the patient at its core.
As an AAFP member, your involvement is key. Your time for advocacy may be limited, but the AAFP’s Speak Out tool ensures that your voice and message makes it to the legislators who can make a difference. And when you sign up for Legislative Alerts, you’ll know, real-time, when a critical vote is pending, and what you can do to effect change from your laptop, any time of day.
The AAFP has accumulated a listing of consultants and attorneys you can contact as you consider different post-residency options. They can help you structure your questions before the interview, and even review a contract before you sign.
FPM Toolboxis another great resource that can give you hands-on tools you can use when you’re growing your practice.
TAFP has a practice management consultant on retainer. In addition to writing articles for our magazine and presenting at conferences, Bradley Reiner offers a discounted rate to TAFP members. He has over 15 years of experience and has worked with family medicine practices of various sizes throughout Texas. His services include billing and coding reviews, compliance and documentation audits, practice evaluations and assessments, managed care contract negotiation, staff recruiting and human resources management and other general practice management issues.
AAFP has been a leader in the Patient Centered Medical Home Movement. Your new practice may be in the process of adapting to the PCMH model, and you may be called on to help implement the change. AAFP and its chapters offer several resources to help you evaluate your practice.
While Advocacy and Education are our top priorities, your Academy also devotes resources to improving the health of your patients and communities. AAFP has developed educational materials for patients that can continually reinforce your instructions long after they leave your office. Family Doctor.org has become a favorite site among family physicians and patients alike for easy-to-read, instructive health care materials that are available in English and Spanish.
As a community leader, the Academy arms you with programs and ideas to help you improve your community’s health.Tar Wars – In place over 20 years, Tar Wars has helped generations of children embrace a smoke-free world with its tobacco-free messages. The program is a curriculum that family physicians and other health care providers and educators can present to 4th and 5th grade students and then the students can enter a poster contest.Ask and Act – AAFP’s tobacco-cessation program can help you open the discussion with patients about their smoking, and arms you with tools to help them quit.Hard Hats for Little Heads – A TAFP program in conjunction with the TMA Foundation to provide helmets for children to encourage bicycle safety.AIM – AAFP’s multi-faceted fitness initiative helps you educate your patients and community about fitness, nutrition and emotional well-being.
AAFP publishes several journals that you may find useful. The clinical content of American Family Physician is among the top reasons that medical students join AAFP. This same journal is used by practicing family physicians throughout the world to help keep them current on clinical topics relevant to family medicine. There is also CME available for some of the articles.
Family Practice Management may not be something you looked at as a medical student or resident. Now that you are in practice, you will find that FPM is a valuable in providing resources in the areas of managing staff and the workflow of your practiceDealing with insurers and Medicare, getting paid, and building an efficient practice that works for you.Their online archive is a tremendous resource and there is CME available for some of the articles in there as well. FPM is published six times a year and is available online.
The Annals of Family Medicine is a peer-reviewed research journal devoted to family medicine. You know that new research is being done all the time on patient care and various disease states. The Annals will help you stay up to date. It’s a collaborative effort of seven different family medicine organizations, but for those with a penchant for research and the science of family medicine, you’ll enjoy reading the Annals online.
One of the great things about your Academy is the ways that we bring members together to share ideas, frustrations and best practices. We do this in person at our meetings and online using discussion lists and blogs. AAFP’s members-only e-discussion lists cover a broad range of topics and interest areas. As a member, you can join any and all lists to stay abreast of issues of interest to you, ask questions of peers, and be involved in the discussion.
TAFP has a blog. You can read posts on the latest issues and share your views. Visit txfamilydocs.org and join the conversation.
TAFP is a member-driven organization. In my years with TAFP we’ve had tremendous leaders and volunteers throughout the organization. Our committees meet twice a year and, as a member, you can attend most any of them as a guest. Each year we ask members to let us know if they are interested in being appointed to a committee so watch for our Make Your Mark form to come to your e-mail in the spring. Our sections are open discussion forums. If you are interested in maternity care, rural health, leadership development or the medical home you can show up and join the conversation. TAFP has a large board with representatives from across the state. You are welcome to attend the Board meeting as a guest. You can access information on our officer positions, governance structure and more at tafp.org/membership or you can contact me for information if you want to get involved. Banter about getting involved and how it benefits you
At the national level, Texas has representatives that serve on the Congress of Delegates and on various commissions. AAFP also has students, residents, new physician and special constituency slots at the congress of delegates. Lindsay Botsford in this photo served as a resident delegate at the 2010 Congress. Here is a photo of Texas two delegates and alternates plus Lindsay and Dr. Tricia Elliott who served as a special constituency delegate at the 2010 Congress of Delegates. You may think you have to serve at the state level for many years before you can get involved at the national but there is an opportunity for new physicians to serve much sooner. Each year AAFP has a National Conference of Special Constituencies which provides an opportunity to get involved. Each state can send one representative in each of the five constituencies – women, minorities, new physicians, IMGs and GLBTs. AAFP has two new physician delegates to the AAFP Congress of Delegates and a new physician on the Board of Directors and they are elected at NCSC. Contact Jonathan or I for more information if you are interested in attending NCSC. Our last photo here shows AAFP President, Dr. Roland Goertz from Waco, Texas taking the oath of office at the 2010 AAFP meeting in Denver. He has been involved since he was a medical student.
Our greatest assets and our most precious resources are our members
What we can do together and learn from each other is the greatest member benefit we have to offer.
We value your membership in TAFP and AAFP and are eager to serve you. If you have suggestions, ideas, questions, comments, complaints, let us know. You are the future of the specialty and we want to hear from you.
Thank you for joining us. Please fill out the brief survey that should appear when you exit the webinar.
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