NJAFP

The 27 final entries in this year’s NJAFP Poster Contest showcased the breadth of issues tackled by family physicians.

Actinomyces to hyponatremia to necrotizing fasciitis to vaccination to women’s health.

The People’s Choice and first place Resident awardees both showcased tough cases, catching the attention of online voters and the judges on site at the NJAFP 2019 FamMed Forum, NJAFP’s largest annual meeting.

While visiting with authors, AAFP President-Elect Gary LeRoy, MD, (Ohio), commented on the uniqueness of those two projects long before the votes were in. The way these authors studied and presented their data set them apart.

Click here to view the winning posters

This Live activity, 2019 NJAFP FamMed Forum, with a beginning date of 06/14/2019, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 26.25 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

YOUR CONFERENCE EVALUATION AND CLAIM FOR CME CREDIT WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU.  YOU MAY ALSO ACCESS IT VIA THE FAM MED FORUM MOBILE APP.  
PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO CLAIM YOUR CME CREDITS.

THANKS FOR ATTENDING FAM MED FORUM!

Sponsored through a grant from the NJ Department of Health, NJAFP has created a series of patient education videos designed to dispell the myths surrounding vaccines. These short videos are free to download and use in your waiting room or exam room. You may also request a DVD if your office does not have an Internet-enabled TV.

To access the videos, please click here.

This law, also known as the Out of Network law, was signed by Governor Murphy on June 1 and is primarily intended to protect patients from receiving health care services from out of network providers who they do not knowingly select, which will ultimately prevent the receipt of a “surprise” out of network bill. While a great deal of these encounters occur in facilities and are associated with other specialties’ procedures, there are parts of this law that will impact all physicians, including family physicians, whether in or out of network.

While the majority of the NJAFP membership are in network physicians, over the last eight years NJAFP remained engaged on this very challenging issue in Trenton to ensure that the in network and out of network dialogue remained distinct.

Under this law, all physicians will be required to disclose network status to their patients prior to the provision of services.

Read More

• NJPMP’s Interstate Data Sharing now covers 12 states, including PA and NY.        
• Expands patient history searches to two years of patient’s prescription records.
• Automatically converts dosages of commonly-prescribed opioids of differing potency, such as codeine, fentanyl, and oxycodone, into a standard value known as “morphine milligram equivalents” (MME). 

Read More