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Welcome New Members
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Joshua T. Black, MD
Starkville
Benjamin R. Gilliland, MD
Tupelo
Richard A. Nance, II, DO
Meridian
Ndeke Nyirenda, MD
Gloster
Elizabeth Barr Verna, DO
Ocean Springs
Residents:
Dennis Matthews, MD
EC-HealthNet
WCUCOM Student:
Marcus J. Wilson
UMMC Students:
Amira Abbas
Nathan Armstrong
Joshua (Hunter) Aultman
Kaleb Barnes
Madelyn Barr
Agatha Berryhill Stewart
Taylor Bertrand
Andrew Biesemier
Lauren Billington
Amanda Boudreaux
Leah Bowlin
Brett Bowling
Matthew Bridges
Mark Briscoe
Caleb Buckner
Jeremy Burt
Blair Bush
Ellen Berry Carter
Joseph A. Carter
Ian Coate
Kyle Cooper
Jack Culbertson
John A. Del Castillo
Maggie Dickerson
Thomas B. Ferguson
Taylor Ferris
Courtney Filliben
Anna Fryar
Tyler Gatewood
Anna Gathings
Kimberly Gilbert
Ashley Gnam
Adam Goodman
Jamie Lou Goodwin
Mary Harvey
Bismah Arif Hasan
Reya Hayek
D. Graham Hodge
Michael Holman
Yousef Hreish
Gracie Hubacek
JeremyJ Hudson
Jeshanah Johnson
Taylor Johnson
Elizabeth Jones
Katie Jones
Monica Kala
Daniel Kennedy
Darius Kennedy
Hasna Khandekar
John Khoury
Alexander Knight
Caroline Lambert
David Mitch Lang
Anna E. Langford
Tracey T. P. Le
Kever Lewis
Mark Lewis
Harrison A Livingston
Parker Litchliter
Khalid Manzoul
Andrew D. Maxwell
Alexandra Mazzola
Matthew McMullan
Keely McNeer
Roland J. Mestayer
Brittany Mitchell
Mary Caroline Morris
Summer Morrissette
Kristin Myers
Somtochukwu Ngwudike
Lee Ogletree
Shannon Palmer
Hamza Patel
Niki Patel
Taylor Patterson
Joseph Pongetti
Christopher Price
John Nathan Rhodes
Chad M Ross
Renira Rugnath
Khoula Saleem
Dean Scafidi
Hayleo Schrock
Gulrukh Shaheen
Andrew Shine
Wilkes Skelton
Chelsey Smith
Jessie Smith
Casey Andrew Spell
George Walker Stayer
Shelby Swede
Marjada Tucker
Kevin Varghese
Seth Warren
Zachary C. Watters
Katie Webb
Mary Frances Weeks
John Whitaker
Cal Wilkerson
Jessica Williams
Lane B. Williamson
Gerri Anne Wilson
Lindsey Winborne
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Dr. David Wheat, MAFP President
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Mississippi Family Physician Journal
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Dr. J.D. Polk, the MAFP Military Award winner, with his wife, Gay.
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Dr. J.D. Polk, Major General (ret), honored with MAFP Military Award
Dr. J.D. Polk of Richland was presented with the MAFP's Military Award on Sept. 23 at the Fall Conference. Only six MAFP members have been honored with the award since it was established in 2006.
MAFP President Dr. David Wheat commended Dr. Polk for his "outstanding dedication and service to his community and to his nation." Dr. Polk achieved the rank of Major General during his time in the Mississippi Army National Guard and retired from the military in 1998. He practices medicine at Richland Primary Care.
MAFP member family physicians who have served in the military are eligible for the award. Nominations can
be made here
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MAFP Fall Conference 2018
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Physicians Network, Learn at Fall Conference in Pickwick
More than 50 physicians, exhibitors, residents and medical students attended last weekend's Fall Conference at Pickwick Landing State Park in Counce, TN. The meeting featured CME, social events and meetings. (Check out the video above.) In addition to the MAFP Board and the MAFP Foundation Board, the Academy's five committees held meetings.
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MAFP, LAFP to Host Reception for Mississippi/Louisiana Docs at FMX
MAFP and the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians will host a reception for members at a French Quarter restaurant The Chicory on Tuesday, Oct. 9, from 5:30 - 7:30 pm. Registrants are invited to stop by after the sessions or on their way to dinner for drinks, appetizers and networking with colleagues.
More information and RSVP details.
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Committees Make Recommendations
More than 50 physicians, exhibitors, residents and medical students attended last weekend's Fall Conference at Pickwick Landing State Park in Counce, TN. The meeting featured CME, social events and board/committee meetings. Check out the video above! In addition to the MAFP Board and the MAFP Foundation Board, the Academy's five committees held meetings. Some of the actions that came out of the committee meetings:
Academy Committee
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(Dr. Bill Grantham, Chair)
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Reviewed membership trends for our chapter and awards received.
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Discussed ways members can be involved in other organizations to represent MAFP and Family Medicine. Committee requested a list of state boards/committees where our members can serve.
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Discussed alternative ways to communicate with membership other than through email (texting, FB, FB messenger, Twitter, etc.).
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Discussed recruitment efforts and ways to keep membership informed. For example, encouraged members to send news from their clinic for us to share on social media.
Advocacy Committee: (Dr. Katherine Patterson, Chair)
- Discussed strategy for various issues on the 2019 legislative session
- Discussed and made plans for the 2018 winter board meeting as it relates to inviting area legislators to attend
- Pressed upon the importance of doctors attending Capitol Day
Professional Development Committee: (Dr. Bruce Longest, Chair)
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Recommended shorter lecture sessions at CME meetings
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Proposed developing a one-day meeting on a Saturday with a social aspect, in place of the 3-day fall conference
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Suggested break-out sessions topics at annual meeting
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Discussed needed CME topics
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Offered topics for roundtable discussions at spring conference
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Discussed ways to encourage members to pursue Degree of Fellow
Public Awareness Committee: (Dr. Carlos Latorre, Chair)
- Discussed ways to increase visibility of family physicians in the local community
- Evaluated the Academy's website, social media presence, e-newsletter and printed magazine
- Recommended putting Academy Awards Nomination Form online to encourage more submissions
Workforce Committee
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- Wants to establish a Speaker's Bureau of physicians interested in speaking to residents and students
- Recommended residency visits by MAFP staff include a graduate of the residency program now in practice
- Encourage members to be preceptors
- Encourage District Directors to call new physicians in their area to introduce themselves
Committee members are listed on the web site's committee page.
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Free Lunch & Learn for Your Clinic
MAFP offers free Lunch and Learn sessions at clinic locations to teach physicians and their staff about tobacco cessation for patients.
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Buckley
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MAFP staff member Jewell Buckley, who conducts the sessions, furnishes lunch for you and your staff and provides all materials. There is no cost to you -- all you do is attend. Physicians and nurse practitioners at the session receive CME credits -- 1 hour by attending and 2 additional hours from t2p.
These sessions are part of MAFP's partnership with the MS State Department of Health Office of Tobacco Control. In order to fulfill the conditions for the grant we receive each year, we must schedule a total of 5 Lunch and Learn sessions. We need 2 more clinics for the 2018-19 fiscal year. Will you help us by signing up? Lunch and Learn training sessions must be held before June 30, 2019.
Contact Jewell Buckley to schedule.
The objectives of the Lunch and Learn sessions are:
- To educate physicians on how to counsel and educate patients on quitting tobacco through 2 A's and R (Ask, Act and Refer) and motivational interviewing.
- To educate physicians on how to make quality patient referrals to the Mississippi Quitline using fax, online, or electronic referral system.
- To educate physicians on when and how to prescribe tobacco cessation medication and/or nicotine replacement therapy for qualified patients.
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Nominations Sought for AAFP Commissions; Oct. 15 Deadline
The AAFP invites chapters to make recommendations to assist the board in making
AAFP Commission appointments for 2018. The deadline is Oct. 15 and m
embers interested in applying must contact their chapter prior to submitting the application.
In addition to
23 commission vacancies
there are also AMA Delegation positions and
the ABFM Director position. The requirements for applying include (a) completed online form, (b) letter of recommendation from your chapter, (c) photo, and (d) completed conflict of interest and disclosure form.
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Extended: Special Offer from ABFM
Paid advertisement from ABFM PRIME SAN
. The ABFM invites board-certified family physicians to enroll in PRIME Registry™ free for the first three years!
PRIME Registry is a practice and population data tool developed by the ABFM that safely extracts patient data* from your electronic health records (EHRs) and turns it into actionable measures, presented in an easy-to-use, personalized dashboard, maintaining its full confidentiality. PRIME not only simplifies quality reporting for payment programs such as MIPS and CPC+, but also allows you to better evaluate aspects of your practice, patient groups, and individual patients, illuminating gaps or successes in patient care.
Another bonus for ABFM Diplomates: the integrated Performance Improvement (PI) activity tool allows Diplomates to easily use EHR data to complete PI activities and earn points toward the ABFM continuous certification requirements. PRIME will soon add social determinant and community resource data, showing clusters of disease, poor outcomes, and community resources for patients and clinics via the new Population Health Assessment Engine (PHATE ™).
By enrolling in PRIME now, you will secure free MIPS reporting through PRIME in 2019, and you will be able to take advantage of all the features PRIME has to offer. Ready to get started? Enroll at primeregistry.org. Have questions? Email [email protected] or call 877-223-7437.
* All registry data are maintained in compliance with HIPAA, subject to a Business Associates Agreement, but the ABFM has gone farther to protect your data. The registry vendor has no rights to use identified data without your permission, and the ABFM purposefully cannot touch patient data except for research purposes and after Institutional Review Board approval.
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New MAFP Logo Sweatshirts!
 MAFP is now offering new logo sweatshirts in 100% cotton - available in crew neck and hoodie styles with your choice of heather gray or navy. $35 each and they
can be ordered online.
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Please Refer Vendors, Others to Us for the Membership Directory
 Please refer other physicians and vendors to us who may be interested in advertising in our Membership Directory for 2019.
For physicians of other specialties, we have a section of our annual membership directory just for them called
the Referral Directory.
Ads for non-member physicians are only $75. In our current directory, the referrals are listed on page 66.
As for vendors with whom you have a relationship, please ask them to advertise with us in the Membership Directory. Here are the advertising details that you can print out for them when they call on you at your clinic.
Deadlines for the referral directory and purchasing advertising are December 1, 2018.
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