NAFP 64th Annual Meeting and Scientific Assembly

March 29-31, 2012
Holiday Inn Downtown
141 North 9th Street
Lincoln, Nebraska  68508

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Need to make Hotel Reservations?

Holiday Inn Downtown, Haymarket, Lincoln, NE
Call 402-475-4011 or 800-465-4329
Please request the NAFP Room Block ($114 ++)

At the Holiday Inn Downtown, every guest will sleep in comfort and style in newly redesigned guestrooms complete with in-room refrigerators, microwaves, coffee makers, flat screen televisions, and complimentary wireless internet.  In the morning indulge in a complimentary full hot breakfast buffet and in the evening enjoy complimentary Bud Light, house wines & appetizers in the nightly Manager's Reception. For convenience, complimentary parking is provided in the attached and covered parking garage.

Robert L. Wergin, MD, Interview with CNN Money

SGR and End of First Congress Session

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Rural Health Clinic Reform

Click here to read HR 3458

Dear Colleague Letter

Letter to Representative

Letter to Senator

ABFM 2012 Exam Dates

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DAVID J. HOELTING, MD
NEBRASKA ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS
FAMILY PHYSICIAN OF THE YEAR 2011

Dr. David Hoelting, Pender, and his wife Shirley with family at the Capitol as Dr. Hoelting receives his award

CONGRATULATIONS, DR. HOELTING

Left to right: Mrs. Shirley Hoelting, David Hoelting, MD, Pender, Governor Heineman, Dr. Carol LaCroix, Omaha, NAFP President, Robert Wergin, MD, Milford and Dale Michels, MD, Lincoln, Chair of NAFP Public Affairs Committee

Back row: Drs. Mark Butler, Lincoln, AAFP Alternate Delegate and David Hoelting, Pender, AAFP Alternate Delegate, front row: Drs. Bob Wergin, Milford, AAFP Board of Directors and Randy Kohl, Firth, AAFP Delegate

Academy Doctors Honoring Dr. Hoelting

THE ABFM MC-FP EXAMINATION IS MOVING TO APRIL IN 2012

Beginning in 2012, the ABFM MC-FP examination will be held in April instead of July.  Diplomates who are in good standing and hold a currently valid, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the US or Canada are eligible to apply for and take the examination. 

Residents who are in good standing and expected to complete training on or about July 1, 2012 are eligible to take the April 2012 examination. A currently valid, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the US or Canada is not required for residents to apply for and take the April examination. Certification will be awarded when all of the criteria are met:

1. Successful performance on the ABFM MC-FP Examination

2. The Program Director verifies that the resident has successfully met all of the ACGME 

    program requirements

3. The candidate obtains a currently valid, full, and unrestricted license to practice

    medicine in the US or Canada

These conditions must be met by December 31, 2012.

The dates for the April 2012 MC-FP Examination are:

April 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21

The MC-FP Examination will also be offered in November for candidates who fail the spring administration of the examination, or for those residents in good standing who are off-cycle and are expected to complete training on or about December 31, 2012.

The dates for the November 2012 MC-FP Examination are:

November 7, 8, 9, 10

As with the April exam, Diplomates who are in good standing and hold a currently valid, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the US or Canada are eligible to apply for and take the examination.

A currently valid, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the US or Canada is not necessary for residents to apply for and take the exam, but in order to be awarded certification, the same three criteria listed above must be met by July 1 of the following year.

MEANINGFUL USE CEREMONY

Pictured from left to right: Bob Rauner, MD, Carol LaCroix, MD, NAFP President, Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy, Bill Weeks, MD, and Mark Woodruff, MD

Drs. William D. Weeks and Mark W. Woodruff of Southwest Family Physicians,PC, Omaha, were honored July 19, 2011, by Wide River Technology Extension Center.  Drs. Weeks and Woodruff are the first healthcare providers who have achieved Meaningful Use of their Electronic Health Record system.

RUC LETTER TO DR. LEVY

Click here for Dr. Heim's Letter to Dr. Levy

Click here for RUC Statement

NAFP LEADERS MEET DURING THE 2011 AAAFP ANNUAL LEADERSHIP FORUM

 IN KANSAS CITY MAY 6-7

Left to right: Robert Wergin, MD, AAFP Board of Directors, Milford, Kip Anderson, MD, President-Elect, Columbus, Carol LaCroix, MD, President, Omaha, and Brian Buhlke, DO, Director, Central City.

AWARDS RECEIVED AT
2011 AAFP ANNUAL LEADERSHIP FORUM

Left to right: Brian Buhlke, DO, Director, Kip Anderson, MD, President-Elect, Carol LaCroix, MD, President, and Robert Wergin, MD, Membership Chair

First place (medium chapters) Highest Percent Retention - Active Membership and Second place (medium chapters) Highest Percent Retention - New Physicians.

NEBRASKA ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS ELECTS NEW OFFICERS AT SPRING MEETING

	Left to right: Matt Bogard, MD, Omaha, Resident Director, Kathleen Bliese Walk, MD, Grand Island, AAFP Delegate, Kipton Anderson, MD, Columbus, President elect, Brian J. Finley, MD, Bellevue, Vice president, Mark J. Butler, MD, Lincoln, AAFP Alternate Delegate, and Thomas Hansen, MD, Omaha, Director

Midwest Dairy Council Fuel Up to Play 60