BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.nebrafp.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:fc073253-cae8-4d0c-a5de-9caac9a44938 X-WR-CALDESC:MACRA Conference: NAFP leadership feels that MACRA will greatl y impact our future. The leadership has been following this closely since hosting the conference\, MACRA: The Good\, The Bad and What it Means for t he Future of Health Care last year\, and they now have new information to share with you since the final rules are out. We will be hosting a half-da y conference on Wednesday morning\, March 29\, 2017 from 8:00 AM to 12:15 PM at the Embassy Suites La Vista to discuss the MACRA final rules. \n\nMA CRA Speakers:\n\n1) Shawn Martin: Martin\, senior vice president\, advocac y\, practice advancement and policy at the AAFP\, is responsible for overs eeing the AAFP Division of Government Relations and the Robert Graham Cent er for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care in Washington\, DC\, as well as the Division of Practice Advancement at the AAFP headquart ers in Leawood\, Kansas. In this role\, he directs legislative private sec tor advocacy on issues such as physician payment and medical liability ref orm. Prior to joining the AAFP senior management team\, Martin served as d irector of government relations and health policy and director of socioeco nomic affairs at the American Osteopathic Association.\n\n2) Dr. Robert We rgin: For over two decades\, Dr. Wergin has been practicing as a family ph ysician. He joined the NAFP in 1982. Since that time\, he has been very i nvolved with the Nebraska Academy including being a Past President\, chair man of many committees\, and the 2002 Nebraska Family Physician of the Yea r. He most recently served as the 2015-2016 American Academy of Family Phy sicians Board Chairman. As a practicing family physician in Seward\, NE\, Dr. Wergin has enhanced the quality of life for his community. He is a con stant advocate for developing the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) mod el in Nebraska as well as for shaping the national policy on MACRA. Wergin currently serves as the committee chair for the Nebraska PCMH Task Force Group.\n\n- - - - - - - - - - -\n\nWellness Conference: It’s time to take a step back and focus some of our energy on taking care of ourselves. Joi n us on Wednesday afternoon\, March 29\, 2017 from 1:15 - 5:00 PM\, as we take the first step in creating a healthier you. \n\nWellness Keynote Spea ker: \n\n1) Dr. Clif Knight: H. Clifton “Clif” Knight\, MD\, FAAFP\, becam e Vice President for Education in May 2014. He oversees all organizational activities related to medical education and continuing medical education. These areas include education and training of medical students and reside nts student interest in the specialty of family medicine\, federal policie s that affect graduate medical education funding\; and CME curriculum deve lopment\, production\, and accreditation and regulations. Dr. Knight has g uided the AAFP efforts to address family physician well-being by emphasizi ng education on this topic and the tools needed. \n Previously\, Kni ght was a family physician in Indiana for nearly 25 years. He served as ch ief medical and academic officer for Community Health Network in Indianapo lis\, where he was responsible for patient safety\, medical education\, re search and medical staff support. Knight was previously in private practic e in rural Flora\, Indiana. From 2011-2015\, he served on the Board of Tru stees for Marian University in Indianapolis. He served on the Admissions C ommittee for the Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine\, which admitted its inaugural class in August 2013. Knight served in an appointe d position on the Indiana Medical Education Board\, which oversees state g rant funding for family medicine residency programs in Indiana. He also se rved on the Indiana State Medical Association's Commission on Physician As sistance.\n X-WR-RELCALID:85046f5e509c68b1f5ea60af2a44a749 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20161106T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20171105T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20170312T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20180311T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b0ede9dc-75b2-4efa-a6aa-2b7a537a380d DTSTAMP:20260619T100243Z DESCRIPTION:MACRA Conference: NAFP leadership feels that MACRA will greatly impact our future. The leadership has been following this closely since h osting the conference\, MACRA: The Good\, The Bad and What it Means for th e Future of Health Care last year\, and they now have new information to s hare with you since the final rules are out. We will be hosting a half-day conference on Wednesday morning\, March 29\, 2017 from 8:00 AM to 12:15 P M at the Embassy Suites La Vista to discuss the MACRA final rules. \n\nMAC RA Speakers:\n\n1) Shawn Martin: Martin\, senior vice president\, advocacy \, practice advancement and policy at the AAFP\, is responsible for overse eing the AAFP Division of Government Relations and the Robert Graham Cente r for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care in Washington\, D C\, as well as the Division of Practice Advancement at the AAFP headquarte rs in Leawood\, Kansas. In this role\, he directs legislative private sect or advocacy on issues such as physician payment and medical liability refo rm. Prior to joining the AAFP senior management team\, Martin served as di rector of government relations and health policy and director of socioecon omic affairs at the American Osteopathic Association.\n\n2) Dr. Robert Wer gin: For over two decades\, Dr. Wergin has been practicing as a family phy sician. He joined the NAFP in 1982. Since that time\, he has been very in volved with the Nebraska Academy including being a Past President\, chairm an of many committees\, and the 2002 Nebraska Family Physician of the Year . He most recently served as the 2015-2016 American Academy of Family Phys icians Board Chairman. As a practicing family physician in Seward\, NE\, D r. Wergin has enhanced the quality of life for his community. He is a cons tant advocate for developing the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) mode l in Nebraska as well as for shaping the national policy on MACRA. Wergin currently serves as the committee chair for the Nebraska PCMH Task Force G roup.\n\n- - - - - - - - - - -\n\nWellness Conference: It’s time to take a step back and focus some of our energy on taking care of ourselves. Join us on Wednesday afternoon\, March 29\, 2017 from 1:15 - 5:00 PM\, as we t ake the first step in creating a healthier you. \n\nWellness Keynote Speak er: \n\n1) Dr. Clif Knight: H. Clifton “Clif” Knight\, MD\, FAAFP\, became Vice President for Education in May 2014. He oversees all organizational activities related to medical education and continuing medical education. These areas include education and training of medical students and residen ts student interest in the specialty of family medicine\, federal policies that affect graduate medical education funding\; and CME curriculum devel opment\, production\, and accreditation and regulations. Dr. Knight has gu ided the AAFP efforts to address family physician well-being by emphasizin g education on this topic and the tools needed. \n Previously\, Knig ht was a family physician in Indiana for nearly 25 years. He served as chi ef medical and academic officer for Community Health Network in Indianapol is\, where he was responsible for patient safety\, medical education\, res earch and medical staff support. Knight was previously in private practice in rural Flora\, Indiana. From 2011-2015\, he served on the Board of Trus tees for Marian University in Indianapolis. He served on the Admissions Co mmittee for the Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine\, which admitted its inaugural class in August 2013. Knight served in an appointed position on the Indiana Medical Education Board\, which oversees state gr ant funding for family medicine residency programs in Indiana. He also ser ved on the Indiana State Medical Association's Commission on Physician Ass istance.\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170329T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170329T235900 LOCATION:Embassy Suites La Vista\, 12520 Westport Pkwy\, La Vista\, NE 6812 8 SUMMARY:MACRA and/or Wellness Conference END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR