A Publication From the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians • www.coloradoafp.org 1st Quarter 2013 Winter BOLD CHAMPION FOR COLORADO FAMILY PHYSICIANS IN THIS ISSUE: Fit Family Challenge Participating Practices • Page26 New Consumer Health Information Area Launched on CAFP Website • Page 11 Colorado Delegation Achieves Rules Change, Help for Independents • Page 16 Changing Kid’s Lives One Bike at a Time • Page 19 And they’re off! Colorado CPCi Practices Start Quality Improvement Work Nov. 1 • Page 23 Twenty of THE nation’s leading SPECIALISTS from University of Colorado Hospital ARE excited to now be IN your backyard University of Colorado Hospital is excited to announce the opening of the new Lone Tree Health Center – the newest academic specialty care center in the south metro area. Combined with our specialty services at our Park Meadows location, we now offer a full complement of services to meet your patients’ needs. Services and specialties at Services and specialties at If interested in making Lone Tree Health Center: Park Meadows: a referral, please call » Ear, Nose & Throat » Obstetrical Care 720-848-2200 or visit » Urogynecology » Gynecological Care www.lonetreehealth.org » Gynecologic Oncology » Cosmetic Skin Services » Hand Care » Sports & School Physicals » Joint Care » Well Baby & Well Child Care » Foot & Ankle » Hand Surgery » Spine » Rehabilitation Medicine Services » Gastroenterology, Including » Sports Medicine Screening Colonoscopy » Physical Therapy » Urology » Phlebotomy » Radiology » Medical Oncology » Cardiology » Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation LONE TREE HEALTH CENTER WINTER 2013 CONTENTS CAFP Board of Directors CAFP BoardOfficers 2012-2013of Directors ADVOcacY Officers 2009-2010 The difficult work begins… ....................................4 Chair/Past Kajsa Harris, MD Vice President Candace Murbach, DO, FAAFP CAFP Ends Productive Year .....................................6 President PuebloBrian Bacak, MD, FAAFP Secretary/ RyanPueblo Flint, DO E-mail:Highlands [email protected] Ranch Treasurer E-mail:E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] CAFP Legislative UPDATE .......................................7 E-mail: [email protected] Small Donor Committee. .........................................8 President Robert Brockmann, MD, MS, FAAFP Secretary/ Ryan Flint, DO Making Sense of the Changing Landscape of Englewood Treasurer Denver President-elect Luke Casias, MD Member Robert Brockmann, MD E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Influenza Prevention ............................................. 10 Hesperus At Large E-mail: [email protected] New Consumer Health Information Area Launched E-mail: [email protected] on CAFP Website .................................................. 11 Member Glenn Madrid, MD President-elect Rick Budensiek, DO, FAAFP At Large AAFP State Legislation Meeting Nov. 1-3, 2012 12 Vice President GreeleyKajsa Harris, MD Chair/Past JohnGrand Bender, Junction MD, FAAFP E-mail:Pueblo [email protected] President FortE-mail: Collins [email protected] CAFP ON THE GO ................................................. 13 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Denver Post highlights John Bender, MD, and His Practice ................................................................. 13 Board Members Delegates Editor Jeffrey Cain, MD, FAAFP, Installed as AAFP TermsBoard expiring Members 2013 Delegates EKajsaducation Harris, Committee MD Chairs President .............................................................. 16 Kern Low, MD, FAAFP, Pueblo MichaelTerms expiring Archer, MD,2010 FAAFP [email protected] Kipe, MD, Craig [email protected] AAFP Congress of Delegates Report ................... 16 Westminster termterm expiresexpires 2012 2010 (2nd (1st term, term) two Michael Archer, MD, Westminster Education Committee Chairs EDUCATION & PRacTICE ENHANCEMENT E-mail: marcher@marcher@complete E-mail:congresses, [email protected] 2011 & 2012) completefamilymed.com Phone: (970) 824-3252 Concepts in Outpatient Pediatric Antibiotic Use 18 familymed.com John Bender, MD, FAAFP, Ft. Collins Chandra Hartman, MD, FAAFP Flora Brewington, MD [email protected] Low, MD, Pueblo Anna Wegleitner, MD Changing Kid’s Lives One Bike at a Time: Flora Brewington, MD, Ft. Collins Ft. Collins termterm expiresexpires 2013 2010 (1st (1st term, term) two E-mail: [email protected] congresses, 2012 & 2013) Legislative Committee Chair Bikes For Life ........................................................ 19 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Legislative Committee Chair Phone: (719) 562-1122 Rick Budensiek, DO Why We Vaccinate Kids....................................... 20 ChetChet Cedars, Cedars, MD MD, Greenwood Alternate Delegates [email protected] Lone Tree Village Alternate Delegates Reviewing the Necessity of Common Medical Tests Kent Voorhees, MD, FAAFP, Littleton Candace Murbach, DO E-mail:E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] and Procedures ..................................................... 22 [email protected] Voorhees, MD, Littleton Affi[email protected] Programs Task Force termterm expiresexpires 2012 2010 (2nd (1st term, term) two And they’re off! ................................................... 23 TamaanDonna Sullivan,Osbourne-Roberts, MD, Ft. Collins MD congresses, 2011 & 2012) DenverE-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Nominations Committee COPIC Donates $10,000 to Support Prescription E-mail:tamaan.osbourne.roberts@ Phone:Brian Bacak, (303) 724-9736 MD, FAAFP, IPIPKajsa Harris, MD Drug Monitoring Program .................................... 24 gmail.comTerms expiring 2011 JohnHighlands Bender, Ranch MD, Ft.Collins [email protected] [email protected] Anna Wegleitner, MD term expires 2010 (1st term) HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC Terms expiring 2014 term expires 2013 (1st term, two E-mail: [email protected] E-mail:congresses, [email protected] 2012 & 2013) Moving Forward in the New Year: A Fit Family Chandra Hartman, MD, FAAFP Phone: (970) 482-0213 Medical Home Task Force Challenge Update .....................................................26 DenverBob Brockmann, MD, Englewood Resident Representatives Staff E-mail:E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Resident Representatives Carolynn Francavilla Brown, MD, Rose Raquel Rosen, MA, CAE Kent Voorhees, MD, appointed as Chair of the AAFP Alois (Louie) Treybal, DO Pueblo GlennEarl Carstensen, Madrid, MD MD, Aurora carolynn.francavillabrown@ Chief Executive Officer Commission on Education ........................................26 E-mail: Pueblo- [email protected] GrandE-mail: Junction [email protected] healthonecares.com E-mail: [email protected] The Fit Family Challenge Project 12-Month Data E-mail: [email protected] Jessicagrad 2014 Tennant, MD Denver StaffKristin Bennett R. Scott Hammond, MD, E-mail: [email protected] Report ........................................................................27 Anna Wegleitner, MD Joseph Castro, MD, Pueblo, Annual Scientific Conference Westminister [email protected] Raquel Alexander, MA, CAE Our Children Need You ............................................28 Denver Tamaan Osborne-Roberts, MD ChiefCoordinator Executive Officer E-mail: [email protected] Univ.grad 2013 of CO CU Recruiting Practices for NIH-Funded Study of E-mail: awegleitner@ E-mail:E-mail: [email protected]@coloradoafp.org mountainviewfamilymedicine.comTerms expiring 2012 E-mail:Kevin Piper, tamaan.osbourne-roberts@ MD, Greeley , (303) 696-6655, ext 10 Self-Management Support ......................................30 [email protected] Sarah Roth, MA, SergioTracy Murillo,Hofeditz, MD MD Fit Family Challenge Program Manager UCD Medical Student Program Aims to Grow Pool of Terry Siriphatnaboon, MD, CU Cara Coxe PuebloLakewood (303)E-mail: 696-6655 [email protected] ext. 14 Rural Physicians ........................................................30 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Representatives E-mail: [email protected] grad 2013 TarJeff Wars Thormodsgaard Coordinator MEMBERS Terms expiring 2015 Heidi Strike, Denver [email protected] of Public Policy Laura Makaroff, DO E-mail: [email protected] Monica Morris, DO E-mail: [email protected] The Adjudication of Physician Dispensing for Parker Phone: (303) 525-1201 Loan Hau Denver - Student Representatives E-mail: drlaura@mountaintop CommunicationsCarrie Wilhelm & Project Manager Colorado Medicaid Beneficiaries ............................32 E-mail: [email protected] Amy Drumm familyhealth.com Nicole Struthers, CU, E-mail:Administrative [email protected] Assistant & Tar Wars Tamaan Osbourne-Roberts, MD, seeks CMS High E-mail: [email protected] WilsonWilson Pace, Pace, MD, MD FAAFP [email protected] (303)Coordinator 696-6655, ext 17 Office ..........................................................................33 Denver Communicationsclass of 2014 Committee Chair E-mail: [email protected] Aurora Leah Kaufman E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] EAwardsarl Carstensen, Committee MD, Aurora Immunizations Champion E-mail: [email protected] RobRob Vogt, Vogt, MD MD [email protected] Statement: Created by Colorado Springs Phone:Luke Casias, (303) MD 696-9300 Colorado Springs 303-696-6655,Thriving Family ext. 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