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Faces of the Affordable Care Act
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SGIM member Douglas Olson is an internist and chief medical officer at the Norwalk Community Health Center in Norwalk, Conn., which serves as a safety net for many underprivileged and uninsured people in the community. He says the Affordable Care Act will probably mean more of his patients will be insured and more services will be covered.
View his video story courtesy of the Wall Street Journal Online.
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Last Chance to Renew Your Membership for 2014!
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You must renew your membership for 2014 to receive the member registration rate for the 37th Annual Meeting in San Diego! Ensure your member benefits continue by renewing today.
Pleaselogin to your member profile to renew your membership today. Your membership makes a difference and we value your contribution to improve patient care, education and research!
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Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Conference
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Looking for a place to disseminate your PBRN work?
Not sure what PBRNs are?
Want to learn about PBRNs' organization, management, and the type of research they do?
Come to the 2014 North American Primary Care Research Group Practice-Based Research Network Conference in Bethesda, MD, June 30-July 1.
SGIM is a co-sponsoring organization.
There is much more information about PBRNs here:http://pbrn.ahrq.gov/
Much more information about the conference is available by clicking here.
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Join SGIM for Virtual Hill Day
URGE CONGRESS TO SUPPORT MEANINGFUL GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (GME) REFORM
As Congress looks for ways to reduce federal spending, funding for graduate medical education (GME) continues to be a prime target for budget savings. Rather than impose arbitrary budget cuts, SGIM is urging Congress to reform GME so as to better meet the needs of the US healthcare system.
Specifically, a GME payment structure should be put in place thatadequately supports primary care, is transparent, holds teaching institutions accountable for their training outcomes andresults in a highly-trained, appropriately distributed workforce.
The federal government provides approximately $10 billion each year to US teaching hospitals through the Medicare GME program, covering an estimated 40 percent of total teaching hospitals' educational costs.
Recognizing that GME will not be improved simply through budget cuts, and following months of deliberations, SGIM has developed a series of reforms to better align the GME system.
Please contact your elected officials in Congress and ask them to adopt these reforms.Federal lawmakers must understand that a well-trained, equitably compensated primary care workforce is vital to ensuring that patients receive high-quality care.
Participate in the Twitterverse with the hashtag #sgimadvocacy.
Follow SGIM on Twitter @SocietyGIM
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SGIM Annual Meeting
April 23-26, 2014 - San Diego, CA
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New SGIM-Created ABIM Approved MOC Opportunity Coming Soon
The Maintenance of Certification (MOC) and Disparities task forces are proud to announce a new SGIM-created MOC part 2 module. This MOC module will assess core knowledge about racial, ethnic, and other disparities in health and health care. The module is structured to address the following general content areas:
1) Knowledge of the history of disparities in the U.S.;
2) Use and interpretation of public health data regarding disparities;
3) Best practices regarding doctor-patient communication to minimize disparities;
4) Evidence supporting the persistence of disparities in the US healthcare system and;
5) Regulations and legislation intended to minimize disparities
This module, produced by a collaborative effort by our groups, will be available soon for 10 ABIM MOC "points."
See the MOC pagefor more details in the coming months.
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