When the Affordable Care Act—called Obamacare by some—is fully implemented in 2014, all individual and small group health insurance policies will have to include a package of so-called “essential health benefits.” The law sets out 10 broad categories of coverage, but allows each state to determine the specific items and services that are included. The ...
“NVAC Approves Recommendations on Health Worker Flu Vaccination” CIDRAP http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/general/news/feb0812vote.html The National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC), a group of outside experts who advise the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on vaccine policy issues, has approved a set of voluntary steps aimed at increasing flu vaccination among healthcare workers. The five-step plan is geared to help hospitals and other health ...
American Academy of Pediatrics Statement on HPV Vaccine By: O Marion Burton, MD, FAAP, president, American Academy of Pediatrics “The American Academy of Pediatrics would like to correct false statements made in the Republican presidential campaign that HPV vaccine is dangerous and can cause mental retardation. There is absolutely no scientific validity to thisstatement. Since the vaccine has been introduced, ...
HHS policy announced February 17 makes it easier to enroll children in the federally-administered Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan, or PCIP. The guidance comes after much advocacy from the AAP, including a recent meeting with Richard Popper, who oversees the federally-administered PCIP program. During the meeting, the AAP explored ways that PCIPs could benefit children in markets ...
The Drink Smart public service announcements produced by KCPT as part of the Drink Smart program are now available to view on line. Visit the Drink Smart webpage here to view the PSA’s. Contact Mel Hudelson at mel.hudelson@kansasaap.org if you would like a digital file of the PSA’s for your website, or if you would like to be ...
The AAP is working with the Chicago Tribune to feature regular, live, health Web chats. Readers can follow the chats and submit questions in real time. The second child health chat took place January 4, at noon, CT. David Rosen, MD, FAAP, discussed the subject of eating disorders. Visit the Chicago Tribune Web site to ...
The next AAP Pediatric Coding webinar will be broadcast live on February 17 at noon CT. Chip Harbaugh, MD, FAAP, will be presenting “RBRVS and RVUs – Everything You Always Wanted To Know But Were Too Busy to Ask!” This session will introduce the basics of Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) and show how RBRVS ...
Preschoolers I will clean up my toys and put them where they belong. I will brush my teeth twice a day, and wash my hands after going to the bathroom and before eating. I won’t tease dogs or other pets – even friendly ones. I will avoid being bitten by keeping my fingers and face away from ...
On Thursday, the U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin released her first report, “How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease.” The report is the 30th tobacco-related Surgeon General’s report issued since 1964, and finds that exposure to tobacco smoke—even occasional smoking or secondhand smoke—causes immediate damage to the body that can ...
We are pleased to announce that KAAP has a dedicated email set up to answer your questions about immunizations in the practice...
