ACIP 2019 Immunization Schedule Webinar
Paul Hunter, MD, a WAFP member, has agreed to present a webinar on the new ACIP 2019 Immunization Schedule on Thurs., April 11 • 12:15-1:15pm.
The chair of our Infection Prevention work group, invited Dr. Hunter. She has kept up with him since he was an AAFP Vaccine Science Fellow in 2010-11.
There is no fee to participate in this activity, but preregistration is required.
Doctor Day gives family physicians the opportunity to meet personally with their legislators and discuss issues within their field.
500 physicians and medical students from 20 different physician
organizations are expected to participate at Doctor Day 2019. The event
will feature keynote speakers at the Monona Terrace Community and
Convention Center prior to visits with legislators and staff at the
State Capitol.
Learn first-hand how to participate--and make a difference--in the legislative process!
Register Here
Step Therapy Helps Insurers but Fails Patients and Doctors
As a family physician having lived and practiced in Janesville, I am
writing to raise the profile of an initiative by a broad coalition of
Wisconsin health care provider organizations and chronic disease groups
to fix an insurance policy called step therapy. Also known as “fail
first,” it forces patients to use non-preferred medications first,
rather than what physicians preferentially prescribed. It disregards the
most effective and appropriate medication choice for individual
patients. The goal is to cut insurance company costs, not what’s in a
patient’s best interest.
As physicians, we must determine the best treatment for each patient
considering complexities including drug interactions, side effects,
patient age and often multiple conditions. I’ve had 85-year-old patients
on 20-plus medications with each requiring a careful, unique decision.
Insurance company mandating of “fail first” can be dangerous.
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