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Dear Colleagues:
We're pleased to enclose the latest issue of the quarterly Senior Bulletin for your enjoyment. We encourage you and your chapter leadership to share this issue and to regularly explore the Senior website . We're a section of about 700 FAAPs age 55 and older and welcome new members, as well as hearing news about this valuable membership demographic in your chapter. We welcome your feedback.
Best wishes,
Lucy Crain, MD
Chair, Section for Senior Members
Measles Outbreak in Northeastern Indiana
The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) has confirmed eight (8) cases of measles in Northeastern Indiana as of June 24, 2011. Additional symptomatic persons are currently pending laboratory confirmation. Community exposures have occurred, and the ISDH, the Noble County Health Department, and the LaGrange County Health Department are contacting area residents who have been exposed. These cases appear to be related to an international exposure and subsequent transmission among unvaccinated individuals. It is important for health care providers to be aware of the symptoms and appropriate laboratory testing for suspect measles cases.
If additional cases occur related to these cases, the expected onset dates range from June 10-July 11. Individuals who have received two doses of measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine are unlikely to be infected.
All healthcare workers should consider measles in patients with a febrile rash, particularly if the patient is unvaccinated and has a history of international travel or contact with international visitors or symptomatic cases. Measles is a highly infectious viral illness, transmitted by respiratory droplets, with a secondary attack rate of up to 90'%' in susceptible persons. Individuals with measles are considered to be infectious from 4 days before through 4 days after rash onset. The infectious period ranges from 7-21 days (average of 10-14 days) following exposure. Measles virus can persist for up to two hours in the environment.
The clinical case definition for measles includes a prodromal period of 3-4 days with cough, coryza, and/or conjunctivitis. Fever of greater than 101 degrees F is present during this time, often reaching as high as 104 degrees F after rash onset. The rash typically begins on day four at the hairline and spreads downward over the body, lasting at least three days. The measles rash is a bright red maculopapular rash, becoming confluent in blotches first on the face and then on the trunk. It may turn brownish in color and fades in the same order that it appeared. Koplik spots (bluish-white dots on a reddish base on the buccal mucosa) may be present. Individuals with measles generally appear very ill.
If you suspect measles in a patient:
1. The patient must be moved swiftly to a closed room and respiratory isolation precautions should be used. The exam room should not be used for at least two hours after the patient departs. Notify your infection preventionist.
2. Contact your local health department or the ISDH immediately. An investigation and contact tracing will be conducted. The ISDH can be reached at (317) 233-7125 during business hours (8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Monday-Friday). After business hours, call the ISDH Duty Officer at (317) 233-1325.
3. Order appropriate laboratory testing for suspect measles cases: a serum specimen for measles (rubeola) IgM and IgG antibody testing and a specimen for viral culture (nasopharyngeal swab, throat swab, or urine specimen) should be collected immediately. Arrangements should be made to ship or transport the specimens to the ISDH Laboratory.
4. Patients suspected of having measles should be isolated until the 4th day after rash onset. Most individuals who have received two doses of MMR vaccine are considered immune to measles. All health care workers should have evidence of immunity to measles (documentation of two MMR vaccines or positive antibody titer (IgG) for measles). Individuals who are not health care workers born before 1957 are presumed to be immune to measles.
For more information about measles, visit http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/measles/default.htm.
Healthcare Personnel Vaccination Recommendations
MEASLES FLOWCHART
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For Immediate Release:
April 15, 2011
Concurrent Care for Children: Implementation Toolkit
Released by NHPCO and DCPPCC
(Alexandria, Va) – It has been just over a year since President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law which enacted a new provision known as the “Concurrent Care for Children Requirement” (CCCR). A new publication to help with the implementation of CCCR, the Concurrent Care for Children: Implementation Toolkit, has been created by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the District of Columbia Pediatric Palliative Care Collaboration.
The CCCR provision (Section 2302 of the ACA) states that children under the age of 21 who have been diagnosed with a life-limiting illness—and are eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program—may receive all services that are related to the treatment of a child’s life-limiting illness. This would allow these young people to have palliative and hospice care services while they are receiving other disease-modifying treatments.
“The CCCR provision is a vital piece of legislation that the pediatric hospice and palliative care community has been championing for years. The Toolkit is a comprehensive resource to guide providers, legislators and families to implement the provision as well as to strategize options for all children with serious illness, and represents a tremendous step forward for children with life-threatening conditions,” said Sarah Friebert, MD, Director of the Haslinger Division of Pediatric Palliative Care at Akron Children's Hospital.
Concurrent Care for Children: Implementation Toolkit provides information on the options available to states that are implementing Section 2302 or are considering expansion of pediatric palliative care services to children.
Inspired by the vision of the late Dr. Carlos Gomez, one of the founders of the District of Columbia Pediatric Palliative Care Collaboration, the Concurrent Care for Children: Implementation Toolkit is available online as a free resource on the NHPCO website.
NHPCO gratefully acknowledges the District of Columbia Pediatric Palliative Care Collaboration for their generous funding to make this valuable resource available to the entire pediatric palliative care field.
NHPCO’s Children’s Project on Palliative/Hospice Services (ChiPPS), a pediatric leadership council created in 1998, has been committed to making the best-known practices in pediatric palliative and hospice care more widely available to care providers and increasing the availability of state-of-the-art services to families.
To learn more about pediatric palliative and hospice care or to download the Toolkit, please visit nhpco.org/pediatrics.
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Contact:
Jon Radulovic
NHPCO, Vice President of Communications
703-837-3139
jradulovic@nhpco.org
This past week the Indiana Legislature was in catch-up mode due to the cancellations caused by last week’s winter storm. Please click here to read the updates for the IN-AAP related legislation that was on the Committee Calendars for the week of February 7, 2011.
Please click here to read the Certification update from the AAP
Accountable Care Organization Guidance document--below is a link to a newly published resource on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) that may be of interest to your practice. The document is located on the AAPs Practice Management Online (PMO) site and is titled "Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Pediatricians: Evaluation and Engagement."
The last few years have been a transition time for our chapter's leadership with challenges that we have tackled in order to position ourselves to be proactive and grow our membership. We have recruited officers who are committed to the succession process, at large members from different regions of the state who are active and engaged as well as champions for asthma, EM/Peds, oral health and representatives to attend state level health care implementation meetings . We have continued to improve our infrastructure support with quality improvements in our new website, refinement of our email communication tool, and a transition plan to move from a part time to full time Executive Director. In 2010 we also learned our lobbyist would be taking a position in the insurance industry so we have hired a third lobbyist who is a veteran in the field, well connected and committed to increasing the visability of our organization. Despite all of this, our chapter has updated the strategic plan and balanced score card, increased our dues, improved communication with our membership with a weekly bundled email blast, and have been invited and at the table to be a resource for health care reform implementation as well as other child health related issues on a state level. We have also proactively engaged our members in maintenance of certification with presentations from Dr. Jim Brown; approval of a developmental screening collaborative for Part 4 MOC and a planned visit by Dr. Paul Miles to discuss institutional applications to increase opportunities for subspecialists to obtain Part 4 MOC credit at the 2 Children's Hospitals in the state. We continue to actively recruit members who have not been involved to do time limited and focused projects as part of task forces as opposed to longstanding committees. We have developed a working relationship with leaders in both children's hospitals and bring them together to host invited speakers (Dr. Elena Fuentes Afflick, Dr. Sandra Hassink, Dr. Paul Miles). We have served as role models for innovative ways to work together to be able to fulfill the job description of chapter leadership positions. Our YP representatives have planned a leadership development workshop for young physicians in the area of advocacy that will bring them together early in the new year and will highlight other YPs who serve as role models in this area. They even have a Facebook page! We have had the first meeting of our Pediatric Council focused on the issue of Immunization Codes. We have reached out to many organizations to partner with them in project work and to leverage skills and expertise they may have that we may be missing. Finally, we are taking steps to look into forming a foundation and a senior section. We are eager to continue our work to fulfill the goals set out in our balanced scorecard.
Sarah M. Stelzner, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Indiana University School of Medicine
317-278-3411
317-692-2372 (fax)
sstelzne@iupui.edu
The Indiana Youth Institute promotes the healthy development of children and
youth by serving the institutions and people of Indiana who work on their behalf. Out of the 50 states in the US, Indiana ranks 39th for residents with any post secondary degree. IYI is working to increase college readiness, access, and success among students in Indiana. Trip To College.org is a site designed for parents and students to learn more about planning and attending college. While increasing the rate of residents with college degrees can increase tax revenue and job opportunities within Indiana, research shows that individuals with college degrees lead a healthier lifestyle, are less likely to smoke and take advantage of prenatal care. IYI is sending posters promoting Trip To College.org for you to display at your offices in an effort to inform your patients about higher education in Indiana. Please visit www.triptocollege.org or www.iyi.org to learn more about our programs.
Please click here to read information on the Social Media Kit for AAP Chapters
2011 Healthy Tomorrows Grant Cycle Announced
Application Deadline: October 15, 2010
APPLY NOW!!
The Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP) is a cooperative agreement program between the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Federal grants of up to $50,000 per year for 5 years are awarded through the program to support community-based child health projects that improve the health status of mothers, infants, children, and adolescents by increasing their access to health services.
Healthy Tomorrows projects must represent a new initiative within the community or an innovative component that builds upon existing community resources. Projects usually target low-income populations and address four key areas:
1. Access to health care,
2. Community-based health care,
3. Preventive health care, and
4. Service coordination.
Healthy Tomorrows Projects must include:
· Direct health services;
· Pediatrician involvement;
· $100,000 of non-federal matching funds in years 2 - 5 (may include in-kind funds)
· An evaluation component; and
· An advisory board comprised of local community members, families, and program participants.
MCHB is especially interested in proposals for projects that incorporate the goals, objectives, guidelines and materials of its Bright Futures for Infants, Children and Adolescents initiative to improve the quality of health promotion and prevention services in the context of family and community.
Healthy Tomorrows applicants must apply online through the federal grants Web site, http://www.grants.gov/applicants/apply_for_grants.jsp. After you register with grants.gov and download Pure Edge Viewer, select the "Download a Grant Application Package" and enter the CFDA Number (93.110) and the Funding Opportunity Number (HRSA-11-029) to review the program guidance and application package.
For questions about program guidance and requirements, contact Healthy Tomorrows staff at the Maternal and Child Health Bureau:
Madhavi Reddy, Program Director, mreddy@hrsa.gov; 301/443-0754
For assistance with developing your proposal, contact Healthy Tomorrows staff at the American Academy of Pediatrics:
Maureen Finneran, Program Manager, mfinneran@aap.org; 847/434-7082
Karla Palmer, Program Coordinator, kpalmer@aap.org; 847/434-4279
Dear Primary Care Provider:
The EHDI Program at the Indiana State Department of Health has been informed that effective October 1, First Steps Early Intervention will no longer provide coordination or funding for audiological evaluations for babies not passing UNHS and those who pass, but are at risk for delayed onset hearing loss. First Steps has communicated the need for this change due to a funding deficit.
What does this change mean?
* Hospitals will no longer refer children to First Steps for newborn hearing screening follow-up.
* Hospitals will need to develop new procedures to facilitate follow-up of these babies.
* The EHDI program is directing hospitals to schedule babies for audiology evaluations prior to discharge and to work with primary care providers to ensure that timely follow-up of audiology testing occurs.
* Hospitals may be contacting you to assist with this new referral process. Note that some hospitals may decide to set up "standing orders' to facility timely referrals and scheduling.
* Hospitals will continue to document individual newborn hearing screening results through discharge summary notes and/or letters to the PCP.
* The EHDI program will continue to contact you through letters and phone calls as needed.
Attached are new referral forms that you may be seeing from hospitals (Level 1 Audiology Centers for regions across the state ) .
The EHDI Program is hosting technical assistance conference calls with hospital nursery personnel, audiologists and primary care provider office staff. It is recommended that at least one member of your office staff attend one of the two conference calls being scheduled for primary care provider staff:
Tuesday, Sept 14 8-9 am EST or Thursday, Sept 16 noon-1 pm EST
Call-in Instructions: 1-800-910-8278
Guest # 3396726
The EHDI Program is here to provide support to your office as you work with hospitals to assist families in obtaining follow-up testing. If you have additional questions after attending one of the conference calls, please contact Gayla Hutsell Guignard at the EHDI program (ghutsell@isdh.in.gov<mailto:ghutsell@isdh.in.gov>, 317-234-3358).
Sincerely,
Dr. Judy Ganser
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Robert W. Block, MD, FAAP
Tulsa, OK
Robert W. Block, MD, FAAP is Professor and Daniel Plunket Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, Tulsa. Dr. Block received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania and completed three years of pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He became board certified and elected as a Fellow in the AAP in 1974. He served three years in the U.S. Army prior to joining the new faculty of the University of Oklahoma - Tulsa in 1975, where he remains.
During 1990 to 1996 Dr. Block served as Vice-President and President of the AAP Oklahoma chapter. He worked ten years with the AAP COCAN, four as Chair. He represented the AAP on the U.S. Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines for three years, two as Chair. He continues as the AAP liaison to the Family Violence Prevention Fund. Dr. Block was the founding Chair, and remains a member of the newest American Board of Pediatrics Subboard, Child Abuse Pediatrics. During his 37 years of practice Dr. Block has followed his interests in adolescent behavioral medicine, especially drug abuse and teen pregnancies; learning disabilities, ADHD, and behavior issues; and for the last 25 years, child maltreatment. He is an award winning teacher in general pediatrics; and manages an active pediatric clinic, serving as a medical home for 12,000 children. Dr. Block has presented over 2,000 community and professional talks, and has served often as a media spokesperson for children’s issues locally and nationally for the AAP.
Wayne A. Yankus, MD, FAAP
Midland Park, NJ
Dr. Yankus is a New Jersey native and practicing community based pediatrician who did his pediatric training at New York University Hospital-Bellevue Medical Center and internship at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He attended medical school at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara in Mexico.
He is chair of the New Jersey Chapter's Committee on School Health and founder of its "Critical Issues in School Health" program which is in its 19th year. He is past president of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a current member of its government affairs committee. He served as chair of the Academy’s national section on school health and was awarded the Academy’s Milton J. Senn award for contributions to the nation’s school health. He was awarded the American Academy of Pediatrics, New Jersey chapter, recognition award, and is an expert panelist for Education.com, a national education website.
He represented District III on the CATCH committee and was vice president of the Chapter Forum Committee (currently ALF).
Dr. Yankus practices pediatrics in Midland Park, NJ and is the medical liaison to the Ridgewood Board of Education. He is an honorary member of the Board of Children's Aid and Family Services, a former trustee of the Greater Bergen County YWCA, and was honored by the YWCA in 2004 with its Community Role Model Award with his wife Pat.
Dr. Yankus is married and the father of three young men.
Below are the responses from the President-elect candidates, Robert Block, MD, and Wayne Yankus, MD, to the following question:
WHAT IDEAS DO YOU HAVE TO IMPLEMENT/FOSTER MENTORING IN THE AAP?
Robert W. Block, MD
Tulsa, OK
My first mentor was my father, a pediatrician in private practice in Iowa. Other mentors were clinicians and advisors, who encouraged me during my residency. My friend and career mentor, Dan Plunket, MD, FAAP, demonstrated teaching, clinical, and relationship building skills that have guided me for years. I try to emulate those qualities while mentoring students, residents, young faculty, and pediatricians new to our Tulsa, OK community. Mentoring within the AAP should focus on clinical and business needs of private practices, while fostering alignment between members in private practices and in academics, centering on connecting experienced members with newer members looking for ideas and advice.
A mentor supports another individual or group of individuals as they pursue common goals. Mentoring often is simply leading by example. Good mentors engage others through active listening, encouraging ideas, and by offering suggestions that are designed to support and energize another person. The AAP is a great resource for finding mentors among its many members, and can serve as an organizational mentor by listening to many opinions while guiding members’ best ideas into policies and guidelines.
The AAP should continue to engage our trainees and young physicians, facilitating the acquisition of knowledge in medicine, business, policies, and politics. While advocating for children, the AAP supports members in practice settings through email list-servs, task forces, sections and other activities. Providing a way for pediatricians to learn about practice management from experienced and successful practitioners is important. The AAP continues to support senior pediatricians, many of whom can use their practice or academic experiences to mentor a new FAAP entering practice or academics.
The AAP can facilitate the development of mentors through a task force, section or council on mentoring. A task force could design methods for connecting interested members with a mentor in their area of interest. I suggest inviting a young physician to observe committee or section executive committee meetings to connect with leaders who might become mentors. Using new technologies, we can support mentor/mentee pairs across time and space, generating, developing, and reviewing ideas. AAP resources can support mentoring program evaluation and improvement.
Wayne A. Yankus, MD
Midland Park, NJ
Mentoring is about empowerment. To be a successful mentor, you must have experience in your field and be willing to share your expertise. Training encompasses anything that helps increase the realization of a person’s potential. I believe in mentoring members to enable them in their work, and to assist in developing their careers while still meeting personal and family needs.
The work force has changed in pediatrics and many of our new pediatricians are women working part time. To have a successful mentoring program within the AAP, I would encourage chapters to identify willing members who would be available to new members. It would strengthen chapter value. Nationally, it can be done by using social media. Mentoring can happen anywhere and at any time. One person can mentor many people. Mentoring can be as simple as an email, “tweet,” or linked-in message. I would promote use of existing services first and add to the AAP Website a “just ask” column that would be answered by volunteer pediatricians chosen by their councils or sections.
Listservs can also be tapped for mentoring. The Section on Practice Management listserv is a classic example of an interactive connection that section members use to exchange ideas and support.
Full mentoring contacts could be developed through the office of membership by request of the individual. Those who request mentors should find chapter administrators and officers also helpful in locating a pediatrician who could serve another pediatrician’s need. Participation can be one question or a long term relationship between colleagues, and enrich the lives of both members.
Whether you are in direct patient care or academic medicine, members of the Senior Section locally and nationally hold a treasure of information and are often quite willing to mentor new pediatricians.
We are teachers by virtue of being students first and always. Mentoring colleagues follows our physician oath and should be a natural result of membership in our professional organization. It is with our peers we find our practice voice. The AAP is positioned to be influential in the workplace by developing new ways to mentor members.
An FDA-mandated drug warning pertaining to cardiology, family medicine/general practice, geriatrics, internal medicine, neurology and orthopedics will be delivered this week via the Health Care Notification Network (HCNN). Opening the HCNN online alert cancels the paper notification currently sent by U.S. mail.
The American Academy of Pediatrics member benefit affinity program, Health Care Notification Network (HCNN) delivers drug and medical device recalls to physicians and their staff securely online, replacing the current paper process that is both slow and error-prone. Registration to receive this service is free to AAP members.
AAP members are strongly encouraged to enroll in the HCNN to receive these important alerts online. If you are not currently registered you can do so at https://www.hcnn.net/registration/aap/registration.aspx
Information you provide is secure and used only for patient safety Alerts and HCNN communication. Email addresses and contact information provided to the HCNN is not sold, shared or disclosed to third parties.
You can also learn more by calling 1-(866) 925-5155.
All eligible AAP members are strongly encouraged to enroll in the HCNN, and this green initiative to receive these important alerts online. Thank you for your commitment to patient safety!
The Interim Meeting of the American Medical Association House of Delegates will be in November in San Diego, CA. Please click here for more information
To All Indiana AAP Chapter Members:
National and District AAP elections will run Aug 1 - Sept 1, 2010. Watch for an email soon with information about how to electronically cast your vote. Please don't forget to vote!!!
This year, there are are two positions open in District V (Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Ontario):
District Vice Chairperson:
1. Christopher Rizzo - Ohio
2. Richard Tuck - Ohio
National Nominating Commitee:
1. Mary Lu Angelilli - Michigan
2. Mary McAteer - Indiana
Christopher Rizzo, MD, FAAP, has been a general pediatrician in Ohio for over 20 years. He is a past president of the Ohio Chapter and currently serves on its Executive Committee. He represents the chapter on vision screening issues in order to keep children in their medical home. As chair of the chapter’s legislative committee, he worked to improve Medicaid reimbursement for pediatricians. Dr. Rizzo served as program director of Maximizing Office Based Immunization (MOBI), a statewide program of the Ohio Chapter aimed at improving immunization delivery to children. As a member of the chapter’s pediatric council, he met with individual private insurance plans in order to improve vaccine payment for pediatricians.
Dr. Rizzo works to make maintenance of certification less burdensome for pediatricians, especially permanent certificate holders. As a member of the AAP National Nominating Committee, he helped improve the transparency of the AAP election process, engage young physicians and change the rules to allow AAP members to openly discuss candidates.
Dr. Rizzo lives in Cleveland, is a graduate of the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM), completed his pediatric training at Akron Children’s Hospital, and works in medical affairs for MedImmune. He is a member of the AAP Council on Community Pediatrics and Section on Infectious Diseases. In 2003, Dr. Rizzo was one of 30 national health care leaders to serve as a US Department of Health and Human Services primary care health policy fellow in Washington DC.
Richard H Tuck, MD, FAAP is proud to be a pediatrician and member of the AAP. He is in full-time private practice.
Dr. Tuck graduated from Franklin and Marshall College and Cornell University Medical College, completing his residency at Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester. After serving in the Navy, he, his wife, Cynthia, and their three daughters settled in Ohio.
Richard is an active member of the Ohio Chapter AAP. During his tenure as an officer, the chapter received the outstanding large chapter award. He has received the state's outstanding pediatrician, Leonard Rome, and outstanding committee chair awards. For many years he served on the State Medical Care Advisory Committee advocating for children on Medicaid and SCHIP.
Nationally, Dr. Tuck serves as the current District V Vice Chairperson. He chaired the National Nominating Committee, and served on the Chapter Forum Committee. He also was on the Committee on Coding and Nomenclature as the AAP representative to the AMA RBRVS RUC advocating for adequate pediatric reimbursement. Dr. Tuck is a member of SOAPM and received the section’s Vanchiere Award in 2002 for his efforts to promote coding, reimbursement, and practice management issues for pediatricians. Additional commitments include medical director for his local PHO, and speaking nationally on coding, reimbursement, and practice management.
Experience in chapter, district, committee, and section activities has given Dr. Tuck a global perspective of AAP operations and issues. Continuing as District V Vice Chairperson, he would aggressively advocate for children’s issues and promote the concerns of all pediatricians.
Dr. Mary Lu Angelilli is a native of Michigan and has always lived in the Metropolitan Detroit area. She graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1979 and went on to do a pediatric residency at Children's Hospital of MI. After six years of private practice in the suburbs of Detroit, Dr. Angelilli returned to Children’s Hospital of MI, where she has pursued a variety of interests. These include medical student and resident teaching, clinical research in the areas of asthma and iron deficiency and more recently she has developed a clinical focus in the area of child maltreatment. In addition, Dr. Angelilli was appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Children’s Hospital of MI in 2005 and continues to serve in that role.
Dr. Angelilli has been active in the Michigan Chapter of the AAP throughout her career. For 19 years she was the chapter coordinator for the Pediatric Research in the Office Setting (PROS) committee. The participation of various practices increased dramatically as a result of her work on that committee. In 1997, Dr. Angelilli was elected to the president-elect office in the Michigan Chapter and resigned in 2010.
As far as her personal life, Dr. Angelilli has one daughter, age 30, who is a resident in General Surgery at Indiana University and was recently married. Dr. Angelilli resides in Grosse Pointe Farms. She enjoys patronizing the fine arts that the city of Detroit has to offer.
Mary is a private practice pediatrician in Indianapolis and was instrumental in establishing the Medical Home model within her group of six solo practitioners. She is a graduate of Purdue University (B.S. 1980), received her medical training at Indiana University (M.D. 1984) and is American Board of Pediatrics certified (since 1988).
Mary I. McAteer is an active member of the Indiana Chapter of the AAP (Vice President 2008-2010, current Co-Chair School Health Committee, member of the newly forming Pediatric Council), Indiana State Medical Association (Alternate Delegate 2003-current, member of Women in Medicine sub-committee), and the Indianapolis Medical Society.
She serves the IU School of Medicine Pediatrics Residency Program as a Clinical Instructor and she is a faculty mentor and frequent lecturer for the IU chapter of AMWA (American Medical Women’s Association). Mary is a member of the Indiana Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (President 2005-2007) and is Consultant to the Dyslexia Institute of Indiana.
Mary hails from Richmond, IN, is the eldest of eight children, happily married to James A. McAteer, PhD, and the proud mother of four. Tennis, eating well, and service to children are her passions.
Catch Grants!
posted: Friday, July 23, 2010
Opportunities
CATCH Planning Grants - Submission Deadline is July 30, 2010
The Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Planning Funds program provides grants in amounts from $2,500 to $12,000 for pediatricians to develop innovative, community-based initiatives that increase children's access to medical homes or to specific health services not otherwise available. Planning project activities must lead to sustainable, community-based child health initiatives that increase access to care, especially for underserved children, and address health disparities among children.
CATCH Resident Grants - Submission Deadline is July 30, 2010
The CATCH Resident Funds program supports pediatric residents in the planning and/or implementation of community-based child health initiatives. Grants of up to $3,000 are awarded twice each year on a competitive basis for pediatric residents to address the needs of children in their communities
The website for CATCH grants is:
and for the resident CATCH grants it is:
Summertime
“Summertime and the livin is easy…” wouldn’t it be wonderful to sing along with Gershwin and believe those words? I do hope that some of your summer is easy but I am confident most are working as always caring for patients, managing offices and pursuing the advocacy issues that are our mission in life.
The issues currently in front of the AAP are ever more challenging and your state chapter leadership will be increasingly involved in ensuring that the best of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is implemented to benefit our patients and practices. Under development are the regulations for Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology under the guidance of the AAP leadership and Dr. Chris Lehmann who accepted the challenge of directorship of the Child Health Information Center funded by the AAP. Watch for an announcement soon with regard to new guidelines and payment to practitioners that will begin in May 2011.
Hopefully you have seen the most recent blog “Helping Pediatricians Breathe” by AAP President Judith Palfrey that comprehensively outlines the AAP involvement and concerns regarding immunization reimbursement. Several successes have been realized and challenges remain but the AAP is at the forefront of the battle. Without ensuring the support of the immunizations in primary care, the days of bacterial meningitis and death from pertussis that many remember and others can only imagine, will return. Do read Dr. Palfrey’s blog on the AAP web site for a full perspective.
Although the news about the disaster in Haiti has mostly left the airwaves and even print, we know that suffering is far from over. The AAP response has been ongoing and pediatrician representatives have made several trips to assess how best our resources can be used. The Friends of Children response was most heartwarming and one of the major uses of our targeted funds has been to support the Haitian medical students and residents to help ensure a continuing source of health care for the children that survive and need ongoing health care more than ever.
The issues of health care finance reform often may feel like a tidal wave but we all realize it is important to remain in the boat and stay the course. Truly I am confident that “One of these mornings you’re goin’ to rise up singing.”
Thank you for all you do for children and our world.
Marilyn J. Bull, MD FAAP
Chairperson, District V
Text4Baby
posted: Friday, July 23, 2010
Text4baby is a free mobile information service designed to promote maternal and child health. An educational program of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), text4baby provides pregnant women and new moms with information they need to take care of their health and give their babies the best possible start in life. Women who sign up for the service by texting BABY (or BEBE for Spanish) to 511411 will receive free SMS text messages each week, timed to their due date or baby’s date of birth.
Text4baby is made possible through a broad, public-private partnership that includes government, corporations, academic institutions, professional associations, tribal agencies and non-profit organizations.
· Women sign up for the service by texting BABY to 511411 (or BEBE for Spanish)and they receive three free SMS text messages each week timed to their due date or baby’s date of birth. Text4baby messages also connect women to local clinics and support services for prenatal and infant care.
· It provides the information moms need to keep themselves and their babies healthy. These are short messages, but incredibly important. The messages focus on topics critical to the health of moms and babies, including immunization, nutrition, seasonal flu, mental health, smoking and alcohol, oral health, and safe sleep.
· It could help save lives and reduce the number of premature births in America. More than 500,000 babies – 1 in every 8 – are born prematurely each year in the US. Premature babies can face lifelong health and intellectual development problems. The risk of premature birth can be reduced if moms take care of themselves and their babies during pregnancy (e.g. don’t smoke!) and seek prenatal care. Text4Baby can help by giving moms information and connecting them to care.
This is an exciting opportunity for moms and babies, and for our nation. For more information on text4baby, please visit text4baby.org.
AAA Hoosier Motor Club has a limited supply of Child Passenger Safety related materials, targeted for pediatrician offices, available free of charge on a first come first serve basis. Once these materials are gone, we will soon be able to order the newly revised kits at $20 per kit. Anyone interested in receiving the free materials or going in on a bulk order for the kits should contact Sherry Deane at sdeane@aaahoosier.com. The kits contain a poster, DVD for the waiting room, prescription pads in English and Spanish, 100 pk of brochures in English and Spanish, tip cards for the doctors and a roll of stickers. The items I currently have for free are these individual pieces that are not boxed up as a kit. AAA will mail these materials to the first 50 physicians that submit an email request.
Pediatrician appointed to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Luis Fernando Escobar, Medical Director of the Medical Genetics & Newborn Follow up Clinic and Staff neonatologist at St. Vincent Children's Hospital has been selected to serve as a consultant on the Molecular and Clinical Genetics Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration.
Congratulations, Dr. Escobar!
Health Resources & Services Administration – Affordable Care Act School-Based Health Centers Capital Program:
The purpose of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) School-Based Health Centers Capital Program is to award funds that will support school-based health center efforts to expand capacity to provide primary healthcare services to school-aged children.
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