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ACOFP partners with NCO Receivables Management Solutions (NCO) –
ACOFP Members entitled to a FREE accounts receivable analysis.
 NCO provides highly cost-effective cash flow management services including the recovery of past due and delinquent patient accounts. Their fees average 10% of the amount owed - as opposed to conventional collection sources that may charge fees of 33% up to 50%. NCO's services are designed to recover without patient alienation or ill will.
ACOFP Members are entitled to a FREE accounts receivable analysis to evaluate current conditions and to develop steps to increase internal recoveries.
View complete details of this new ACOFP practice management member benefit
Call for Physician Stories! Take Action!
Tell Us How the Medicare Payment Cuts Will Affect You.
Drastic cuts in Medicare physician payments are scheduled for 2008. How will the 9.9 percent cut affect your practice?
The ACOFP and the AOA want to know how the annual reimbursement cuts are impacting your ability to provide patient care.
We are compiling physician comments and anecdotes to distribute to Congress. Unless they hear about your experiences as physicians and the effects these cuts are having on your patients and community, they will not see the urgency in our quest to reform the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) system.
Your stories make an impact. Share them today!
Support the "Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act" (H.R. 1093/S. 588)
The AOA needs your help to garner support for the “Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2007” (S. 588/H.R. 1093) introduced by Sens. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Reps. Kendrick Meek (D-FL), Jon Porter (R-NV), and Kathy Castor (D-FL).
Take Action Now
ACOFP Intensive Update and Board Review in Osteopathic Family Medicine
Join your colleagues to prepare for the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians’ (AOBFP) Recertification Exam or simply to refresh your knowledge of family medicine clinical topics.
This two and a half day course will present an intensive update and review of the most important topics in contemporary family medicine. This course features focused, patient-care oriented reviews delivered by family physician faculty with expertise in specific topic areas such as metabolic syndrome, asthma and congestive heart failure. These reviews will help you improve existing skills, as well as introduce to you new or innovative osteopathic modalities. This program anticipates being approved for AOA Category 1-A CME credits pending approval by the AOA CCME.
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Register Online Today!
 ACOFP/AOA Annual Convention & Scientific Semiar
September 30 - October 4, 2007
San Diego, California
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Registration Online Today
Be Sure to Keep Your Contact Information Current!
With all of the excitement of summer coming, it is easy to forget to forward your new address. But please remember to up date ACOFP as soon as you move! Review your current contact information and make any changes if needed. – It is as easy as one, two, three:
- Go to www.acofp.org
- Login to the Members only section with your username (AOA/ACOFP ID Number) and password (last name and the year 2002 with no spaces; i.e. smith2002) Troubleshooting: Forgot your username and password or don’t know your ID number? No problem. Just enter your email address and ACOFP will instantly email you your credentials.
- Once logged in, update your membership information on the left tool bar.
Update My Information
You can also contact the ACOFP Membership Department to update your information at:
Phone: (800) 323-0794
Fax: (847) 228-9755
Email: membership@acofp.org
 OfficeMax Partners with Medline and ACOFP
Exclusive ACOFP members only pricing.
Download your ACOFP OfficeMax Digital Retail Connect Card today
ACOFP Members can simply print out their DRC Card and have it laminated for free at any OfficeMax store. Use your DRC Card to get office product discounts at all OfficeMax retail locations. For questions, call 1-877-633-2MAX.
OFPNews
 The osteopathic journal written for, by and about osteopathic family physicians. There is no place else you can get this information.
This Month’s OFPNews Must Read
Protect Your Practice with Essential Contract Terms by Bruce D. Armon
It is critically important that you take the steps to protect you and your practice. It is imperative that you have executed contracts in place. Set forth below are five things to consider before you execute a
contract, regardless of the type of contract or the previous (or current) relationship you have with the other party.
- What am I getting, or giving?
- How do I get out of the arrangement?
- Can a substitute party become involved in the arrangement?
- What are the payment terms
- What do I do if I do not understand certain clauses in a contract
For the answers to these five questions, click here.
Cover Article
Counsel Patients on "Weight Loss For Life" To Prevent Obesity Effects
* This article received first place for the 2007 Namey/Burnett Preventive Medicine Writing Award competition.
Washington Update Article
Physician Payment Hearings Focus on MedPAC Report, Seek SGR Alternative
Download the April/May 2007 Issue
Looking for the Perfect Fit –
ACOFP’s Career Center Can Find It.
ACOFP Career Center is your resource for making online employment connections in the fields of osteopathic medicine. To find a job, or fill a position, visit ACOFP CareerCenter today.
Current CareerCenter Job Postings
Family Practice Physician - FPP
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Employer: Spectrum Healthcare Resources
Spectrum Healthcare Resources has an opportunity for a full-time Family Practice Physician at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This permanent civilian contract position offers great hours, Monday-Friday, from 7:30am to 4:30pm. at an outpatient clinic.
For more information:
http://careercenter.acofp.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2574882&keywords=&ref=1
Urgent Care Physician
Location: Missouri
Employer: St. John’s Regional Medical Center
- Seeking experienced, self-motivated, and congenial Board Certified Family Practice physician who desires an urgent care setting.
- Two NEW freestanding facilities located in high traffic, highly visible locations.
- Provide primary care services on an express care basis including diagnostic radiology and moderate complexity lab services.
- Cross-trained support staff to handle front office and nursing responsibilities.
- Established relationship with medical staff at a local 367-bed regional tertiary medical center with Level II trauma and med flight services offering the full spectrum of primary care, occupational medicine, and subspecialty support.
- Solid hourly compensation with a comprehensive benefit package; including paid malpractice insurance.
- Flexibility in scheduling to allow you to enjoy a busy practice AND support a quality of life.
- NO CALL OR INPATIENT RESPONSIBILITIES!
For more information:
http://careercenter.acofp.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2567658&keywords=&ref=1
Family Physician
Location: South River, New Jersey
Employer: South River Medical Associates
Busy family practice in central NJ seeks BC/BE family physician. Expanding practice, excellent growth opportunity. Full benefits.
For more information:
http://careercenter.acofp.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2554269&keywords=&ref=1
Family Practice Physician
Location: Coastal Beaufort Area
Employer: Beaufort Jasper Hampton Comprehensive Health Services
Come – Live and Work in the Coastal Beaufort Area Thirty-six year old award winning Community Health Center seeks highly skilled, hard working, Board Certified/Eligible South Carolina Licensed physicians to become a member of a 16-physician primary care team in Coastal South Carolina with over 180 employees and a patient base of over 19,000. Health centers are located in Beaufort, Jasper and Hampton Counties, between the cities of Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia. Come and enjoy an area with a population of 160,000, located in the rapidly growing beautiful coastal area known as the South Carolina “low country.” The school system is superior, and the cost of living is reasonable.
For more information:
http://careercenter.acofp.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2412511&keywords=&ref=1
Family Physicain-WI
Location: Across Wisconsin
Employer: Wisconsin Office of Rural Health
The Wisconsin Office of Rural Health(WORH) has detailed information on over 90 Family Medicine positions located throughout the state in both rural and urban communities ranging in population from 1,000 – 250,000. These positions are mainly with multi-specialty medical groups and healthcare systems, although there are also some independent clinics as well. There are outpatient-only positions, urgent care positions, and emergency room positions also listed. WORH is a not-for-profit organization located at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health in Madison. Our Physician Placement Program has been assisting primary care physicians find rewarding and satisfying positions here in Wisconsin for over 26 years. For a complete listing of all Family Medicine positions currently available, please contact: Randy Munson, Wisconsin Office of Rural Health, 310 North Midvale Blvd, Madison, Wisconsin, 53705. 1-800-385-0005; 608-261-1893(fax); e-mail: rlmunson@wisc.edu
For more information:
http://careercenter.acofp.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2412860&keywords=&ref=1
Rural Recruitment
Location: Across America
Employer: 3 RNET
The National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network
Over 3,500 communities in 43 states have family medicine opportunities posted on the 3RNet. Staff at non-profit state organizations will assist you in matching your personal and professional needs. The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) collaborates with the 3RNet member states to assist physicians with federal loan repayment and scholarship employment options. The sates also have a variety of assistance programs.
As a family physician, you know what is important to you and your family.
Let us know how your needs can best be met.
We can connect you with those who know their states the best - the people who live there!
Register on our website at www.3rnet.org
Or contact us by:
TEL: (800) 787-2512 • FAX: (608) 687-3993
For more information:
http://careercenter.acofp.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2412850&keywords=&ref=1
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