Legislative Day at the Capitol        Wednesday, February 8, 2012      Click here for more information.        2012 Winter Symposium            Saturday, February 25, 2012                       Marriott Buckhead Hotel           A New CME Event Coming this Winter ...          Click here for the Agenda & Registration Form

News from the Georgia Chapter

   January 24, 2012

• Legislative Day at the Capitol set for February 8, 2012. The Georgia General Assembly has convened to begin its 2012 legislative session. On Wednesday, February 8, we'll have our Legislative Day at the Capitol when we'll get to meet legislative leaders and hear about the issues that effect pediatrics in our state. Plan to attend this interesting and informative half-day event. For registration details, click here. We'll follow events at the Capitol that impact pediatrics and report to you each week via this website. Click on Legislative Affairs to follow events at the State Capitol or to contact your legilslator.

•  First-ever Winter Symposium to be held February 25, 2012.The Chapter is launching a new CME event this winter with a first-ever CME meeting between the Chapter and the Georgia OB/Gyn Society, on Saturday, Feb. 25th. The session is entitled "Pediatricians & OB/Gyn's: Working Together to Improve Patient Care" will be held at the Marriott Buckhead Hotel, 3405 Lenox Rd., Atlanta. We look forward to meeting with our OB/Gyn's colleagues to discuss mutual issues in patient care. You won't want to miss this special meeting.  Click here for the Agenda and Registration Form.

• Pediatric Practice Managers & Nurses Meeting Heads to Macon this Spring: The spring meetings of the Georgia Association of Pediatric Practice Managers and the Georgia Pediatric Nurses Association will be held on Friday, April 20, 2012 at the new Macon Marriott Hotel. Your steering committees will soon be hard at work to put together another outstanding program for practice managers, nurses, medical assistants and other clinical and administrative personnel that make your practice run smoothly. Mark your calendars now.

• Donations in Memory of Marty Michaels, MD:  The family of Dr. Martin C. Michaels, Dalton, who died December 18th, has designated the following charities to receive gifts in his memory: St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 901 W. Emery Street, Dalton, GA 30720; Buck and Shirley Andrews Memorial Fund, Care of Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, P.O. Box 7770001, Cincinnati, OH 42577-0053; Pediatric Foundation of Georgia, 1330 West Peachtree Street NW, Suite 500 Atlanta, GA 30309; American Academy of Pediatrics Tomorrow's Children Endowment, 141 Northwest Point Blvd., Elk Grove Village, IL 60007.

• CMS Reinstates Payment for CPT Code 96110: The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid has reversed an earlier decision and now has published relative value units (RVU's) for this code. The Chapter blasted faxed/emailed this information to its members last week. Click here to review this communique.

• Pediatrics by the Sea, June 13-16, 2012.  Now that cold weather is here, it's not too early to think about the antidote.....Pediatrics by the Sea! We'll return to the fabulous Ritz-Carlton at Amelia Island, Fla. where we set an all-time record attendance last year. Plan to join us this year and discover why Pediatrics by the Sea is becoming one of the finest pediatric CME meetings in the country.  Check out our Accommodations Guide to find the Ritz or other hotels nearby to suite every taste and budget.  Watch this space for details soon.

• Your Chapter Dues May Be Due; Please Don't Overlook Us! Most Chapter members (but not all) dues are due in May-June-July so you will soon be getting your dues invoice from AAP. Please read your AAP invoice carefully and be sure to include Chapter dues as part of the payment. Remember too, that national AAP and Chapter membership are not linked. You can belong to one, without belonging to the other. Your Chapter membership makes us a stronger voice here in Georgia for our patients and for pediatrics. Please make retaining your Chapter membership a priority. For further information or questions, contact Kasha Askew at the Chapter office, 404-881-5067 or kaskew@gaaap.org. To view a recent blastfax on this information, click here. For more information about Chapter dues this year, see related story below.
• Join the Georgia Chapter AAP Blog Today! If you’re not following us on the new Chapter Blog, take a look at what you missed today! Follow us on our new Blog at www.gapeds.blogspot.com and enter your email address in the ‘Follow Us’ box. You will receive a confirmation of your subscription via email.

• Kudos….Several members were featured in a recent issue of “Medical College of Georgia Medicine: A Legacy of Leadership” which highlighted the accomplishments of several MCG trained leaders. J. Rhodes Haverty, MD, Atlanta; Charles Howell, Jr,MD, Augusta; and Charles Linder, MD, also of Augusta. Also, Elma Steves, MD, Chamblee, named by the DeKalb Medical Society as the recipient of this year’s Julius McCurdy Citizenship Award. This award was established in 1973 to recognize outstanding community service by a DeKalb County physician. Also to Alva L. Mayes, MD, Macon who was named chairman of the board of the Medical College of Georgia Foundation. Congratulations all!

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