BLAST FAXES/BLAST EMAILS/ARCHIVES

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May 2013

May 31, 2013  Georgia AAP: Vaccines for Children Provider Updates May 31, 2013

May 24, 2013  Georgia AAP: Pediatrics by the Sea Only 3 Weeks Away!

May 24, 2013  Georgia AAP: Sickle Cell Webinar

May 23, 2013  Georgia AAP: Reminder: Upcoming WIC Webinar

May 16, 2013 Georgia APP: Pediatrics by the Sea only 4 Weeks Away!

May 9, 2013  Georgia AAP: Upcoming Webinar

May 3, 2013  Georgia AAP: Georgia Medicaid Opens Portal for Physician Enrollment in ACA Payment Increase

April 2013

April 1, 2013  Vaccine Storage and Handling Webinar Is Your Vaccine Safe?

March 2013

March 19, 2013  Pertussis Message for Fulton and Dekalb Counties VFC Providers

March 18, 2013  VFC Influenza Waitlist

March 13, 2013  Legislative Alert: Your Voice needed to oppose Senate Bill 512 which would allow guns in schools and places of worship

March 12, 2013  Medicaid Update

March 11, 2013  Reminder-VFC Inflenza Vaccine Prebook

March 5, 2013  GPNA & GPPMA Registration Open

March 4, 2013  CME Opportunities: The Chapter is Your Home for Pediatric Education

February 2013

February 26, 2013 Time to Pre-book Your VFC Influenza Vaccine

February 22, 2013 ACA Eligible Providers and Self Attestation   

February 19, 2013 Vaccine Admin. Updates

February 18, 2013 Legislative Alert: General Assembly Considers Medicaid Budget

February 18, 2013 Late Fees Waived! 2013 Winter Symposium

February 12, 2013 2013 Winter Symposium

February 8, 2013   Vaccine Admin. Changes

February 5, 2013  Survey on School Based Influenza Clinics in Georgia

February 1, 2013   2013 Recommended Immunization Schedule Published

February 1, 2013   Increase in Vaccine Administration Fees Effective January 1, 2013
 

January 2013

January 30, 2013   2013 Recommended Immunization Schedule Published

January 24, 2013   Does your practice participate in the Georgia Pediatric Practice Managers Association???

January 17, 2013   AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS AGREES WITH IOM REPORT ON SAFETY OF VACCINE SCHEDULE

January 11, 2013   EPIC Breastfeeding

January 18, 2013   Welcome to 2013!

December 2012

December 28, 2012   HB 954 Law Temporarily Halted

December 21, 2012   Happy New Year

December 12, 2012   Increase in Influenza Case Activity

December 10, 2012   Important Dates from the Georgia Immunization Program

December 7, 2012     Georgia WIC Policy Changes Effective December 10, 2012: Lactose Reduced & Rice Added Formulas

December 7, 2012     1.­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Medicaid Eliminates Use of Certain Consultation Codes 2.Update on Medicaid Increase to Medicare Rates

Archive Blastfaxes

November 13, 2012  Revised Form 3231

October 19, 2012 Update on Palivizumab Administration...

October 2, 2012  School Flu Clinics

October 2, 2012  Message from VFC regarding Pentacel

September 13, 2012  Levels of Prenatal Care

September 5, 2012   Merck Announcing that ProQuad Coming Back to Market

August 29, 2012 Upcoming changes to the GRITS system for VFC vaccine inventory reporting

August 28, 2012 Insect Repellent Use in Children

August 27, 2012  AAP Releases Revised Policy Statement on Male Circumcision

August 27, 2012  New developments regarding West Nile Virus in Georgia

August 24, 2012 GA Chapter AAP: AAP to Revise Policy Statement on Circumcision

August 17, 2012  2012 - 2013 Influenza Recommendations

August 13, 2012 2012-2013 VFC Flu Update

August 8, 2012  Pertussis Outbreak Causes Concern

August 7, 2012  Georgia Certificate of Immunization (Form 3231) Revised August 1, 2012

August 2, 2012  2012-2013 RSV Reccomendations

July 30, 2012   Adolescent Immunization

July 9, 2012     Confirmed Measles Case Identified in Atlanta June 29, 2012

June 12, 2012  Report Cites Problems in CDC Vaccine Program

April 26, 2012 GA Chapter AAP: Sanofi Pasteur Announces Shortages of Pentacel® and DAPTACEL

April 2, 2012  Two Important Announcements from the Ga Dept of Community Health regarding the PeachCare for Kids Program