VIRTUAL TOWN HALL TONIGHT: The Public Health Crisis of Racism

The focus of this special event is to help members understand how racial trauma impacts patient health and what they can do to address that for themselves and patients. Minnesota AFP CEO Maria Huntley, CAE, MAM and Minnesota AFP President Renee Crichlow, MD, will be among those serving on the Town Hall’s panel. Other panel members will include AAFP President Gary LeRoy, MD, FAAFP, AAFP Health Equity Fellow Kristina Johnson, MD, and Danielle Jones who serves as the director of the AAFP Center for Diversity and Health Equity.

Join them TONIGHT on Facebook Live at 6:00pm MDT

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UAFP Virtual Annual Meeting Friday, August 28th at 7:00pm

Register now to attend our VIRTUAL Annual Member Meeting on Friday, August 28th at 7:00pm:

Hear from AAFP President-Elect, Dr. Ada Stewart
Convocation of new AAFP Fellows
Awarding of the Utah Family Medicine Physician of the Year and Family Medicine Advocate of the Year
Meet the new UAFP Board Members
Update on UAFP activities for the coming year

AAFP President-Elect,
Dr. Ada Stewart

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Nominate a Deserving Colleague for the
2020 UAFP Family Medicine Physician of the Year

Know a family physician who has gone above and beyond in their profession and their community? Have a colleague who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and strength during this unprecedented time? Nominate them for Utah Family Medicine Physician of the Year! Nominations are due by Friday, July 17th.

2019 Utah Family Medicine Physician of the Year, Dr. David Cope

Submit Your Nomination Here

Want to Represent Family Medicine
at the UMA House of Delegates?

UMA's House of Delegates is going online this year - September 11 & 12, 2020. UAFP has several delegate spots to fill this year. To serve as a delegate, you must be both a member of UAFP and UMA. We would love to send a full roster of family doctors who are passionate about legislative issues that affect their patients and their practice! Let us know you're interested here.

Learn more about the meeting on UMA's website.

Please fill out this brief online form to volunteer as a UMA Delegate.

Have a Resolution Idea?

With AAFP Congress of Delegates and UMA House of Delegates coming up this fall, it's the perfect opportunity for you to craft and submit a resolution. If you have a resolution you would like to submit for either conference, let us know. Contact Maryann for more information.

UTAH COVID-19 UPDATES

Report: Changes in Medicaid Telehealth Policies Due to COVID19

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Medicaid agencies have used flexibilities to expand the use of telehealth in unprecedented ways. A report commissioned by the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) summarizes the catalog of telehealth policies, data sources, and key findings. Learn more here.

Utah Department of Health: Testing and Social Distancing Barriers Survey

Do you have feedback about why testing and social distancing is hard in your community? Want to give your input to help reduce these barriers?

Your results are private and will be used to help people in your community slow the spread of COVID-19 and access testing services.

Take the survey and share with your networks and patients!

St George Healthcare Providers Call on Public to Wear Masks

This op-ed was submitted by a collection of St. George-area physicians and medical professionals. Originally published in The Spectrum on June 9, 2020.

As physicians who live and practice in Southwest Utah, we are concerned about the rapid spread of COVID-19 in our community. During the month of May, and especially over the last week, we have seen a steady rise in the number of people testing positive in our community. This is not because we are doing more tests, nor is it because visitors are testing positive while here. Our numbers are now rising precipitously because we are spreading it amongst ourselves. If we continue to see case numbers increase in this way, we are concerned that Utah will be forced to again close our doors and isolate. This will not only cause loss of life but will further damage our economy. None of us want that. READ MORE...

UAFP Resource Pages

UAFP has created COVID-19 resource pages for you to access as needed. We have three lists that we update regularly:

Have a suggestion for additional resources to add to any of these lists? Or have another suggestion about how UAFP can support you and your practice during these uncertain times? Please reach out to us by email or call us at 801-736-0722 and let us know!