The American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP) Section on Early Career Physicians (SOECP) is pleased to welcome faculty applications for the 2020-2022 class of the Young Physicians Leadership Alliance (YPLA). Applicants must be an active member of the AAP for the full...
Changes are coming to the Florida Healthy Kids (FHK) program next year. Starting January 1, 2020, three Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) will provide coverage for all Florida Healthy Kids members—Aetna Better Health of Florida (Aetna) and Simply Healthcare (Simply)...
With a beautiful venue and exciting new CME topics, FCAAP’s Annual Conference is going to be bigger and better than ever in 2020! We know you’re excited to attend, so we want to help you lose the “wait” this holiday weekend. For a limited time, take 8% off...
As pediatricians in South Florida continue to care for children with confirmed cases of Congenital Zika Syndrome and those who were exposed to the Zika virus in utero, additional education is needed regarding the known effects of the Zika virus on infants and children...
FCAAP’s Medicaid Access Committee has persuaded Florida Medicaid to publish the Enhanced Medicaid Fee Schedule (i.e, the Medicare Equivalent Rates) on the AHCA website and to keep the fee schedule regularly updated. This will allow physicians eligible for the enhanced...
A message from Andrea Morrison, Vector-Borne Disease Surveillance Coordinator, Florida Department of Health, Division of Disease Control and Health Protection, Bureau of Epidemiology: As we continue to see increased dengue virus activity in the Americas, now is the...
FDA Continues to Receive Reports of E-cigarette Users Having Seizures, More Information Needed to Determine Possible Causes Since initially alerting the public on April 3 to reports of some e-cigarette users experiencing seizures, FDA has since received 118 new...
Health Care Provider InformationHepatitis A Public Health EmergencyAugust 2019 Florida, like other parts of the United States, is experiencing a serious hepatitis A virus (HAV) outbreak. Since 2018, there have been more than 22,000 cases of HAV in the United States....
2019 Election Results Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2019 election for the FCAAP Board of Directors! Congratulations to the newly elected Board members who will be inducted to the Board on Saturday, August 31, 2019, during The Future of Pediatric...
Read the Summer 2019 Florida Pediatrician here! Featured articles include: Addressing Common Environmental Health Issues in Florida’s Children Assessing the Newborn Screening Status of Immigrant Children in Florida Putting Down the Phone: Evidence-Based Interventions...
