SCAAP Newsletter
September 2023
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Friends,
Happy September! Thank you for a wonderful annual meeting in beautiful Asheville!
- We had our most well-attended annual summer chapter meeting at Grove Park ever! Thank you for the feedback, and a special thank you to our CME committee, poster session gurus, Lutine partners, and all those who worked hard to make the meeting a success! See any of our social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, X) for pics.
- Congrats to our annual award winners:
- Distinguished Career Award: Dr. Kent Jones
- President’s Award: Dr. Annie Andrews
- Advocacy Award: Beth Poore
- Special Achievement Awards: Drs. Hailey Guilkey, Blakely Amati, Anna Hoffius
- SCAAP was in the top 3 finalists for the Outstanding Chapter Award in the large chapter category!
- See below in the state advocacy section re: JCLCC hearings- sign up now!
- We submitted a letter to DHEC via public comment on keeping perinatal regionalization strong in the context of CON fading away.
- We released a statement on COVID-19 in schools 8/29/23 and posted it to all our social channels.
- Last week the AAP sent this letter to all national payors re: nirsevimab coverage, and this week we sent a similar letter to Robbie Kerr, Director of SC Medicaid.
- All members: We are recruiting committee/subcommittee members! Please check out the committee list and reach out to join. Each committee meets quarterly and is looking for your input (trainees included)! Groups recruiting members include membership, asthma, oral health, foster care, immunizations, healthy lifestyles, school health, telemedicine, climate, tobacco prevention, pediatric council, legislative advocacy, early hearing detection/intervention, PROS (pediatric research in office setting), early physicians, senior physicians, and mental health working group.
- We were one of 3 chapters awarded a 21k AAP Adolescent Vaccinations and Wellness Grant Program supported by Merck! Dr. Eliza Varadi is our chapter immunization rep and will be helping to lead the charge to improve vaccine rates throughout the state. We are looking for members who have successful HPV vaccination rates or who have participated in vaccine quality improvement programs and are willing to work with rural practices on strategies to improve your rates. There will be a stipend for participating physicians and participating practices! Contact mmcedwards@yahoo.com if you’re interested!
- Drs. Amy Martin & Blakely Amati have developed this survey re: oral health practices in primary care. Please take 3 minutes to complete!!! This was determined to be IRB-exempt.
- Drs. Christine San Giovanni and Erin Brackbill, our chapter's healthy lifestyles reps, request that we complete a short survey about managing our patients with obesity. They thank you in advance!
- The MUSC Boeing Center for Children's Wellness and the Youth Access to Psychiatry Program (YAP-P) are planning the launch of a Youth Behavioral Health ECHO and would like your input. The ECHO will begin in Winter 2024, meeting twice a month for approximately one year in length. If you are interested in participating please complete this short survey.
- We signed onto a letter regarding the EPA’s proposed limits on carbon pollution from power plants.
- Our own Dr. Debbie Greenhouse is running for District Vice Chair this fall- vote!
Legislative advocacy updates
- It’s that time of year…JCLCC hearings! Go ahead and sign up! From our legislative advocacy committee chair Dr. Greenhouse, here are some suggested topics.
- Crisis stabilization units: offering psychiatric crisis stabilization and brief, intensive psychiatric services- Support and pass S.343- Youth Access to CSUs (currently limited to age 18 and older.
- Free school meals: Support and pass S. 148 requiring all schools that participate in the School Breakfast and National School Lunch program to provide both breakfast and lunch to ALL enrolled students. Numerous other components of this bill would help children, schools and communities as well.
- Child access to firearms: Support and Pass S.21 the Children’s Firearm Accident Prevention Act to require safe storage if the owner knows that children will be present and could have access and also creates a misdemeanor charge for criminal storage of a firearm in certain circumstances.
- Access to Health Care/ Medicaid Unwinding: Support all efforts to avoid procedural disenrollments and maintain coverage for as many children as possible in SC.
- Gender-affirming Care: Continue to oppose the ban on gender-affirming care and advocate for medical decisions to be made by the patient, the family, and the physician.
- Reproductive Health: Advocate against restrictive reproductive health care bills per AAP policy. Stress the downstream effect of decreased numbers of medical trainees in OB/GYN and decreased numbers of practicing OB/GYN statewide if these bills pass.
- Topic to avoid: Vaccine requirements in schools… we don't want the discussion to encourage an attempt to overturn the vaccine requirements currently in place.
- Check out SC Children’s Trust advocacy summer school series on the current state of SC House of Representatives, SC Senate, SC governor’s office, state elections, and ways to make your voice heard.
- Led by Dr. Kent Jones in partnership with geneticists and other advocates, the chapter supported S.394 focused on newborn screen notification, which became law on 5/17/23!
- We continue to oppose S.627, which proposes a gender-affirming care ban for children under 18yo and forces schools to out children before they are ready. We testified against this bill on 3/23/23 in Senate Medical Affairs. This will likely be taken up next session.
- We continue to support the hate crime penalty enhancement bill H.3014, and this may be taken up next session.
National legislative update
- Check out the summer 2023 AAP advocacy report!
- AAP launches firearm violence prevention special interest group! Sign up here https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/firearmsigreg
- The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) is excited to announce the revamp of our Maternal & Child Health Bill Tracker – A tool for professionals and individuals interested in federal legislation focused on improving and advancing maternal and child health (MCH).
- AAP’s new digital Advocacy Guide provides AAP members with the information, tools and resources they need to be effective child health advocates.
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Elizabeth Mack, MD, MS, FAAP
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Section on Early Career Physicians (SOECP) Corner
1. Register now for the 2023 AAP National Conference and Exhibition in Washington, DC! Oct 20-24, 2023
The Section on Early Career Physicians session will take place on Sunday, October 22, 1:00–5:00 pm ET. Bookmark our program (Session #H3040). We will also being having a networking reception following our H-program from 5:30-6:30pm that evening. Make the most of the rest of the conference with 350 other sessions in 75 topic areas – from hands-on clinical skills labs to inspiring plenary sessions! Exciting special events will also enable you to network and reconnect with colleagues and friends. A limited virtual attendee experience will also be available. Visit the AAP National Conference & Exhibition site for updates and registration information.
Also: SAVE THE DATE! October 24 – Child Health Advocacy in Action: A Pediatrician Rally with Policymakers
In recognition of the wide array of federal policy issues that would benefit from pediatrician advocacy this year, the AAP is organizing a rally for pediatricians at the US Capitol on the final day of NCE. An overview of the logistics and the focus of the rally are included below. This even is purposely right at the end of NCE because it is the ideal time for securing maximum participation of Members of Congress. As you make your flight and hotel arrangements, please keep this opportunity in mind.
Date: Tuesday, October 24
Time: Likely around 12:00–2:00 pm ET (final time pending permit approval)
Location: US Capitol Grounds (final location pending permit approval)
2. New, Updated Residency Breastfeeding Curriculum
Learn more
This curriculum aims to help medical residents develop confidence and skills in breastfeeding care. All resources are free including case studies, presentations, educational videos, role-playing activities, and more! Use this curriculum to expand on your breastfeeding knowledge and fill in any gaps you may have in this area.
Questions? Contact AAP Breastfeeding Curriculum staff. This resource was created through a 5-year cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This resource was also made possible by a dedicated project advisory committee of 25 members from the AAP Section on Breastfeeding, AAP Section on Pediatric Trainees, AAP Section on Early Career Pediatricians, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American College of Osteopathic Pediatric, Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, National Hispanic Medical Association, National Medical Association, Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere, and United States Breastfeeding Committee.
3. SOECP SOAP Notes Blog Submissions
Interested in submitting an article to the SOECP SOAP Notes Blog? Posts can be on any topic relevant to early career pediatricians. Many choose to submit articles related to National Health Observances (these are due the month prior to the health observance you are writing about). Once accepted, blog articles are posted to the SOECP SOAP Notes Blog and shared via the SOECP What’s New monthly newsletter. Blog article submissions are due on the 15th of each month.
More information here!
Your SOECP District IV Reps
DR: Laura Workman, MD— laura.workman@louisville.edu
ADR: Erika Cravanas, MD— erika.cravanas@duke.edu
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Student, Resident, and Fellow Membership Fees: Nudge a Trainee Today to Join!
Medical Students: $25 national AAP, $0 SCAAP
Residents: $135 national, $30 SCAAP (usually sponsored by a program)
Fellowship Trainees: $145 national, $30 SCAAP
Visit www.scaap.org and go to membership to join.
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Check Out These Resources and Opportunities
Check out Medicaid’s bulletin regarding coverage for factor for hemophilia patients.
Check out SC Immunization Coalition’s resources, webinars, and especially their projects ongoing in rural counties!
See here for DHEC PPE ordering form.
Encourage patients to download and use CDC’s milestone tracker app!
Resources for gender-affirming care:
Plume, Folx, and Trace
See other phone resources here for trans youth in our state.
Child Wellbeing Coalition 9/15/23 free virtual lunch n learn 12-1 pm…click here to register.
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Pediatric Provider Conference
November 11, 2023
See HERE for more info.
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Therapist Access for Select Health/Foster Care
From Dr. Anna Hoffius, SCAAP subcommittee chair on foster care
Several larger therapists (ST, PT, OT) in our area are no longer accepting Select Health, given that all children in foster care have Select Health, there is concern this could affect access to therapies for children in foster care.
Per discussions with Select Health, patients are supposed to be able to stay on for continuity of care, and children in foster care are still supposed to be seen by providers who have recently dropped Select Health. However, in practice, this may not always be happening.
If you have patients in foster care who have been referred to therapies, but unable to find anyone available who accepts their insurance, please reach out to the foster care nurse liaison in your area to assist: NurseUpstate@dss.sc.gov, NurseMidlands@dss.sc.gov, NurseLowcountry@dss.sc.gov, NursePeedee@dss.sc.gov. If you’re not sure who covers your area, check out https://dss.sc.gov/child-well-being/for-health-care-providers/
If you have other patients with Select Health who have been unable to start the therapies they have been referred for, please give their information to pvickery@selecthealthofsc.com
Anna D Hoffius, MD, FAAP
Please contact me (hoffiusa@musc.edu) with issues you are running into with kids in foster care!
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Mark Your Calendars!
SCAAP Activities:
- CATCH meeting: January 19-20, 2024, Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston
- State house day: March 26, 2024 at Palmetto Club & SC State House
- Annual summer meeting: August 8-11, 2024 (location TBD)
- Annual summer meeting: August 7-10, 2025 @ Grove Park Inn
National AAP activities:
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National AAP Updates
AAP Resources and Recommendations for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Prevention
New products for the prevention of severe RSV disease in children have recently been approved or are expected to be approved soon by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Pediatric practices should understand the products, when to recommend/administer them, and prepare offices for their availability. Visit the AAP RSV Prevention patient care page for all the resources and recommendations from AAP, including resources for educating families about RSV and nirsevimab.
AAP Policy Statement and Technical Report on Health Supervision for Children and Youth with Mental and Behavioral Health Emergencies
The AAP seeks to curb prolonged emergency department stays and boarding, which negatively affect patient care and emergency operations, in a new policy statement and technical report published in the September 2023 issue of Pediatrics. The goal of the literature is to highlight strategies, resources, and recommendations for improving emergency care delivery for pediatric mental and behavioral health.
Reminder: Call for Applications for Rural Pediatrics: Adolescent Health Communication ECHO – Due September 5
The AAP National Rural Adolescent and Child Health (NRACH) ECHO Training Center, in partnership with the University of Minnesota Healthy Youth Development–Prevention Research Center (UMN HYD-PRC), is recruiting primary care physicians and health care professionals who serve pediatric populations in rural, frontier, and underserved areas to be part of a 5-month Rural Pediatrics: Adolescent Health Communication ECHO. This ECHO will serve as a forum for primary care providers, and others that provide care to adolescent patients, to develop effective communication strategies and skills that will enable them to facilitate conversations around sensitive and/or psychosocial health topics with adolescents and their families. The ECHO will meet on the first and third Friday of the month from September–December 2023. View the ECHO flyer to learn more and apply here by Tuesday, September 5, 2023.
Contact: Oyin Oloniniyi, ECHO Manager
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $475,000 with 100% funded by HRSA/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, HRSA, HHS, or the US Government.
2023 Global Health Education Course – November 17-19
Prepare to engage in global health work as an informed and thoughtful global citizen with a more standardized, ethical approach at the Global Health Education Course, taking place in person Friday, November 17–Sunday, November 19, 2023, at the AAP headquarters in Itasca, IL.
- Day 1: Hands-on Point of Care Ultrasonography (POCUS) Workshop (Space is limited for this hands-on workshop, so register early to ensure your spot.)
- Day 2: Global Health 101 and High Yield Sessions
- Day 3: Global Health Education on Equity, Antiracism, and Decolonization (GHEARD) Workshop
Save when you register for multiple days. Register by September 29, 2023, and save with the early bird rate. Learn more and register here.
AAP Information and Resources for New Government-Mandated Requirement for All DEA-Registered Practitioners
As of June 27, 2023, all DEA-registered practitioners are required to attest to 8 hours of substance use training upon initial registration or renewal of their DEA license, as part of the MATE Act. The new AAP on-demand course, Managing Acute and Chronic Pain and Substance Use Disorders in Pediatrics, provides pediatric-specific content addressing pain management and meets the new DEA requirement. For more information and educational opportunities, click here.
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SCAAP Information
SCAAP officers (August 2022 – July 2024):
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If you would like to contact SCAAP, please email Ray Saputelli.
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