Rupen S. Amin, MD, MBA, FAAFP

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FALL 2017
Rupen S. Amin, MD, MBA, FAAFP
installed as 2017-2018
President during the VAFP 2017
Annual Meeting & Exposition
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Virginia’s Family Physicians
VAFP Mission Statement VAFP Vision Statement
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The mission of the VAFP is to empower its The vision of the VAFP is for Virginia to be
members to be personal physicians who provide the best place for our citizens to receive their
family physician high quality, accessible health care, dedicate healthcare and for family physicians to practice
themselves to the well-being of the citizens of medicine.
Virginia, and are guided by the principle that
the family physician is the specialist of choice for
lifelong health care.
OFFICERS DIRECTORS ADVISORS EX OFFICIO
PRESIDENT Robin N. Anderson, M.D. MSV DELEGATE MEMBERS
Rupen S. Amin, M.D., MBA, FAAFP • Virginia Beach Rupen S. Amin, M.D., MBA, FAAFP Brian Dickens, D.O.
• Harrisonburg Amber Fedin, D.O. • Harrisonburg Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
PRESIDENT-ELECT • Danville MSV ALTERNATE DELEGATE Michael P. Jeremiah, M.D., FAAFP
Delmas J. Bolin, M.D., PhD, FAAFP Neeta Goel, M.D. Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Delmas J. Bolin, M.D., PhD, FAAFP
• Roanoke • Leesburg Anton J. Kuzel, M.D., FAAFP
• Roanoke
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT David S. Gregory, M.D., FAAFP Virginia Commonwealth University
AAFP DELEGATES
Emmeline C. Gasink, M.D., FAAFP • Lynchburg Alison Dobbie M.D.
Sterling N. Ransone, Jr., M.D.,
• Newport News John Scott Litton, M.D., FAAFP Eastern Virginia Medical School
FAAFP
PAST PRESIDENT • Pennington Gap Raena M. Pettitt, D.O.
• Deltaville Liberty University College of Osteopathic
Lindsey D. Vaughn, M.D., FAAFP Daniel F. McCarter, M.D.
Jesus L. Lizarzaburu, M.D., FAAFP Medicine
• Suffolk • Richmond
• Grafton
TREASURER Jerry A. Provenzano, M.D.
AAFP ALTERNATE DELGATES
Dena R. Hall, M.D. • Newport News
E. Mark Watts, M.D., FAAFP
• Suffolk Jeffrey B. Roberts, M.D.
• Vinton
SECRETARY • Richmond
Kent E. Willyard, M.D., FAAFP
Charles O, Frazier, M.D., FAAFP Sebastian Tong, M.D., PhD
• Newport News
• Williamsburg • Richmond
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Mary Lindsay White, MHA
• Richmond
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VAFP President’s Message
Rupen S. Amin, MD, MBA, FAAFP
Dear Colleagues, May 2018. There will be many your involvement in the advocacy
more opportunities to serve of Family Medicine. Change
I write to you on the heels of our membership in the coming happens incrementally and only
another successful Annual Meeting months at the AAFP Congress of through the support and advocacy
held at Lansdowne Resort in Delegates and the MSV Annual of physicians in every voting
Northern Virginia. This year’s Meeting. district of this Commonwealth. I
meeting introduced a new venue As the seasons change and encourage you to remain involved
to an already robust selection of we transition from Summer to as much as possible and your
locations that the Commonwealth Autumn, I want to take this time Academy is always willing to hear
affords us. With the new location to pause and think about changes your feedback and comments. Your
came the same high quality of for us as Family Physicians. Our leadership is here to represent
continuing medical education healthcare landscape continues to Family Medicine Physicians and
sessions throughout the weekend. evolve both nationally and locally. we can only do that if we know
There were lectures ranging from Every day, Family Physicians the issues you deal with on a daily
movement disorders to depression are entrusted to provide care basis.
with everything in between and to all types of patients while I hope everyone will attend
more importantly, topics and skills handling an increasing amount the VAFP Wintergreen Meeting
that we as Family Physicians can of administrative burden. With in January 2018. Our annual
apply on a daily basis. In addition, these demands come more hours, winter conference is very popular
there were workshops that offered higher stress, and eventual burnout amongst our membership and with
Family Physicians an opportunity especially for Family Medicine the future students/residents of
to learn or refine skills such as Physicians because we are on the Family Medicine. I look forward to
joint injections and interpretation front line of patient care. There the chance to meet you there!
of radiologic studies. Being are a lot of efforts underway to In closing, your leadership
mindful of our recertification better understand the causes of remains committed to representing
efforts, the Virginia Academy also physician burnout and methods to Family Physicians in any way
hosted numerous CSA/KSA and potentially alleviate some of these possible and I truly hope that you
Part IV modules for our members. causes. I want every member to still find great value in being a
In total, members were able to know that the Virginia Academy member of the VAFP. With your
earn up to 53.5 CME credits and takes this topic very seriously continued support, I am confident
15 ABFM “points.” and we will do everything we can that Family Medicine will lead
Since July, your Board of to help alleviate the causes of the way in primary care for the
Directors and leadership have been burnout (through legislation aimed Commonwealth of Virginia.
busy representing the interests of at reducing administrative burden
Virginia’s Family Physicians at and other areas) and help educate Sincerely,
the Southeast Family Medicine our Family Physicians on other
Forum, and the Medical Society ways to mitigate or cope with Rupen
of Virginia’s newly formed feelings of burnout.
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bring a TED-talk style conference change, I want every member to
to the Physicians of Virginia in understand the importance of
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Legal and Legislative Update
LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Hunter Jamerson, JD, MBA, VAFP General Counsel
Fall 2017 arrives with significant your network participation agreements candidate for governor, and with those
uncertainty in the health care sector. are in place for all desired health plans is of Dr. Ralph Northam, the Democratic
Efforts to repeal and replace the important in order to provide continuity candidate for governor. The two
Affordable Care Act have faltered in of care to migrating patients. candidates have significantly different
Congress, leaving a murky picture for The Virginia General Assembly is in approaches to health care so the choice is
the future of the health care marketplace. its intra-session period. During this time, important. Presently, polls have the race
In Virginia, Anthem, Aetna, and United the General Assembly studies key issues in a dead heat.
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Exchange market entirely. Optima has evaluate legislation for the 2018 General Delegates member and State Senator is
chosen to reduce its Healthcare Exchange Assembly session. VAFP is participating important. Now is the perfect time of
service areas to only those localities with in several of these studies: Nurse year to reach out to your representatives
a Sentara presence (except Northern Practitioner Scope of Practice; Creation in order to introduce yourself as a
Virginia, where Optima will exit the of a Doctor of Medical Science license reference on health care issues. As a
Healthcare Exchange). As a result, for advanced practice physician assistants; part-time legislature, the members of the
premiums for the remaining health plans Implementation of the state’s ER Care House and Senate rely on constituent
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Congress will likely have to take of ADHD medication formulary coverage comes up, we want your representative
some action as we move toward 2018 in and prior authorization rules. to be thinking about you! If you are
order to either stabilize or eliminate the November 2017 will bring a interested in serving as a VAFP Key
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it is likely that your commercial patient each of the 100 House of Delegates uncertain who your elected representatives
populations will remain transient across districts. Familiarize yourselves with the are, please contact the VAFP office at
different health plans. Ensuring that positions of Ed Gillespie, the Republican [phone] for assistance.
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Virginia Academy of Family Physicians
Board of Directors Meeting
July, 2017, Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Approved minutes from the April • Heard report from Legislative • Heard update from VAFP Past
8, 2017 VAFP Board of Directors Committee Chair Jesus President Roger Hofford, MD
meeting. Lizarzaburu, MD and VAFP on the Joint Commission on
General Counsel/Legislative Healthcare’s study on ADHD
• Reviewed the 2016-2017 VAFP Consultant Hunter Jamerson, Medications.
Annual Report. JD, MBA on the Academy’s 2018
legislative priorities including scope • Heard report from VAFP GME
• Heard Finance Committee report of practice and regulatory and Task Force Chair Dr. Hofford
from Chair Dena Hall, MD administrative issues. on the 2017 Match Results
regarding the VAFP’s contributions from Virginia Family Medicine
in memory of VAFP General • Heard report from Bob Elliott, Residency Programs.
Counsel K. Marshall Cook, JD. MD, VAFP representative to the
Medicaid Managed Care Liaison • Heard VAFP Foundation Update
• Approved a motion to establish a Committee on the meeting held from Dr. Hofford on the recipients
working group to determine the June 15, 2017 that focused on of the Choose Virginia scholarship
best avenue for recognition of Mr. Medallion 4.0 and the ARTS awards.
Cook via a legislative action. program for substance abuse.
• Heard report from the attendees of
• Heard report from VAFP EVP • Heard report from Kent Willyard, the 2017 Annual Chapter Leader
Mary Lindsay White on INFUSE, MD, VAFP representative to the Forum/National Conference of
the joint specialty society meeting MSV Legislative Specialty Advisory Constituency Leaders meetings
to be held in spring 2018. Council on the meeting held June held in April in Kansas City, MO.
22, 2017.
• Approved a motion to provide a
monetary grant to support the
INFUSE meeting.
Dear Sam,
• Heard report from VAFP CME
Chair Mitch Miller, MD on the The pressure you’re putting me under is too much.
2017 VAFP Annual Meeting &
Exposition held July 20-23, 2017 at II QQUUIITT!!

Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg.
• Heard report from Mrs. White
SSiinncceerreellyy,,
on the group Family Medicine
Certification activities completed
and scheduled in 2017.
• Approved a motion to submit the YYoouurr HHeeaarrtt
resolution focused on compound
pharmacies to the AAFP Congress
of Delegates.
• Approved a motion to submit the
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to a healthy range before it’s too late.
• Heard report from Practice
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Committee Chair Tony Kuzel, MD
on the AHRQ grant.
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VAFP Annual Meeting
VAFP 2017 VAFP Annual Meeting Highlights and Pictures!
Over 175 family physicians and other health care professionals along with their families from across the Mid-Atlantic enjoyed Lansdowne
Resort and the surrounding area during the VAFP 2017 Annual Meeting & Exposition held July 20-23, 2017. Meeting attendees thoroughly
enjoyed the CME program designed by Family Physicians for Family Physicians, Hands-on workshops, Opioid sessions, ABFM Family
Medicine Certification sessions and More!
Comments from the attendees capture the Annual Meeting best!
• Excellent location, facilities, golf and the quality of the faculty and subjects were excellent.
• Thank you for including required opioid education hours.
• This was my first VAFP conference. I thoroughly enjoyed the
location, food and beverage, hotel, interaction with exhibitors and
the majority of the speakers and topics. Regardless of location, I will
likely be a future attendee. Thanks for everyone’s hard work.
• Excellent program! Enjoyed the hotel!
• Meeting halls excellent and CME program excellent.
• Hotel great and overall speakers very good.
• Another great conference speakers, planners and location. Thank
you!
• Excellent venue and conference!
• Really enjoyed conference overall.
• Beautiful facility and excellent meeting space.
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Rupen S. Amin, MD, MBA, FAAFP, Harrisonburg,
Installed as the 2017-2018 VAFP President
Mark H. Greenawald, MD, FAAFP, VAFP Past President
installs Rupen S. Amin, MD, FAAFP into Office as 2017-
2018 VAFP President while VAFP Past Presidents in
attendance look on in support.
Rupen S. Amin, MD, MBA, FAAFP, Harrisonburg, was installed as the 71st President of the Virginia Academy of Family
Physicians on Friday evening, July 21st during the Installation of VAFP Officers & Directors and Academy Awards Dinner. The
event was held in conjunction with the VAFP Annual Meeting & Exposition held in Leesburg, Virginia. Mark H. Greenawald, MD,
FAAFP, VAFP Past President had the privilege of installing Dr. Amin into office.
Congratulations Dr. Amin!
The 2017-2018 VAFP Board of Directors being installed by VAFP Past President Mark H.
Greenawald, MD, FAAFP
2017-2018 VAFP President Rupen S. Amin,
Pictured from left to right are: President-Elect and MSV Alternate Delegate Del Bolin, MD, PhD,
MD, MBA, FAAFP presents 2016-2017
FAAFP, Roanoke; Secretary Charles O. Frazier MD, FAAFP, Williamsburg; Director Jeffrey
VAFP President Lindsey D. Vaughn, MD
B. Roberts, MD, Richmond; Director Sabastian Tong, MD, MPH, Richmond; AAFP Delegate
with the Outgoing President’s Gavel Plaque.
Sterling N. Ransone, Jr., MD, FAAFP, Deltaville; Alternate Delegate E. Mark Watts, MD, FAAFP,
Vinton; MSV Delegate Rupen S. Amin, MD, MBA, FAAFP, Harrisonburg. Not pictured: First Vice
President Emmeline C. Gasink, MD, FAAFP, Newport News; Director Robin N. Anderson, MD,
Virginia Beach and Director Amber Fedin, DO, Danville.
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