SUMMER  MENTAL HEALTH ROUNDTABLES
Negotiating Local Mental Health Systems for Children
To be held in June and July in Florence, Auburn/Opelika, Selma and Dothan
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2008 ANNUAL MEETING & FALL PEDIATRIC UPDATE
September 26 - 28, 2008
Hilton Sandestin Beach - Destin, FL
- Tentative topics and more
- Exhibitor information

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May 2008 Public Health Update
Cystic fibrosis added to Newborn Screening Panel
The Alabama Department of Public Health, in partnership with the cystic fibrosis centers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Children's Hospital of Alabama and the University of South Alabama, has further expanded Alabama's newborn screening program. On April 21, Alabama added cystic fibrosis to its panel of primary newborn screening tests. With this addition, Alabama further establishes itself as one of the leading newborn screening programs in America. This new test is the eighth addition to the Alabama screening panel since April 2007.
Read more on this and other Public Health programs >>

2008 Legislative Agenda
Includes talking points, sample letters

2008 Pediatric Employment Opportunities
Click here for the latest opportunities

Scenes from the 2007 Annual Meeting
Click here for Annual Meeting photos>>.

Help raise money for Reach Out and Read-Alabama!
Find out more about our early literacy program, Reach Out and Read-Alabama, and make a donation online using Paypal by clicking here.

2007 Alabama Medicaid fact sheet
The American Academy of Pediatrics has just compiled this latest fact sheet on our state's Medicaid program.  Find out the number of children on Medicaid, how this program plays an important role in our state's healthcare infrastructure, and key message points to make when advocating for more adequate Medicaid funding--click here.

Check out photos from all of our events
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PURCHASE COULD IT BE AUTISM? A PARENT'S GUIDE TO THE FIRST SIGNS AND NEXT STEPS - authored by Nancy Wiseman, 2006 Annual Meeting, with proceeds going to Reach Out and Read-Alabama.
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OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES
Influenza Vaccine Delay
- Latest Sanofi Pasteur communication (11/27/06)
- AAP's Q&A with Sanofi Pasteur (10/5/06)
- CDC update on influenza vaccine supply
- Sanofi Pasteur news release (10/12/06)
Learn more about what the AAP is doing on the AAP Member Center at www.aap.org/moc.

AAP Policy on Retail-Based Clinics - September 2006 - Click here for policy statement.

Blue Cross Blue Shield reimbursement schedule (effective April 1, 2006) - Click here for increased pediatric codes or go to BCBS web site at www.bcbsal.org.

Chapter issues statement on federal budget reconciliation act passed February 1, 2006.  Read statement>>