• AAFP Membership: What’s It Worth?

    Membership in the AAFP affords you access to a wide variety of solutions and insights that are designed specifically with you in mind. You’ll find high-quality, evidence-based CME, research, and clinical guidelines that support your patient care, toolkits and content focused on health equity, and an array of resources for addressing administrative complexity.

    But there’s so much more, including the addition of your voice in the AAFP’s legislative efforts, leadership development opportunities, online and in-person networking, and, most of all, a community of peers that you can lean on.

    So, while you can’t put a number on all the benefits of membership, you can put a value on the many popular resources that you see below—and that number totals $4,598.

    Learn about the specific types of free member resources available:


    Family Physician Payment and Administrative Simplification 

        


    Physician Well-being Resources

         

     


    Lifelong Learning

         

     


    Exclusive Members-only Services and Programs



     

    CME Reporter: Find and report CME you've completed from the AAFP or other providers, and we'll add those credits to your transcript and pass the information along to the ABFM, saving you valuable time
    CME Discounts: Member discounts on FMX, board review prep, clinical live courses, online virtual courses, and a broad selection of self-study resources, including board prep, clinical topics, and performance improvement CME
    Practice Management Help Desk: Access to staff subject-matter experts
    Physician Well-being Index: A members-only physician well-being assessment
    AAFP Member Advantage: Discounts on products and services
    Member Interest Groups: Discussion forums with like-minded members to enhance professional growth and connections
    Membership Directory: An online database to connect with other AAFP members 
    Degree of Fellow Program (FAAFP): Recognition of professional accomplishments
    AAFP Insurance Program: Leverages the group buying power of members to offer exclusive insurance products,  pricing, benefits, and services

    The AAFP is committed to:

    Supporting Comprehensive Family Medicine Practices
    The AAFP advocates for payment reform models that result in greater investment in family medicine, pushes for the adoption and implementation of advanced primary care functions, and ensures appropriate value of the comprehensive services you provide. We conduct research and provide tools and resources to help educate primary care practice teams and support for scope of practice and issues faced by employed physicians.

    Reducing Administrative Complexity
    The AAFP is committed to reducing point-of-care administrative functions that detract from your patient care activities. We actively advocate to reduce burden around EHR documentation, prior authorizations, and quality measurement to ensure administrative complexities have limited impact on the quality of care provided to patients.

    Building a Diverse Workforce
    The AAFP creates awareness around the importance of family medicine. By advocating for the expansion of graduate medical education and payment reform, the AAFP works to rebalance the composition and distribution of the physician workforce in the U.S. We support workforce growth that is inclusive and representative of those underrepresented in medicine.

    Enhancing Clinical Expertise
    The AAFP provides broad-scope, personalized learning through a variety of educational venues and formats to equip you with the knowledge and skills to provide high-quality, evidence-based care for your patients. We offer tools to help train family physicians to address health disparities as they impact individuals, families, and communities. Our clinical recommendations deliver evidence-based guidance about preventive care, diagnosis and assessment, and management of acute and chronic conditions.


    Footnotes:
    1. Assumes completion of (2) ABFM Performance Improvement Activities in one year


    Updated July 2022.