CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONS LIVESTREAM—Review best practices on how to prevent, treat, and manage patients with cardiovascular conditions.
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Match Day results are here! She how many students matched to family medicine and what resources are available to help applicants matching next year.
New Course! OPIOID USE DISORDER LIVESTREAM—Take a patient-centered approach to opioid use disorders, focusing on reducing its harm and stigma.
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AAFP Digital Assistant Pilot Opportunities Available
April 13, 2021 — The Academy will host a Virtual Town Hall on Black maternal health and birth equity on April 14. It will be available for viewing on demand beginning the next day.
The Academy has published an updated recommendation that supports the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s final recommendation on screening for lung cancer with low-dose CT.
USPSTF: Insufficient Evidence to Screen for Hearing Loss
Final Recommendation
The U.S. Preventive Services Task force recently posted a final recommendation statement concluding that evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for hearing loss in older adults.
Task Force Lowers Age for Prediabetes, Diabetes Screening
Draft Recommendation
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently posted a draft statement recommending screening for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in adults ages 35 to 70 who are overweight or obese.
USPSTF Recommends Lung Cancer Screening with Low-dose CT
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose CT in adults age 50 to 80 who have a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years.
The Academy has selected five members to participate in the next Women’s Wellness Through Equity and Leadership Alliance cohort.
<i>FPM</i> Supplement Series Offers Intro to Value-based Payment
Explore VBP Options
A series of <i>FPM</i> journal supplements aims to spell out what the shift from volume- to value-based payment means for family physicians and how they can succeed in a burgeoning VBP environment.
CMS Offers MIPS Reporting Relief for 2020 Performance Year
Automatic Exceptions
In response to the pandemic, CMS says it will apply the Merit-based Incentive Payment System’s automatic extreme and uncontrollable circumstances policy to all individual MIPS-eligible clinicians for the 2020 performance year.
Behavioral Health Collaborative Seeks FPs for Study
Organizational Partnership
The Behavioral Health Integration Collaborative is recruiting primary care clinicians to participate in a study on the effectiveness of the Collaborative’s existing resources.
With new regulations prohibiting physicians and other health care providers from blocking health information sharing recently having taken effect, it’s important for AAFP members to know what to expect.
AAFP Calls for Lasting Fix to Territorial Medicaid Funding
Pass H.R. 265
In a recent letter to leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Health Subcommittee , the AAFP again urged that Congress adopt a long-term plan for funding Medicaid in the territories.
Pass Medicaid Payment Parity Bill, AAFP Tells House
Fix Needed Now
The Academy recently urged passage of a House bill that would raise Medicaid payment rates for primary care services to at least Medicare payment levels.
Primary Care Is Key to Pandemic Recovery, AAFP Tells Senators
Message to HELP Committee
In member testimony and a letter, the AAFP asked the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on March 9 to center primary care in COVID-19 vaccination and other efforts.
Match Day 2021 marked 12 years of growth for family medicine and the 10th consecutive year that an all-time record number of students had matched into the specialty.
Level 2 Performance Evaluations Postponed Indefinitely
On Hold
The National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners announced Feb. 11 that its COMLEX-USA Level 2 Performance Evaluation is postponed indefinitely.
Starfield Summit Is First Step in Revising Residency
FP Input Sought
The AAFP and others have provided feedback to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education on revisions to residency program requirements.
Sponsors End USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills Exam
Change of Plans
The Federation of State Medical Boards and National Board of Medical Examiners announced Jan. 26 that they were discontinuing the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination Step 2 Clinical Skills exam rather than revamping it.
Meet the family physicians at the forefront of the specialty who are going the extra mile to care for their patients and communities.
Fresh Perspectives
New Docs in Practice
<b>Six Ways to Practice Family Medicine</b><p> </p>As Match Day approached, we asked our new physician bloggers to share how they practice family medicine and what they enjoy about their respective niches.
Leader Voices Blog
An AAFP Leaders Forum
<b>Answering Your Questions on COVID-19 Vaccines and Pregnancy</b><p> </p>Patients and members have questions about COVID-19 vaccination related to pregnancy and breastfeeding. Danielle Carter, M.D., offers answers.
In the Trenches
AAFP Advocacy Updates
<b>A Maternal Health Breakthrough and a PCF Model Update</b><p> </p>CMS has given Illinois the go-ahead for 12 months’ postpartum Medicaid coverage — a sixfold expansion from the previous 60-day allotment — reflecting an AAFP advocacy goal.
FPs on the Front Lines
Meeting the Challenge
<b>Rallying My Community to Fight COVID-19, Inequity</b><p> </p>Seeing COVID-19's toll on North Carolina’s Hispanic residents, Duke University physicians mobilized to help.
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