It’s time to reunite with your family medicine peers and celebrate the specialty. Be a part of the lucky ones to experience the energy and excitement of FMX ‘22. See you Sept. 20—23 in Washington, DC.
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Come experience the latest education. The live connections. Plus, all the inspiration, solutions, and can’t-miss energy. Be there as we reunite the best specialty Sept. 20—23 in Washington, DC.
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Without congressional action, the Medicare physician fee schedule proposed rule will result in unsustainable payment cuts for family physicians in 2023. We’re advocating to swiftly avert these cuts and implement long-term reform.
With the number of U.S. monkeypox cases rising, vaccine and public health expert Jonathan Temte, M.D., Ph.D., M.S., answers your questions about the outbreak and what family physicians should know.
Sept. 21, 2022 — The AAFP Congress of Delegates elected leaders to guide the Academy through the coming year. Steven Furr, M.D., of Jackson, Ala., was named the AAFP’s president-elect.
A new report recommends action on hunger, nutrition and health, and a family physician offers advice on helping patients with overweight and obesity.
CVD Risk, Patient Age Factor Into Statin Recommendation
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
The AAFP is reviewing an updated recommendation statement on using statins to prevent cardiovascular disease, which differs depending on a patient’s age and CVD risk factors.
AAFP Supports Use of Updated COVID-19 Booster Shots
Expedited Review
The AAFP has approved federal authorization of new multivalent COVID-19 booster shots. An FP expert suggests that starting them now will mean fewer deaths and hospitalizations through the end of the year.
Academy Approves Updated ACIP Flu Vaccine Recommendations
Here's What You Should Know
The AAFP has endorsed vaccine recommendations for the 2022-23 influenza season from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. A family physician offers tips for talking with vaccine-hesitant patients.
CMS has released 2021 performance feedback for the Quality Payment Program’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System. MIPS-eligible clinicians can obtain their performance feedback, final score and MIPS payment adjustment information for 2023 from the QPP website.
Family Physicians Have Chance to Shape Women’s Health Research
Improve Evidence-based Care
Family physicians are invited to help shape the NIH’s future research on women’s health by commenting on a strategic plan.
Ensure Telehealth Access for All Patients, Say HHS, DOJ
Guidance Cites Protections
The rapid growth of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need to ensure this technology is accessible to all patients.
This Measure Targets What Matters in Primary Care
FPM Journal Supplements
A patient-reported outcome measure has potential to reduce administrative burden and impact value-based payment.
In a victory for AAFP advocacy, a new federal rule walks back a harmful “public charge” definition to which the Academy objected.
Empower FPs in New Rural Emergency Hospitals, AAFP Tells CMS
Highlighting Vital Role
A proposed rule that would benefit rural family physicians and patients needs some revision, the AAFP told CMS in a recent letter.
Administration’s Student Debt Moves Reflect AAFP Advocacy
Significant Debt Cancellations
A long-awaited plan to forgive federal student loan debt and extend a repayment moratorium delivered Academy advocacy wins.
AAFP Supports Measures to Address Student Debt
End to Payment Pause Looming
The AAFP is urging Congress and the Department of Education to take action to help relieve the financial burden on physicians and medical students.
After two years of virtual-only interactions, more than 4,000 participants flocked to this year’s in-person National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students in Kansas City, Mo.
Students Take on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Issues
Homelessness, Mental Health Also Addressed
During the recent National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students, students discussed numerous resolutions, with a heavy emphasis on issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Students, Residents Revel in In-person Opportunities
Catch the Excitement!
Thousands of students and residents took advantage of networking, learning and leadership opportunities during the first in-person National Conference in three years, July 28-30 in Kansas City, Mo.
Student Storytelling Event Delivers Strong, Unique Lessons
Four Speakers Share Their Journeys
A storytelling event offered inspiration for taking a leadership role, advancing equity, overcoming imposter syndrome and more at the 2022 AAFP National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students.
Meet the family physicians at the forefront of the specialty who are going the extra mile to care for their patients and communities.
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Fresh Perspectives
New Docs in Practice
<b>Teetering on the Edge of the Moral Injury Cliff</b><p> </p>In her final Fresh Perspectives blog post, Kimberly Becher, M.D., describes how she nearly lost her life after ignoring for too long the emotional and physical symptoms of critical moral injury she traces back to patients’ COVID denial.
Leader Voices Blog
An AAFP Leaders Forum
<b>The ‘Best Medicine’ Is Good for Us, Too</b><p> </p>Amanda Stisher, M.D., who recently hosted an AAFP livestream event for residents with Will Flanary, M.D. — aka Dr. Glaucomflecken — writes that humor and self-expression are vital in medicine.
In the Trenches
AAFP Advocacy Updates
<b>Renewing Our Push to Correct Medicare Physician Payment</b><p> </p>The AAFP’s first look at 2023’s proposed Medicare physician fee schedule previews this year’s version of a familiar fight.
FPs on the Front Lines
Meeting the Challenge
<b>Small Talk About COVID-19 Can Make a Big Difference</b><p> </p>Maurice Duggins, M.D., shares a success story about his work to get the Wichita State men’s basketball team vaccinated against COVID-19.
