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Friday Nov 22, 2013

AAFP Takes SGR Message to Capitol Hill

After spending a week at the AMA Interim Meeting in National Harbor, Md., AAFP leaders met with members of Congress and congressional staff Nov. 19-20 in Washington to discuss the repeal and replacement of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula and other issues of importance to family medicine. AAFP President Reid Blackwelder, M.D., offers an update on the Academy's advocacy efforts in the video below.

Reid Blackwelder, M.D., is President of the AAFP.

Posted at 03:39PM Nov 22, 2013 by Reid Blackwelder, M.D.

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