Family Physicians Welcome Conversation on Improving Primary Care Payment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 6, 2024
“Family physicians understand that value-based payment benefits physicians, better supports practices, centers patients and ultimately lowers health care costs. The American Academy of Family Physicians appreciates Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s commitment to championing primary care and for initiating an important conversation with his discussion draft on ways to further accelerate the transition to value-based payment. We look forward to working with the Senator and his colleagues to develop and advance legislation that prioritizes the important role of primary care in our health care system and more appropriately pays for and supports access to primary care across the country.”
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About the American Academy of Family Physicians
The AAFP is the largest national association of family physicians, representing 128,300 physicians and medical students. Family medicine’s cornerstone is an ongoing, personal patient-physician relationship focused on impactful care for people of all ages, races and genders across all medical conditions. The AAFP supports every stage of a family physician's career and provides evidence-based resources, advocacy and community to empower family medicine. To learn more, visit aafp.org. For information about health care, medical conditions and wellness, please visit the AAFP’s patient education website, familydoctor.org.