A Team Approach to Quality Improvement -- FPM
Apr 1, 1999 - To realize change, rely on the knowledge and experience of a team such as the authors', which improved the care of patients with diabetes.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0400/p25.html
A Team Approach to Reducing a Financial Deficit -- FPM
Dec 1, 1999 - This article describes how a multi-specialty group successfully handled a financial crisis at their institution using a bottom-up decision making process.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/1100/p51.html
A Team-Based Care Model that Improves Job Satisfaction
...Medicine Center and associate program director of the University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency Program in Denver. He led the APEX model transition at AF Williams. Dr. English is the associate medical director of practice transformation at the AF Williams Family...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0300/fpm20180300p6.pdf
A Team-Based Care Model That Improves Job Satisfaction -- FPM
Apr 1, 2018 - Expanding the role of medical assistants to better support providers can improve not only traditional outcomes but also job satisfaction.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0300/p6.html
A Team-Building Model for Team-Based Care -- FPM
Dec 1, 2012 - Focusing on their strengths and borrowing concepts from family therapy helped bring this family medicine group together in pursuit of a common goal.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2012/1100/p19.html
A Tool for Safely Treating Chronic Pain -- FPM
Dec 1, 2001 - The article explains how one family practice uses a medication use agreement to prevent medication misuse while helping patients who suffer from chronic pain.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/1100/p47.html
A Toolkit for Building and Growing a Sustainable Telehealth Program in Your Practice
...to solidify family medicine as the cornerstone of a functioning health care system. We lobby government, negotiate with payers, partner with employers, educate patients, and champion family medicine on the national stage. The AAFP exists to support family physicians so they...
Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/practice_management/telehealth/2020-AAFP-Telehealth-Toolkit.pdf
A Vietnamese Child with a Rash on the Back
January 15, 2016 Photo Quiz
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/0115/afp20160115p131.pdf
A Whole Issue of Doctor Tools -- FPM
Sep 1, 2006 - Your practice toolkit isn’t complete without these.
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0900/p14.html
AACE Releases Guidelines for Menopausal Hormone Therapy
...864 American Family Physician www.aafp.org/afp Volume 86, Number 9 ◆ November 1, 2012 Coverage of guidelines from other organizations does not imply endorsement by AFP or the AAFP. A collection of Practice Guidelines published in AFP is available at...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/1101/afp20121101p864.pdf
AAFP Active Membership Application
...please indicate with a check mark your preferred phone number. obusiness (________)________________________________________________ ohome (________)___________________________________________________ ocell (________)____________________________________________________...
About AAFP
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/about_us/membership_applications/active-member-app.pdf
AAFP Adds Voice to Lawsuit Calling for DACA Preservation
In an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, the AAFP and 32 other medical organizations are arguing to preserve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
https://www.aafp.org/news/government-medicine/20191023dacaamicus.html
AAFP Adopts Principles for Administrative Simplification
The AAFP has released a set of principles dedicated to reducing the administrative burden on family physicians so they can spend more time caring for patients.
https://www.aafp.org/news/practice-professional-issues/20180116simplification.html
AAFP Adult Immunization Office Champions Project
...• 25 family medicine practices and residencies were selected to participate into the project • Focus on increasing immunization rates for influenza, zoster, and pneumococcal • Improving the use of provider’s strong recommendation to adults patients • Ensuring immunization...
About AAFP
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/about_us/strategic_partnerships/immunization_summit/adult-imms-office-champs.pdf
AAFP Advises CMS on Prior Authorizations, Opioid Epidemic
The AAFP recently made recommendations to CMS on how to address specific issues with Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D programs.
https://www.aafp.org/news/government-medicine/20180307medicareadv.html
AAFP Advises Lawmakers on Funding to Improve Primary Care
In written testimony to Congress, the AAFP recommended robust funding for a number of federal programs that are crucial to enhancing primary care's role in protecting health and preventing chronic illness nationwide.
https://www.aafp.org/news/government-medicine/20190403budgettestimony.html
AAFP Advocacy on MACRA Implementation Paying Off
CMS recently announced a Pick Your Pace plan that would provide greater flexibility for physicians regarding the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin writes that the options outlined by CMS ...
AAFP News : In the Trenches : Blogs
https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/aafp_advocacy_on_macra_implementation.html
AAFP Advocacy Promotes Compassionate Care
After years of advocacy efforts, public policy has begun to align with AAFP policy in regards to advance care planning. AAFP Vice President for Advocacy and Practice Advancement Shawn Martin looks at how the 2016 Medicare physician fee schedule would ensure that family physicians are ...
AAFP News : In the Trenches : Blogs
https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/aafp_advocacy_promotes_compassionate_care.html
AAFP Advocacy Visible in Value-based Payment Legislation
In a July 24 letter, the AAFP lauded the Value in Health Care Act's support of value-based care models and accountable care organizations.
https://www.aafp.org/news/government-medicine/20200730vhcact.html
AAFP Advocacy: Health Care Coverage
Learn about the AAFP's advocacy work around changes in health care coverage systems and processes, including changes to the ACA, CHIP, and more.
https://www.aafp.org/advocacy/advocacy-topics/health-care-coverage.html
AAFP and ACP Release Guideline on Dementia Treatment - Practice Guidelines - American ...
Apr 15, 2008 - A guideline created by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the American College of Physicians (ACP) reviews the data on the effects of pharmacologic treatment of dementia for improving cognition, global function, behavior/mood, and quality of life (QOL)/activities of ...
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2008/0415/p1173.html
AAFP Announces New Innovation Lab Collaboration
The AAFP Innovation Lab is seeking a dozen or so Academy members to evaluate a novel AI-driven point-of-care platform for primary care dubbed Navina.
https://www.aafp.org/news/practice-professional-issues/20200925navina.html
AAFP Applauds GME Senate Bill Aimed at Rural Shortages
The AAFP has signaled its strong support for the Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2019, saying it would alleviate physician shortages in rural communities.
https://www.aafp.org/news/government-medicine/20190214ruralworkforceact.html
AAFP Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education
Learn about the AAFP Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education, recognizing leadership, civic involvement and exemplary patient care.
https://www.aafp.org/membership/benefits/awards/student-resident-awards/gme.html
AAFP Backgrounder - Scope of Practice: Pharmacists
...pharmacists and physicians, such as collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM). However, the AAFP believes that only licensed doctors of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, and podiatry should have the statutory authority to prescribe drugs. The AAFP believes that independent...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/workforce/scope/BKG-Scope-Pharmacists.pdf
AAFP Backgrounder - Scope of Practice: Physician Assistants
...determination of scope of practice, adaptability of supervision requirements, determination of co-signature requirements, and maximum number of PAs a physician can supervise at one time. All states have passed legislation regarding the use of the term licensure to describe the...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/workforce/scope/BKG-Scope-PhysicianAssistants.pdf
AAFP Backgrounder: AAFP Backgrounder: Graduate Medical Education Legislation in the ...
...mix of trained physicians. However, research has shown the need for a greater investment in primary care physicians. A 2019 JAMA Internal Medicine study found that every 10 additional primary care physicians per 100,000 population was associated with a 51.5-day increase in life...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/workforce/gme/BKG-GME116thCongress.pdf
AAFP Backgrounder: Education and Training - Family Physicians vs Nurse Practitioners
...and the clerkships grants students the Medical Doctor (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree, which entitles them to start full clinical training in a residency program. Most family medicine residency programs, which are accredited by the Accreditation Council for...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/workforce/scope/FPvsNP.pdf
AAFP Backgrounder: Marijuana
...that satisfy the needs of their patients. Despite the limited body of research supporting the medical properties of marijuana, a growing number of patients have turned to medical marijuana to treat symptoms associated with conditions like chronic pain or chemotherapy. The AAFP...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/prevention/misc/BKG-Marijuana.pdf
AAFP Backgrounder: Medicaid Expansion
...12.7 million individuals newly eligible for Medicaid under the law’s Medicaid expansion provisions.3,4 The greatest declines in the number of uninsured post-ACA have been in the 36 states and DC that expanded Medicaid eligibility to include largely working adults without children...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/coverage/medicaid/BKG-MedicaidExpansion.pdf
AAFP Backgrounder: Medicaid Work Requirements
...Justice Department has appealed the decisions and the cases are pending. Research Surrounding Work Requirements The New England Journal of Medicine concluded that despite many individuals losing Medicaid coverage following the introduction of work requirements on beneficiaries, that...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/coverage/medicaid/BKG-MedicaidWorkRequirements.pdf
AAFP Backgrounder: Physician Preceptor Tax Credits
...and coordinated care through robust family medicine preceptorship programs. Evidence shows that early and consistent mentorship of medical students by preceptors increases the likelihood of these students choosing family medicine as a career. The AAFP will continue to advocate for...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/workforce/gme/BKG-PreceptorTaxCredit.pdf
AAFP Backgrounder: Primary Care Spend
...and efforts to increase the level of investment. Transparency in Primary Care Spending Despite an increase in the number of medical students choosing family medicine and other primary care specialties for residency, resources and investment within the United States remain skewed...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/payment/apms/BKG-PrimaryCareSpend.pdf
AAFP Backgrounder: Sustain Primary Care
...of their patients, COVID-19 and non-COVID-related. The FFS payment model, by design, reimburses based on the number of services delivered. At the core of family medicine is a focus on health, wellness and prevention. These goals are not appropriately supported by our current payment...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/campaigns/action_week/BKG-SustainPrimaryCare.pdf
AAFP Backgrounder: Teaching Health Centers
...Background The THCGME program, administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), provides funding to increase the number of primary care medical and dental residents training in community-based settings across the country. Since most health care in the U.S....
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/workforce/gme/BKG-TeachingHealthCenters.pdf
AAFP Backs Breastfeeding, Lactation for Medical Trainees
The AAFP has updated its policy supporting breastfeeding and lactation accommodations for medical trainees, which other medical organizations plan to use as model policy for their members.
https://www.aafp.org/news/health-of-the-public/20190626breastfeedpolicy.html
AAFP Calls for Wide-ranging Approach to Lowering Drug Prices
The AAFP offered multiple suggestions, as well as some cautionary advice, in response to an HHS request for information on ways to lower drug prices.
https://www.aafp.org/news/government-medicine/20180724hhsdrugsltr.html
AAFP CME Faculty
Share your passion for family medicine with others -- learn how to get involved as an AAFP CME faculty member.
https://www.aafp.org/cme/faculty.html
AAFP CME Faculty Overview
Share your passion for family medicine with others -- learn how to get involved as an AAFP CME faculty member.
https://www.aafp.org/cme/faculty/overview.html
AAFP CME Rate Card
...readers turn for more information on upcoming courses and programs. The AAFP CME is designed to help physicians meet the ABFM’s Family Medicine Certification (formerly MC-FP) requirements when and how it works for their schedule. The American Family Physician and FPM medical...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/journals/afp/AAFP_CME_Rate_Card.pdf
AAFP Comment Letter on 2019 Final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule - December 28, 2018
...actuarially based upon the framework of FFS payment. Thus, if current FFS payments are not improved, the current undervaluation of family medicine and primary care payment will result in a similar undervaluation of primary care in evolving primary care APMs. In the long run,...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/coverage/medicare/LT-CMS-2019FinalMPFS-122818.pdf
AAFP Comments on 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule - September 28, 2020
...family medicine and primary care. We look forward to working with CMS on designing and implementing policies that support these shared goals through both the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and the Quality Payment Program (QPP). Our members are on the frontlines of medicine,...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/payment/medicare/feesched/LT-CMS-Response2021MPFSProposedRule-092820.pdf
AAFP Comments on IRS Proposed Rule on Direct Primary Care Arrangements - August 10, 2020
...access to primary care for all Americans. DPC and other direct care models are increasing in popularity among our members and a growing number of family physicians are expressing an interest in the DPC model. However, there are identified barriers that may prevent some patients from...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/payment/dpc/LT-IRS-ProposedDPCRule-081020.pdf
AAFP Comments to CMS on MSSP/ACO Proposed Rule - October 15, 2018
...is related to at least two factors-being physician-led and having a strong primary care foundation. A September 2018 New England Journal of Medicine article found that physician-led ACOs generated savings that increased over a three-year study period compared to hospital-led ACOs.2...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/payment/apms/LT-CMS-ACO-MSSP-101518.pdf
AAFP Comments to CMS on the 2018 Inpatient Proposed Rule
...that meets their needs. It should be noted that this will occur at a point when upgrading to 2015 Edition CEHRT could minimize the number of significant disruptions to patient care. As some members have begun the process of switching EHR systems, reports of information blocking...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/legal/administrative/LT-CMS-IPPSProposedRule-060817.pdf
AAFP Creates COVID-19 Member Community, Preparation Checklist
The AAFP continues to work with the CDC and state/local health departments to disseminate the latest coronavirus disease 2019 guidance to Academy members through one resource.
https://www.aafp.org/news/health-of-the-public/20200311coronavirus4.html
AAFP Creates New MIG for Employed Physicians
Employed family physicians have a new member interest group where they can network, communicate ideas and share common interests.
https://www.aafp.org/news/inside-aafp/20191015employedmig.html
AAFP Credit Activity Types
The AAFP grants CME credit for many different activities. Learn more here.
https://www.aafp.org/cme/credit-system/activity-types.html
AAFP Credit Application Fees
View AAFP CME Credit System application fees for AAFP certification.
https://www.aafp.org/cme/credit-system/fees.html
AAFP Delegation Stands Up for Residency Teaching Faculty
AAFP delegates supported physicians-in-training during this year's AMA House of Delegates annual meeting as they sought to ensure that their instructors can devote adequate time to teaching duties.
https://www.aafp.org/news/education-professional-development/20190619ama-educ.html