Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) - AAFP Legislative Stance
Read AAFP's policy on Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) registration numbers.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/drug-enforcement-administration.html
Drug Switching Notices
Read AAFP's policy on drug switching notices.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/drug-switching-notices.html
Drugs, Generic
Read about AAFP's policy on the use of generic drugs.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/drugs-generic.html
Diversity in the Workforce
Learn about AAFP's policy regarding diversity of the workforce.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/diversity-workforce.html
Drugs - Identification
Read about AAFP's policy on the use of a uniform identification code for individual drug capsules and tablets.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/drugs-identification.html
Drugs - Therapeutic Substitution
Learn about AAFP's policy on therapeutic substitution.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/drugs-therapeutic-substitution.html
Drugs, Physician Dispensing
Learn about AAFP's policy regarding drug dispensing by physicians.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/drugs-physician-dispensing.html
Drugs, Prescribing
Learn about AAFP's policy on drug prescribing.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/drugs-prescribing.html
Durable Medical Equipment, Unsolicited Vendor Requests
Read AAFP's policy on unsolicited vendor requests to prescribe durable medical equipment.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/durable-medical-equipment.html
Education, Physician Retraining
Read AAFP's policy onEducation, Physician Retraining.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/education.html
Electronic Health Records
Read about AAFP's policy on electronic health records.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/electronic-health-records.html
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)
Read the AAFP's policy on electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/electronic-nicotine-delivery-systems.html
Emergency Medical Care
Read AAFP's policy on access to emergency medical care.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/emergency-medical-care.html
Emergency Medicine, Family Physicians in
Learn about AAFP's policy on family physician role in emergency medicine.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/emergency-medicine.html
Electronic Prescribing
The AAFP supports the use of electronic prescribing.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/electronic-prescribing.html
End Corporal Punishment of Children
Read about AAFP's policy on ending corporal punishment of children.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/end-corporal-punishment-children.html
Environmental Health and Climate Change
Read the AAFP's call to action to limit and correction land, water and air pollution.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/environmental-health.html
Equal Representation of Women in Family Medicine
Read the AAFP's policy on women in family medicine, including the goal for more women in leadership roles at the Academy.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/equal-representation.html
Essential Community Provider
Learn about AAFP's policy on essential community providers.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/essential-community-provider.html
Evaluation of Family Medicine Specialty Certifying Board, Guiding Principles for the
Read AAFP's policy on guiding principles for the Evaluation of family medicine specialty certifying boards.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/evaluation-family-medicine-certifying-board.html
Ethics and Advance Planning for End-of-Life Care
Read about AAFP's policy on ethics and advance planning for end-of-life care.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/ethics-advance-planning.html
Family, Definition of
Read AAFP's definition of family.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/family-definition.html
Expectations of Family Medicine Residency Graduates
Learn about AAFP's policy on expectations of family medicine residency graduates.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/expectations-family-medicine-graduates.html
Expedited Partner Therapy
Learn about AAFP's policy on expedited partner therapy.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/expedited-partner-therapy.html
Family Medicine Academic Department
Learn AAFP's policy on U.S. medical school family medicine academic departments.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/family-medicine-academic-department.html
Family Medicine, Definition of
Learn AAFP's definition of family medicine.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/family-medicine-definition.html
Family Medicine Faculty
Read about AAFP's policy on family medicine faculty.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/family-medicine-faculty.html
Family Medicine, Specialist in
Read AAFP's definition of specialty.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/family-medicine-specialist.html
Family Medicine's Role in Undergraduate Medical Education
Learn about AAFP's policy on the family medicine role in undergraduate medical education in family medicine.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/family-medicines-role-undergraduate.html
Family Physician, Definition
Read AAFP's definition of a family physician.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/family-physician-definition.html
Family Medicine, Quality Health Care in
Read AAFP's policy on quality health care in family medicine.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/family-medicine-quality-health-care.html
Fees to Physicians for Referrals to Other Health Care Providers
Read about AAFP's policy on fees to physicians for referrals to other health care providers.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/fees-referrals.html
Fellowship, Definition
Read AAFP's definition of fellowship.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/fellowship-definition.html
Female Genital Mutilation
Learn about AAFP's policy on female genital mutilation.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/female-genital-mutilation.html
First Dollar Coverage for Preventive Care
Read about AAFP's policy on first dollar coverage for preventive care.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/first-dollar-coverage.html
Fee-splitting
Read about AAFP's policy on fee-splitting
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/fee-splitting.html
Fees, Global Surgical
Read about AAFP's policy on global surgical fee.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/fees-global-surgical.html
Guidelines on the Supervision of Certified Nurse Midwives, Nurse Practitioners and ...
Explore the guidelines set for family physicians for the supervision of non-physician providers.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/guidelines-supervision.html
Gun Violence, Prevention of (Position Paper)
Read AAFP's position on the prevention of gun violence.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/gun-violence.html
"Frontier Areas," Medical Care Roles
Read AAFP's policy on medical roles in frontier areas.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/frontier-areas.html
Genital Surgeries in Intersex Children
Read AAFP's policy on Genital Surgeries in Intersex Children.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/genital-surgeries.html
Good Samaritan Law
Read AAFP's policy on the good Samaritan law.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/good-samaritan.html
Graduated Driver's License
Learn about AAFP's policy on graduated driver's licenses.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/graduated-drivers-license.html
Health in All Policies
Health in All Policies
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/health-allpolicies.html
Health Benefits
Read AAFP's policy regarding health benefits.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/health-benefits.html
Health Care Costs, Methods for Reducing
Learn about AAFP's policy regarding methods to reduce health care costs.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/health-care-costs-reducing.html
Health Care Facility Visitation Rights of Patients
Read AAFP's policy on health care facility visitation rights of patients.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/health-care-facility-visitation.html
Health Care Professionals, Family Physician Training With
Learn AAFP's support of the training of family medicine residents in collaborative teams with non-physicians.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/health-care-professionals.html
Health Education in Schools
Read AAFP's policy on health education in schools.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/health-education-schools.html
Health Education
Read about AAFP's policy on health education for patients and the public.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/health-education.html
Health Impacts of Immigration
Read the AAFP's policy on the health impacts of immigration.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/health-impacts-immigration.html
Health Literacy
Read AAFP's policy regarding health literacy.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/health-literacy.html
Healthy Nutrition in Health Care Facilities and Other Workplaces
Read about AAFP's policy on healthy nutrition in health care facilities and other workplaces.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/healthy-nutrition.html
Hearing Loss, Deafness, and the Hard-of-Hearing
Learn about AAFP's policy regarding caring for patients who are deaf or hard-of-hearing status.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hearing-loss.html
Helmet Laws
Read the AAFP's policy on the use of helmets when riding motorcycles, bicycles, all-terrain vehicles, scooters, skate board, and skating.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/helmet-laws.html
Home Diagnostic Test Kits
Read AAFP's policy on home test kits.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/home-diagnostic-test-kits.html
Home Health Care
Learn about AAFP's policy on home health care.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/home-health-care.html
Hospice Care
Learn about AAFP's policy on hospice care.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hospice-care.html
Hospital Medical Staff, Liaison Between Governing Boards and
Read about AAFP's policy regarding liaison between governing boards and hospital medical staff.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hospital-medical-staff-liaison.html
Hospital Bylaws on Low Volume/No Volume Privileging
Learn about AAFP's policy on hospital bylaws on low volume/no volume privileging.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hospital-bylaws-privileging.html
Hospital Medical Staff and Other Health Care Organizations, Board Recertification
Read AAFP's policy on board recertification of hospital medical staff and other health care organizations.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hospital-medical-staff-recertification.html
Hospital Medical Staff, Board Certification for Membership
Read about AAFP's policy on board certification of hospital medical staff.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hospital-medical-staff.html
Hospital Use of Infant Formula in Breastfeeding Infants
Read AAFP's policy on hospital use of formula in breastfed infants.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hospital-use-infant-formula.html
Hospitals, Transfer of Patients
Read about AAFP's policy on the transfer of a patient from one hospital to another.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hospitals-transfer-patients.html
Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking): Health Effects and Disclosure of Proprietary Information
Read AAFP's policy on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on human health.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hydraulic-fracturing-fracking.html
Hygiene, Personal Hygiene in School Settings
Learn about AAFP's policy on personal hygiene in school settings.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/hygiene.html
Imaging Personnel
Read about AAFP's policy on imaging personnel certification, training, and skills.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/imaging-personnel.html
Impaired and Clinically Deficient Physicians
Read about AAFP's definitions for and policies about impaired or clinically deficient physicians.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/impaired-physicians.html
Implicit Bias
Learn more about the AAFP policy on Implicit Bias.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/implicit-bias.html
Issues Related to the Incarceration and Detention of Minors
Read about AAFP's policy on Issues Related to the Incarceration and Detention of Minors.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/incarceration-minors.html
Independent Physician Associations (IPAs) Definition
Read the AAFP's guiding principles for establishing independent physicians associations definition and the benefits to business.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/independent-physician-associations.html
Information Technology Used in Health Care
Read about AAFP's policy on health information technology.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/information-technology.html
Infringement on Patient Physician Relationship
Learn about AAFP's policy on the infringement of the patient-physician relationship.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/infringement-patient-physician-relationship.html
Integrative Medicine, Credit for CME Activities
Learn about AAFP's policy on the accreditation of educational activities about integrative medicine.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/integrative-medicine-cme-credit.html
Integrative Medicine
Read the AAFP's policy on integrative medicine.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/integrative-medicine.html
Independent Practice
Read the AAFP policy on Independent Practice.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/independent-practice.html
Intimate Partner Violence
Read about AAFP's policy on intimate partner violence.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/intimate-partner-violence.html
Laboratories, Physician Office
Read about AAFP's policy about physician office laboratories.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/laboratories-physician-office.html
Leadership Development
Read the AAFP's policy on leadership development.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/leadership-development.html
Laboratories Sharing Data
Read the AAFP's policy statement on laboratories sharing data.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/laboratories-sharing-data.html
Learner Access to Mental Health Services
learner access to mental health services
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/learner-access-mentalhealth.html
Long-Term Care
Learn about the AAFP's position on a federal policy for long-term care, including respite care, nursing home care and home health care.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/long-term-care.html
Legislative Activities
Learn about AAFP's legislative goals and activities.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/legislative-activities.html
Liaison Guidelines
Learn about AAFP's liaison guidelines.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/liaison-guidelines.html
Licensure
Read the AAFP's policy on licensure and relicensure at the state and federal levels.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/licensure.html
Licensure/Relicensure, Definitions
Read about the AAFP-adopted definitions for licensure and relicensure.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/licensure-relicensure.html
Licensure, Restricting Physician Licensure
Learn AAFP's policy on restricting physician licensure.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/licensure-restricting.html
Medicaid, Core Principles
Learn about AAFP's support of policies related to Medicaid care and payments.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/medicaid-principles.html
Medicaid Services
Read about AAFP's policy regarding medicaid services, coverage and quality of care.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/medicaid-services.html
Medical Identification
Read about the AAFP's support of medical identification to improve care in emergency situations.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/medical-identification.html
Medical Necessity for the Hospitalization of the Abused and Neglected Child
Read the AAFP's policy on the obligation of a family physician in cases of child abuse or neglect.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/medical-necessity-hospitalization-abused-child.html
Medical Schools, Underrepresentation In Medicine
Find out about the recommendations of the AAFP to work toward equitable representation of minorities and women as medical students.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/medical-schools-underrepresentation.html
Medical Student Access to Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
Read about the AAFP's support of medical students gaining access to patient electronic medical records.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/medical-student-emr.html
Medical Waste Disposal in Non-Medical Locations
Read the strategies the AAFP recommends to ensure the safe disposal of medical waste.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/medical-waste-disposal.html
Membership Designation
Explore the different levels of membership in AAFP including fellow, member and diplomate.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/membership-designation.html
Medicare/Medicaid Abuses
Read the AAFP's position on the process for addressing Medicare/Medicaid abuses.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/medicare-medicaid-abuses.html
Medicare Payment
Read the AAFP's call for realignment of the Medicare payment system to provide more equitable payment to family physicians.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/medicare-payment.html
Medication, Device, and Biologic Agents Testing and Selection
Read about AAFP's policy on Medication, Device, and Biologic Agents Testing and Selection.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/medication-testing.html
Menstrual Hygiene Products, Access to
Read the AAFP's policy statement on access to menstrual hygiene products.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/menstrual-hygiene-products.html
Mental Health, Physician Responsibility
Read AAFP's support for family physicians' ability to diagnosis and and treat problems in mental health.
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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/mental-health-physician-responsibility.html