'Inspirational' Forum Grooms FP Leaders, Helps Chapters
'Inspirational' Forum Grooms FP Leaders, Helps Chapters
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/inspirational_forum_grooms_fp_leaders.html
'Stop the Bleed' Aims to Turn Bystanders into 'By-doers'
'Stop the Bleed' Aims to Turn Bystanders into 'By-doers'
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/stop_the_bleed_aims_to.html
'Tis the Season: For Us, Holidays Mix Sacrifice, Blessings
'Tis the Season: For Us, Holidays Mix Sacrifice, Blessings
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/tis_the_season_for_us.html
'What? Me Worry?' Family Medicine Residency Trained Me Well
'What? Me Worry?' Family Medicine Residency Trained Me Well
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/what_me_worry_family_medicine.html
2016 Advocacy Agenda: Four Things to Know
Four key issues stand out on the Academy's advocacy agenda for 2016: influencing the implementation of the Medicare Access and Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act; meaningful use; reducing administrative complexity; and aligning payers' quality and performance measures.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/2016_advocacy_agenda_four_things.html
2016 Election: Dates to Remember
On Nov. 8, American voters will elect a new president and vice president, 469 members of Congress and a dozen governors. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin highlights some important dates to remember.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/2016_election_dates_to_remember.html
2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: What You Need to Know
The proposed 2020 Medicare physician fee schedule is 1,704 pages long. In a much shorter In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin highlights the key points family physicians should know.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20190820itt-2020mpfs.html
30-hour Shifts? Only If It Makes Us Better Physicians
30-hour Shifts? Only If It Makes Us Better Physicians
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/30_hour_shifts_only_if.html
A Challenge to All Chapters: Send a New Physician to NCSC
A Challenge to All Chapters: Send a New Physician to NCSC
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/a_challenge_to_all_chapters.html
A Changing Climate Threatens Our Health
The health threats posed by climate change are alarming. Given the scope of the problem, everyone could potentially be affected -- and likely, many of us will be.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/a_changing_climate_threatens_our.html
A Conversation About Fair Payment
A Conversation About Fair Payment
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/a_conversation_about_fair_payment.html
A Conversation About Violence as a Public Health Crisis
Violence has become a public health crisis. Ending the ban on federal funding for research on violence involving firearms would be a good first step in addressing the problem.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20171005lv-violence.html
A Day On the Hill: Meaningful Use, Medicaid, Medicare and More
A Day On the Hill: Meaningful Use, Medicaid, Medicare and More
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/a_day_on_the_hill.html
A Food Desert Reveals Much About Health -- and Community
A Food Desert Reveals Much About Health -- and Community
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/a_food_desert_reveals_much.html
A Hiring Manager's Perspective on the Art of Interviewing
Are you looking for a job or preparing for residency interviews? Hiring manager Natasha Bhuyan, M.D., tells you what she's looking for when she's interviewing candidates.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20180910fp-interviewer.html
A Look Ahead to Election Day and a Look Back at FMX
AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin offers his thoughts on the upcoming election and his top five highlights from the recent Family Medicine Experience.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20181023itt-fmxtop5.html
A Meaningful Discussion About Meaningful Use
A Meaningful Discussion About Meaningful Use
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/a_meaningful_discussion_about_meaningful.html
A Model for Connecting Primary Care in COVID-19 Era
Kyle Leggott, M.D., and colleagues from the University of Colorado explain in the Fresh Perspectives blog how their state is using Project ECHO to share information primary care practices need to navigate the pandemic.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20201118fp-echo.html
A New Approach to Recruitment and Retention
A New Approach to Recruitment and Retention
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/a_new_approach_to_recruitment.html
A New Assembly Experience: Discussing Real Issues; Providing Real Answers
A New Assembly Experience: Discussing Real Issues; Providing Real Answers
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/redesigned_assembly_experience_discussing_real.html
A New Intern's Reflections From the ICU
New resident Lauren Abdul-Majeed, M.D., M.P.H., is applying family medicine's holistic approach to patients during her ICU rotation and suggests that others should do likewise, regardless of practice setting.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20170901lv-reflect.html
A New Year, a New Congress and New Opportunities for Family Medicine
A New Year, a New Congress and New Opportunities for Family Medicine
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/a_new_year_a_new.html
A Perfect Time to Talk About Breastfeeding
A Perfect Time to Talk About Breastfeeding
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/a_perfect_time_to_talk.html
A Powerful Voice
A Powerful Voice
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/a_powerful_voice.html
A Primary Care Approach to Curbing Dangerous Teen Trends
A Primary Care Approach to Curbing Dangerous Teen Trends
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/a_primary_care_approach_to.html
A Right Way to Treat Opioid Addiction
Some physicians remain reluctant to prescribe buprenorphine for medication-assisted therapy. Alan Schwartzstein, M.D., refutes two common arguments against the practice.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180209lv-opioidsmat.html
A Well-Deserved Honor for AAFP President
A Well-Deserved Honor for AAFP President
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/a_well_deserved_honor_for.html
A Workforce Without Women? Good Luck, Chuck
Kimberly Becher, M.D., responds to recent statements by politicians who questioned women's place in the workforce. Spoiler alert: She's not amused.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20181016fp-nowomen.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 ...
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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 ...
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/aafp_advocacy_promotes_compassionate_care.html
AAFP Award for Excellence in GME: And the Winners Are …
AAFP Award for Excellence in GME: And the Winners Are …
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/aafp_award_for_excellence_in.html
AAFP Board Accepts Recommendations on Continuing Certification
The AAFP Board recently approved recommendations by the Academy's task force on continuing board certification. John Cullen, M.D., writes in the Leader Voices Blog that the recommendations include providing guidance on how to evaluate alternative certifying organizations.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180508lv-boardcert.html
AAFP Delegation Gives Family Medicine Voice at AMA Meeting
The AMA House of Delegates met last week in Chicago to discuss and debate policies aimed at improving our health care system. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin offers an update from the perspective of the Academy's delegation.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/aafp_delegation_gives_family_medicine.html
AAFP Delivering on Maternity Care Training, Resources
In many rural communities, family physicians are the only maternity care providers. The AAFP provides training and support members need to play this vital role.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/aafp_delivering_on_maternity_care.html
AAFP Goals Support Award-winning Primary Care From FPs
Gary LeRoy, M.D., outlines in this Leader Voices Blog post the Academy's strategic priorities to support primary care's award-winning formula of first contact, coordination, comprehensiveness and continuity.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20200309lv-egot.html
AAFP Joins CDC Campaign Urging Smokers to 'Talk With Your Doctor'
AAFP Joins CDC Campaign Urging Smokers to 'Talk With Your Doctor'
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/aafp_joins_cdc_campaign_urging.html
AAFP Leader Voices | AAFP News Blog
Blog updates on the issues affecting family medicine from the perspective of the AAFP's elected leaders
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AAFP Leaders Give Thanks for Paths to Family Medicine
With Thanksgiving approaching, we asked some members of the AAFP Board of Directors why they're glad they chose family medicine. They shared their answers in this Leader Voices Blog post.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20191125lv-thankgiving.html
AAFP Member Census: Five Minutes to Help the Academy Help Us
AAFP Member Census: Five Minutes to Help the Academy Help Us
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/aafp_member_survey_five_minutes.html
AAFP Member Survey Provides Valuable Perspective
The AAFP's annual Practice Profile Survey provides tremendous insight that drives improvements in the Academy's advocacy, education and member services.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20170801ITT_Survey.html
AAFP Members Set Academy's Course at Congress of Delegates
AAFP Members Set Academy's Course at Congress of Delegates
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/aafp_members_set_academy_s.html
AAFP Offering Resources, Support for Small Practices
Solo and small practices often outperform larger practices in evaluations, but the once dominant practice models have seen their numbers decline dramatically. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin highlights some resources and ...
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/aafp_offering_resources_support_for.html
AAFP Offers CMS Five Major Changes to Fee Schedule
The AAFP submitted 92 pages of comments to help CMS create a Medicare physician fee schedule that works for family physicians and their patients. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin offers a summary in his latest In the Trenches blog post.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20180911itt-mpfs.html
AAFP Payment Model Clears Another Hurdle
In the latest In the Trenches post, Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin offers an update on the progress of the Academy's Advanced Primary Care Alternative Payment Model, as well as a summary of how provisions of the recently passed federal ...
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20180403ITT_PTAC2.html
AAFP Payment Model Wins Committee's Support
In this In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin outlines an AAFP payment model that recently won the support of an HHS committee, and he reviews the health care challenges awaiting Congress.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20180109ITT_PTAC.html
AAFP Responds to '13 Reasons Why' With Mental Health Resources
Mental health experts are concerned that the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why glamorizes teen suicide. The AAFP has resources that can help physicians and patients.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/aafp_responds_to_13_reasons.html
AAFP Showing Strong Support for DPC
The direct primary care model (DPC) is a patient-centered model that eliminates much of the administrative burden associated with modern primary care practice. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin highlights how the Academy is supporting ...
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/aafp_showing_strong_support_for.html
AAFP Survey Reveals DPC Trends
As we prepare for the annual Direct Primary Care Summit, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin shares the results of the AAFP's recent survey related to DPC.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20180619ITT_DPC.html
AAFP Takes SGR Message to Capitol Hill
AAFP Takes SGR Message to Capitol Hill
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/aafp_takes_sgr_message_to.html
AAFP Taking 'Watchful Waiting' Approach to Supreme Court's Consideration of Health ...
AAFP Taking 'Watchful Waiting' Approach to Supreme Court's Consideration of Health Reform Law
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/aafp_taking_watchful_waiting_approach1.html
AAFP Teams Up With NFL Foundation to Raise Concussion Awareness
AAFP Teams Up With NFL Foundation to Raise Concussion Awareness
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/aafp_teams_up_with_nfl.html
AAFP to Congress: Hands Off USPSTF
A bill has been introduced that would alter the composition and processes of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin outlines why the Academy is stringently opposing the legislation.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/aafp_to_congress_hands_off.html
AAFP to Congress: Primary Care Plays Vital Role in Mental Health
AAFP to Congress: Primary Care Plays Vital Role in Mental Health
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/aafp_to_congress_primary_care.html
AAFP to Help FPs With Population Health
The AAFP is developing tools to help family physicians address the social determinants of health and manage population health. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin has the details.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/aafp_tools_can_help_fps.html
AAFP Urges Congress to Uphold Health Care Coverage Expansion
The number of uninsured Americans has fallen nearly 6 percent in recent years. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin examines how Congressional efforts could undermine that progress and outlines key insurance reforms the Academy intends to...
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/aafp_urges_congress_to_uphold.html
AAFP, Others Drive Home Opioid Message on Capitol Hill
Leaders from the AAFP and five other physician organizations converged on Capitol Hill June 18 to advocate for solutions to the nation's opioid crisis. Michael Munger, M.D., gives more details in this Leader Voices Blog post.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180622lv-opioidvisits.html
AAFP.org Coming Soon to a Mobile Device Near You
AAFP.org Coming Soon to a Mobile Device Near You
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/aafp_org_coming_soon_to.html
AAFP's Advocacy Efforts Paved Way for New Care Management Code
AAFP's Advocacy Efforts Paved Way for New Care Management Code
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/aafp_s_advocacy_efforts_paved.html
AAFP's Annual Meeting Offers Plenty to 'Experience' in Denver
Thousands of family physicians will gather two weeks from today in Denver for an opportunity to learn, network, and have fun at the AAFP's Family Medicine Experience (FMX). AAFP Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin highlights some of what is to come ...
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/aafp_s_annual_meeting_offers.html
AAFP's eHealth Initiative Aims to Make Health IT Work for FPs
Innovations in health technology aren't likely to succeed without physician input. In the latest In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin explains how the Academy's Alliance for eHealth Innovation is working to ...
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20170718ehealthalliance.html
AAFP's NCCL Set Me on Leadership Path
Benjamin Frankie Simmons III, M.D., the new physician member of the AAFP Board of Directors, writes that his leadership path began at the National Conference of Constituency Leaders, and he encourages others to follow.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20171002lv-leadership.html
AAFP%20Letter%20to%20Congress%20on%20Gun%20Violence%20Research.pdf
...December 11, 2015 The Honorable Paul Ryan The Honorable Mitch McConnell Office of the Speaker Office of the Majority Leader U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate The Honorable Kevin McCarthy The Honorable Harry Reid Office of the Majority Leader Office of the Minority Leader...
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https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/news/AAFP%20Letter%20to%20Congress%20on%20Gun%20Violence%20Research.pdf
ACA's Vital Progress Again in Jeopardy
As the Supreme Court prepares to hear another challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, AAFP Senior Vice President of Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Stephanie Quinn writes in the In the Trenches blog that the focus should be on building on aspects of the ...
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20200707itt-aca.html
Academy is Working to Define, Value Care Management
Academy is Working to Define, Value Care Management
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/academy_is_working_to_define.html
Academy Offering Tools for Chronic Care Management
When it comes to chronic care management, payers are undervaluing the service by nearly $12 per patient per month. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin details the findings of the Academy's new brief on chronic care management and ...
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/academy_offering_tools_for_chronic.html
Academy Takes Aim at Rural Health Challenges
Rural Americans tend to be older, poorer and sicker than their urban counterparts. In his latest In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin looks at the issues the Academy's new rural health initiative aims to address.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20190723itt-rural.html
Academy Tools Could Ease EHR Burdens
Academy Tools Could Ease EHR Burdens
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/academy_tools_could_ease_ehr.html
Accreditation Merger Creates Unified Standard, Preserves D.O.s' Identity
Accreditation Merger Creates Unified Standard, Preserves D.O.s' Identity
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/accreditation_merger_creates_unified_standard.html
Acknowledging -- and Overcoming -- My Own Racial Bias
Lalita Abhyankar, M.D., M.H.S., is working on her own racial biases. In this Fresh Perspectives blog post, she questions why our medical institutions and training programs aren't doing the same.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20180430fp-bias.html
ACOG Confirms What FPs Know: Most Births Need Little Intervention
Robert Raspa, M.D., welcomed guidance from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that says many common obstetric practices are of limited or uncertain benefit for low-risk women in spontaneous labor.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/acog_confirms_what_fps_know.html
Acting on Our Convictions: Court Ruling Shows Need to Stand Up for Evidence-based Care
Acting on Our Convictions: Court Ruling Shows Need to Stand Up for Evidence-based Care
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/acting_on_our_convictions_court.html
Actor's Death Offers Opening to Educate Patients on CRC Screening
Gary LeRoy, M.D., writes that the recent death of actor Chadwick Boseman offers an opportunity to educate patients about the need for colorectal cancer screening.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20200923lv-crcscreening.html
Adaptive Sports, Peer Support Give Patients New Perspective
Adaptive Sports, Peer Support Give Patients New Perspective
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/adaptive_sports_peer_support_give.html
Advocacy Agenda Shifts With SGR Behind Us
Advocacy Agenda Shifts With SGR Behind Us
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/advocacy_agenda_shifts_with_sgr.html
Advocacy Improves Community Health Far Beyond Exam Room
Advocacy Improves Community Health Far Beyond Exam Room
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/advocacy_improves_community_health_far.html
Advocacy in All Arenas: Making the Case for Family Medicine
Each year, the AAFP conducts face-to-face meetings with the nation's largest health insurers. In this In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin outlines the goals of those meetings.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20191015itt-privatesector.html
Advocacy, Like Sailing, Means Navigating Turbulent Seas
John Cullen, M.D., knows the ropes of sailing and advocacy. In this Leader Voices blog post, he says both require teamwork and persistence.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180420lv-sailing.html
Advocacy, Social Determinants Must Be Part of Physician Training
Family medicine resident Kelly Thibert, D.O., M.P.H., writes in this Leader Voices Blog post that family physicians should not only be trained to screen patients for the social determinants of health, but should also know how to advocate for their patients.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20200214lv-advocacytraining.html
Advocating for Our Patients in the #MeToo Era
In words and drawings, Anita Ravi, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.H.P., counters misconceptions regarding sexual violence with truths that she has learned from a clinical practice devoted to helping survivors.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20181009fp-sexualassault.html
After Court Ruling, Academy Prepared to Implement ACA, Address its Shortcomings
After Court Ruling, Academy Prepared to Implement ACA, Address its Shortcomings
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/after_scotus_ruling_academy_prepared.html
After Hitting the Wall, How Do I Bounce Back?
Kimberly Becher, M.D., writes that just three years out of residency she already is experiencing symptoms of burnout, but she has some ideas about how new physicians can cope.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/after_hitting_the_wall_how.html
Agents of Change: ACOs Can Reduce Costs, Improve Care, Increase Income
Agents of Change: ACOs Can Reduce Costs, Improve Care, Increase Income
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/acos_can_reduce_costs_improve.html
Ah, Nuts: Is Kellogg's Putting Consumers at Risk by Adding Allergen to Food?
Ah, Nuts: Is Kellogg's Putting Consumers at Risk by Adding Allergen to Food?
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/ah_nuts_kellogg_s_puts.html
AHCA Won't Help Patients Who Need It Most
We asked our new physician bloggers how the American Health Care Act would affect their patients. Most said the legislation would hurt the poor, the elderly and the disabled.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/ahca_won_t_help_patients.html
All I Want for Christmas Is a Better Health Care System
Leonard Reeves, M.D., is on our nice list. In this Leader Voices Blog post, he shares what's on his Christmas wish list for family physicians and their patients.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20181219lv-christmaslist.html
AMA House of Delegates Weighs In on Health Equity
In this Leader Voices Blog post, AAFP President Michael Munger, M.D., reports from the recent annual meeting of the AMA House of Delegates, which took several actions related to health equity.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180702amahod.html
Amazon vs. Walmart: Can Corporate America Lower Drug Prices?
Pharmaceutical companies, payers and Congress have been unable -- or unwilling -- to drive down drug costs. Can big retailers make a difference? Natasha Bhuyan, M.D., discusses the issue in this Fresh Perspectives blog post.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20180410fp-drugprices.html
America's Most Wanted: Family Physicians Again Top Search Firm's Wish List
America's Most Wanted: Family Physicians Again Top Search Firm's Wish List
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/america_s_most_wanted_family.html
an_american_board.pdf
...An American Board of General Practice for Family Physicians AT THE DIRECTION of the Academy's Congress of Delegates and the AMA's Section on Gen- eral Practice, joint meetings have been held to determine whether or not a board of gen- : eral practice is feasible. This interim...
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https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/news/an_american_board.pdf
Analyze This: Graham Center's Work Shows Value of Primary Care
Analyze This: Graham Center's Work Shows Value of Primary Care
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/analyze_this_graham_center_s.html
And Down the Stretch They Come
As we near the final stretch of the midterm campaigns, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin explains how FamMedPAC supports candidates who support primary care.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20180828itt_midterms.html
Annual Exams? Tailor Visit Frequency to Patients' Needs
Annual Exams? Tailor Visit Frequency to Patients' Needs
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/annual_exams_tailor_visit_frequency.html
Anorexia In the Time of COVID
Disordered eating has increased dramatically during the pandemic. Lalita Abhyankar, M.D., M.H.S., offers an example of virtual visits and team-based care that’s making a difference.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20201217fp-anorexia.html
APMs: A Primer on the New Payment Model
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act established two distinct payment systems for physicians. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin offers an introduction to Alternative Payment Models.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/apms_a_primer_on_the.html
Application Deadline Approaching for Pilot Program to Increase Primary Care Payment
Application Deadline Approaching for Pilot Program to Increase Primary Care Payment
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/application_deadline_approaching_for_pilot.html
Are Family Physicians an Answer to VA's Primary Care Crisis?
Are Family Physicians an Answer to VA's Primary Care Crisis?
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/are_family_physicians_an_answer.html
Are You Kidding Me? We Need More Primary Care Physicians
A recent commentary in The American Journal of Medicine suggests that primary care be left to nurse practitioners and physician assistants. In his latest In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin points out the ...
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20190319itt-workforce.html
Are You Ready to Whack Your WAC?
Andrew Carroll, M.D., writes in the Leader Voices Blog that he reduced his work after clinic by 90% using Suki, a new artificial intelligence digital assistant. The AAFP is recruiting members to participate in stage two of its Suki pilot.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20200701lv-suki.html
Are You the Leader We're Looking for?
Are You the Leader We're Looking for?
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/are_you_the_leader_we.html
Are Your Patients Wasting Money on Supplements?
According to the latest Fresh Perspectives blog post, a recent survey found that nearly 90 percent of adults take vitamins or supplements, but less than 25 percent of respondents had a confirmed nutrient deficiency.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20190213fp-supplements.html