Family Physicians Raced to Keep Pace With Practice Changes, Regulations
Family physicians saw some doors swing open in 2012 as major players in America's health care system set to work planning for implementation of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. A...
View ArticlePrevention, Aiding Veterans, Opioid Abuse Take Center Stage for FPs
The AAFP played a key role in new recommendations for immunizations and clinical preventive services that came down the pike in 2012. Meanwhile, the Academy wholeheartedly threw its support behind...
View ArticleNeed for More FPs, Changing Demographics, Threatened GME Funding Key...
Passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010 created a number of challenges for primary care, not the least of which was providing enough primary care physicians to care for the...
View ArticleAAFP Rallies Support for Family Medicine on Capitol Hill, Works to Protect,...
In 2012, the AAFP continued to push for the elimination of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula and for fundamental payment reform that would better recognize and reward the provision of primary...
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