AAFP Backgrounder: Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Background information from the AAFP on CHIP.
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/coverage/chip/BKG-CHIP.pdf
AAFP letter supporting HR 3107
AAFP letter of support for the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 (HR 3107).
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/health_it/emr/LT-Kelly-Marshall-Access-Care-Act-090619.pdf
APC-APM for Delivering Patient-Centered, Longitudinal, and Coordinated Care
Proposal to the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee regarding the Advanced Primary Care: A Foundational Alternative Payment Model (APC-APM) for Delivering Patient-Centered, Longitudinal, and Coordinated Care
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/payment/apms/PR-PTAC-APC-APM-41417.pdf
2014 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
AAFP Response to the CMS 2014 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/payment/medicare/LT-CMS-2104ProposedMPFS-082913.pdf
AAPF Letter to Ways and Means on Stark Law and MACRA
AAFP response to a request for information from the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees, on the topic of what modifications to the Stark Law are needed for MACRA implementation.
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/payment/medicare/LT-WaysandMeans-StarkLaw-020516.pdf
General Provider Telehealth and Telemedicine Tool Kit
Telehealth and Telemedicine
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/prevention/crisis/CMSGeneralTelemedicineToolkit.pdf
Joint Statement on Indoor Tanning Tax - June 10, 2015
Joint statement signed by AAFP on efforts to repeal the tax on indoor tanning.
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/prevention/environmental/ST-TanningTax-061015.pdf
Joint Letter to DoT on Federal Diabetes Exemption Program - December 7, 2015
Letter to the Department of Transportation urging they allow primary care physicians the ability to complete exemption forms for commercial drivers with diabetes
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/prevention/obesity/LT-DoT-Diabetes-120715.pdf
AAFP Letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer Supporting S 430 - June 5, 2015
AAFP supports Sen. Boxer's bill to give the Federal Trade Commission explicit authority to regulate the advertising of e-cigarettes to prevent the marketing of e-cigarettes to children.
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/prevention/tobacco/LT-Boxer-S430-060515.pdf
Joint Letter to Congress Opposing FDA Cigar Exemption - February 25, 2015
Joint letter to the U.S. House of Representatives expressing strong opposition to H.R. 662, legislation that would exempt many cigars from regulation under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA). The letter calls for the FDA to retain oversight authority over all ...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/prevention/tobacco/LT-Con-Cigars-022515.pdf
Joint Letter to Congress Opposing HR 2058 - December 2, 2015
Joint letter to Congress opposing HR 2058, a bill that would exempt e-cigarettes and other tobacco products from FDA Review.
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/prevention/tobacco/LT-Congress-FDADeeming-120215.pdf
Joint Letter to the White House Requesting Final FDA Deeming Regulations - April 28, 2015
Joint letter to President Obama requesting the final FDA deeming regulation
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/prevention/tobacco/LT-Obama-FDADeeming-042815.pdf
Joint Letter to Congress on Zika Readiness Funding - April 5, 2016
The AAFP joins 67 organizations in a letter urging emergency Zika virus readiness funding.
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/prevention/strategy/LT-CON-Zika-040516.pdf
AAFP Letter Opposing the 2015 Proposed Part C and D Rule
AAFP letter to CMS opposing provisions of 2015 proposed changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs.
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/payment/medicare/LT-CMS-PartCD-022614.pdf
AAFP Letter to CMS on Medicare Part B Drug Payment Model - May 9, 2019
AAFP letter to CMS proposed rule titled, Medicare Program; Part B Drug Payment Model; Proposed Rule
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/payment/medicare/LT-CMS-MedicareB-050916.pdf
Join%20the%20Bipartisan%20Primary%20Care%20Caucus%20-%20final%2010.5.2015.pdf
Dear Colleague letter from the office of Joe Courtney urging fellow Congressmen to join the Primary Care Caucus
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/payment/dpc/Join%20the%20Bipartisan%20Primary%20Care%20Caucus%20-%20final%2010.5.2015.pdf
Amicus Brief: Texas v United States - April 1, 2019
In defense of significant coverage gains and key patient protection provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the American Medical Association (AMA) and other leading physician organizations today filed an amicus brief in the case of Texas v. United States.
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/amicus_brief/AB-TexasVUS-040119.pdf
AAFP Letter to DoT on the Diabetes Exemption Program - July 15, 2015
AAFP letter to the Department of Transportation urging they change guidance that does not allow board-certified family physicians to examine applicants and complete the evaluation checklist they need for the Federal Diabetes Exemption Program
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/prevention/obesity/LT-DoT-Diabetes-071515.pdf
AAFP Letter to the FDA on Tobacco Products Proposed Rule
AAFP letter supporting the FDA to deem authority in the regulation of currently unregulated nicotine delivery devices.
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/prevention/tobacco/LT-FDA-TobaccoProductsProposedRule-060414.pdf
Letter to Congress Regarding Medicaid Payment Increase
The AAFP signed a joint letter expressing strong support for extending the Medicaid primary care payment increase.
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/payment/parity/LT-Congress-Medicaid-Payment-Increase-Extenders-120513.pdf
Joint Letter Calling for End to Ban on Gun Violence Research - April 6, 2016
The AAFP, along with 141 medical and public health groups, urged Appropriators to end the 1996 ban on CDC gun violence prevention research.
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/prevention/safety/LT-CON-GunResearch-040616.pdf
AAFP Statement on DHS Child-Adult Separation Policy - June 16, 2018
...American Academy of Family Physicians Statement Regarding the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Policy to Separate Children from Adult Caregivers The American Academy of Family Physicians opposes the forced separation of children from their families or caregivers during...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/prevention/equality/ST-DHSPolicyChild-AdultSeparation-061618.pdf
AAFP Letter on the Proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2021 - March ...
...March 2, 2020 Seema Verma, Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Attention: CMS-9916-P P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 Dear Administrator Verma: On behalf of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), which represents 134,600 family physicians and...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/coverage/aca/LT-CMS-NoticeBenefitPaymentParameters-030220.pdf
AAFP Letter to HHS in Response to the Transparency in Coverage Proposed Rule - January ...
...January 29, 2020 Sunita Lough, Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement Internal Revenue Service 1111 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20224 Preston Rutledge, Assistant Secretary Employee Benefits Security Administration Department of Labor 200 Constitution Ave NW Washington,...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/coverage/aca/LT-HHS-TransparencyCoverage-012920.pdf
AAFP Letter to OMB - June 19, 2019
...June 19, 2019 Nancy Potok, Chief Statistician Office of Management and Budget New Executive Office Building 725 17th St. NW Washington, DC 20006 RE: Directive No. 14, OMB-2019-0002 Dear Dr. Potok: On behalf of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), which represents 134,600...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/coverage/aca/LT-OMB-FedPovStandards-061919.pdf