What Are the Actual Causes of Hospital Admissions?
Kyle Leggott, M.D., and Graham Custar, M.D., look at the social drivers that actually lead to many hospital admissions.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200602fp-admissions.html
Don't Miss Your Opportunity to Lead
With the National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students approaching, Kurt Bravata, M.D., writes in the Fresh Perspectives blog that resident leadership roles led him to his current job and a state leadership position.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200702fp-leadership.html
Unemployment During Pandemic Amounts to a One-Two Punch
Kyle Leggott, M.D., writes in the Fresh Perspectives blog that the pandemic -- and the higher unemployment rates it has caused -- has exposed the precarious nature of employer-sponsored health insurance.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200708fp-esi.html
Fact: The Pandemic Is About People, Not Politics
MaryAnn Dakkak, M.D., M.S.P.H., writes in the Fresh Perspectives blog that she is devastated by politicians and other officials telling the public that physicians aren't to be trusted regarding COVID-19.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200716fp-moralinjury.html
Yes, You Can Practice Full-scope Family Medicine
MaryAnn Dakkak, M.D., M.S.P.H.; writes in the Fresh Perspectives blog that finding a job that allows her to use the full scope of her family medicine training was worth the second effort.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200729fp-scope.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
Here's How We're Battling Administrative Burden for You
According to surveys, administrative burden is the top concern of family physicians. In this In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President of Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin offers an update on the Academy's work to reduce prior authorization and ...
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20200204itt-adminburden.html
You Earned That Raise; Here's How to Keep It
Subspecialists are fighting a CMS final rule that would boost Medicare primary care payment by 12%. In this In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin asks family physicians to join the Academy in protecting the win.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20191126itt-payincrease.html
Telehealth Deserves Payment; the AAFP Is Helping Secure It
In this In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President Shawn Martin offers an update on the Academy's efforts to help family physicians during the pandemic, including securing payment for telephone-based services.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20200331itt-telehealth.html
Carpe Diem: It's Time to Fix Our Broken Health Care System
AAFP Senior VP for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin writes in this In the Trenches blog post that the current health crisis presents an opportunity to drastically improve the U.S. health care system.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20200414itt-fixsystem.html
COVID-19: Lessons Learned So Far
In his latest In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior VP for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin offers three key observations on family medicine and the pandemic.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20200428itt-covidlessons.html
The Fight for FPs Will Go On -- From a New Front
As he prepares to transition to the role of AAFP CEO/EVP this summer, Shawn Martin reflects in this In the Trenches blog post on his eight years in the Academy's Washington, D.C., office.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20200512itt-fighton.html
What Lies Ahead
Family physicians will never relinquish the future of their discipline to someone else's vision, Shawn Martin writes in his final In the Trenches blog post.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20200526itt-whatliesahead.html
End the Silence -- Make Every Voice Count
In her first In the Trenches blog post, Stephanie Quinn, the AAFP's new senior vice president for advocacy, practice advancement and policy, writes that during a pivotal moment in U.S. history, it is important for family medicine to lead with compassion and strength.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20200609itt-race.html
Pandemic Exposes Flaws in Health Care Payment System
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the many challenges that the fee-for-service system presents to primary care. In this In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President of Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Stephanie Quinn examines what needs to change.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20200623itt-payment.html
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
How to Improve Pandemic Response? Fortify Family Medicine
In this In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President of Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Stephanie Quinn offers an overview of recent AAFP guidance on improving the nation's response to public health emergencies. It starts with making sure primary care is geared up and...
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20200721itt-fmpandemic.html
Speak Out for Teaching Health Centers Today
Funding for the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program runs out Nov. 21. In this Leader Voices Blog post, John Cullen, M.D., asks AAFP members to join efforts to reauthorize funding and expand the program.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20191029lv-thcgme.html
Lend Your Voice to Academy's Week of Action
Due to the pandemic, the Academy is taking its annual advocacy event online. John Cullen, M.D., urges family physicians to make their voices heard June 1-5 to help stabilize, strengthen and sustain primary care.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20200529lv-weekofaction.html
Virtual Match Has Potential to Drive Innovation
Recent medical school graduate Margaret Miller, M.D., M.P.H., offers advice to the Class of 2021 on a Match process that will be unlike any before it in this Leader Voices Blog post.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20200605lv-virtualmatch.html
It's Your Future: Don't Let Others Thwart Your Ambitions
Tochi Iroku-Malize, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., writes in this Leader Voices Blog post that she first encountered racism when her elementary school teacher told her she couldn't become a doctor.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20200617lv-ambition.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
Welcome to Family Medicine; the AAFP Is Here to Help
Third-year residents are wrapping up their training. Brent Sugimoto, M.D., M.P.H., A.A.H.I.V.S., the new physician member of the AAFP Board of Directors, offers advice on how the Academy can be an invaluable resource at this critical career stage in the Leader Voices Blog.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20200602lv-newphysicians.html
Telemedicine Is Worthy of Payers' Long-term Investment
John Cullen, M.D., writes that telemedicine has proven its worth during the pandemic. Now payers must ensure its viability as a long-term solution.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20200709lv-telemedicine.html
Despite Challenges, Virtual Match Can Bring Positive Change
Kelly Thibert, D.O., M.P.H., writes in the Leader Voices Blog that a virtual Match process will present challenges as well as opportunities for both medical students and residency programs.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20200717lv-virtualmatch.html