AAFP Issues COVID-19 Guidance on Breastfeeding, Medications
To help guide family physicians in providing optimal patient care, the AAFP recently issued a policy on prescribing medications for COVID-19, as well as a statement on breastfeeding and COVID-19. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - April 21, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
AAFP Delivers Strong Advice to Reduce Maternal Morbidity
The AAFP recently sent a detailed response to a Senate Finance Committee request for information on how to improve the nation ' s maternal morbidity and mortality rates. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - April 20, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Study: Effective Communication Key During Health Crises
Findings from a recently published study involving family physicians reaffirm the Academy ' s efforts to inform and educate its members during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - April 20, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Family Physician, Husband Play Key Role in PPE Solution
Family physician Laurie Hommema, M.D., and her husband helped implement a solution to the dire need for N95 masks in her heath system, and it is now being deployed to dozens of other sites. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - April 20, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
AAFP Foundation COVID-19 Relief Fund to Benefit Family Medicine
The AAFP Foundation this week announced the establishment of a COVID-19 relief fund to provide assistance to family physicians, their practices and patients. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - April 16, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
New AAFP Foundation COVID-19 Relief Fund Aims to Help FPs
The AAFP Foundation this week announced the establishment of a COVID-19 relief fund to provide assistance to family physicians, their practices and patients. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - April 16, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
AAFP to CMS: Protect CPC+ Practices From COVID-19 Losses
Comprehensive Primary Care Plus practices navigating the COVID-19 pandemic are endangered by financial pressures that CMS must ease, the AAFP and 28 other stakeholders told the agency in a recent letter. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - April 16, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
AAFP to CMS: Medicare Rules Must Cut Burden, Empower FPs
In response to a proposed rule for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans, the AAFP advised CMS to focus on changes that make it easier for family physicians to care for their patients. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - April 16, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Don't Routinely Screen for Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has published a final recommendation statement on screening pregnant individuals for bacterial vaginosis to prevent preterm delivery, recommending against screening those who are not at increased risk. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - April 15, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
AAFP: Congress Must Take'Bold Steps' to Steady Primary Care
Congress must direct its next round of financial relief to a primary care system jeopardized by COVID-19, the AAFP said in an April 13 letter to lawmakers. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - April 14, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
COVID-19 Diagnosis Didn't Stop FP From Helping Patients
Family physician Mary Krebs, M.D., diagnosed herself with COVID-19. Then she cared for more than 150 patients in three days via telemedicine. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - April 13, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Academy Calls for Detailed COVID-19 Patient Data From HHS
In an April 3 letter, the Academy and several fellow medical groups urged HHS to release more granular patient data on COVID-19. It ' s a significant call to action, according to AAFP President Gary LeRoy, M.D. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - April 9, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
HHS Should Make Immediate Emergency Payments, AAFP Says
A letter from the AAFP and other organizations said HHS should use its broad power under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act to deliver immediate financial relief, starting with one month of revenue to every physician enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - April 9, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Med Students Find Creative Ways to Help During Pandemic
After medical students were deemed to be " nonessential " workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, many have found other ways to fill needs in their communities. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - April 9, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
New AAFP Policy Protects Medical Learners During Pandemic
The AAFP has issued a new policy intended to support and protect medical learners during the COVID-19 pandemic and similar types of public health crises. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - April 9, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
