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Meeting Coverage

AAFP

American Academy of Family Physicians

Eliminate the X Waiver for Buprenorphine Prescribing?

OUD "needs to be treated just like any other chronic medical condition," argues family physician

AAFP over a photo of a male physician making a protective gesture around a family icon.

Latest AAFP Meeting Coverage

Q&A: Sterling Ransone, Jr., President of the American Academy of Family Physicians

Better pay and fewer paperwork hassles for members are high priorities for AAFP's new president

October 14, 2021
AAFP New York Delegation Prepares to Fight for Reproductive Rights

Group backs policy resolutions for abortion access and against the Hyde Amendment

October 14, 2021
Family Docs Performing Abortion Get 'Support' From AAFP

Delegates back resolution aimed at clarifying academy's position

September 25, 2019
AAFP Changes Course on Low-Nicotine Products

Congress of Delegates says Academy's earlier endorsement of FDA approach sends wrong message

October 11, 2018
Family Physicians to Test New Option for 10-Year MOC Exam

Physicians hopeful that pilot program could improve learning experience, reduce burden

October 9, 2018
AAFP to Protect All Patients

Current, past, and future AAFP presidents push back against Trump administration policies

October 9, 2018
Building Physician Resilience a Top Priority for AAFP President-Elect

Says teaching helps counteract burnout

September 19, 2017
New AAFP President Ready to Fight 'Single-Specialty Superiority'

Munger's priorities include payment reform, reducing regulatory burdens

September 14, 2017
AAFP Backs Healthcare as Right, 'Publicly Funded Universal Primary Care'

Group splinters on whether government plans should cover abortions

September 14, 2017
PAC Contribution Checkoff Proves Controversial at AAFP

But many resolutions sail through with little debate

September 13, 2017
Candidates for AAFP Presidency State Their Cases

See burnout, regulatory burden and family physicians' value as key issues

September 13, 2017
AAFP Debates Medical Aid-in-Dying Laws

Single-payer and healthcare as a 'right' also spark debate

September 12, 2017
Meigs Urges Family Physicians: Be 'Disruptive Innovators'

Congressional battles mark AAFP president's term

September 12, 2017
AAFP Says CMS Should Negotiate Drug Prices

AAFP Congress wraps up with a series of actions targeting cost and access

September 21, 2016