Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 15, 2025

The 2025 Alabama Legislative Session concluded on May 14 at midnight. By engaging with lawmakers and key stakeholders, the Academy worked to ensure that the voices of family physicians were heard in discussions that have the potential to impact healthcare delivery and access for communities across the state.

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The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Scorecard with National and State Level Data Reveals Workforce Shortages, Low Primary Care Reimbursement, and Reduced Patient Access to Vital Services February 18, 2025 – As the nation faces a widespread surge in chronic diseases, the third Primary Care Scorecard highlights how systemic disinvestment in U.S. Key findings include: 1.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Next, we turn to Emily McDonald, the director of the Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network , to discuss her study on the impact of direct-to-consumer educational brochures on gabapentin deprescribing. Additionally, clinicians participated in monthly educational sessions. in the usual care group.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

As the 2025 legislative session swings into full gear, the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has set its sights on a cadre of pivotal bills set to shape the healthcare landscape for years to come. This bill would also require the Alabama Medicaid Agency to cover a colonoscopy based on a positive test result.

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The Physicians Foundation

MAY 20, 2025

The Physicians Foundation announces the 2025 recipient of the Drivers of Health (DOH) Fellowship Program, urges physicians to screen patients for DOH BOSTON, May 21, 2025 – Today, The Physicians Foundation reinforces its efforts to help physicians address drivers of health (DOH) to improve a person’s overall health.

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GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

We covered: The first parody song I wrote, for AGS 2018 in Orlando , about this article by Nancy Schoenborn on how to discuss stopping cancer screening. Nancy 03:05 And just not to do any sort of spoiler alert here, but 2025 is their last time doing this session at AGS. How to talk to patients about screening colonoscopies.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Tim 40:33 Yeah, I was going to say, I think, you know, we talked about kind of external to the health system, but within health systems, I think certainly things like social determinants of health screening that gets at a lot of these issues of loneliness, transportation. Tim 43:15 I’m an educator at heart. Eric 43:13 Great.

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