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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

The 2025 Alabama Legislative Session concluded on May 14 at midnight. HB 477 – ALFA Health Plan Bill What’s in the Bill: House Bill 477 would allow the Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) to offer health benefit plans exclusively to its members outside of state insurance regulations.

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Insurance-Based Variation in Repeat mt-sDNA Test Adherence

Physician's Weekly

Adherence rates varied by insurance type: Medicare (84.7%), Medicare Advantage (80%), commercial insurance (78.2%), managed care organization (74.6%), and Medicaid (65.9%) ( P  < .001). Compared to those with commercial insurance, individuals with Medicaid had 42% lower odds of completing repeat mt-sDNA screening.

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Insurers Promise to Speed Up Delays in Health Care Approvals

Physician's Weekly

WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Getting approval from your insurance company before a procedure or treatment may soon get a little easier. said this week that several of the nation’s largest health insurers have agreed to change how they handle prior authorization, a system that often causes delays in care.

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MN Legislative Session 2025: Key Health Policy Updates

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Key health policy updates from March 3, 2025: MAFP lobbyist Megan Verdeja shares the latest legislative news on health care-related bills impacting family physicians and health care access. Healthcare Access Fund (SF 1572): Proposes an assessment on health plans to support MinnesotaCare and Medical Assistance programs.

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MN Legislative Session 2025: Updates on Health Care Bills

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Committees reviewed a range of legislation, including efforts to address workforce shortages, expand insurance coverage and improve school health services. SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) COMMITTEE On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, the Senate HHS Committee heard a series of health care bills: S.F. Highlights follow.

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Forecasting and adapting to the family medicine workforce shortage

The Health Policy Exchange

In the mid-1990s, the American Medical Association confidently predicted that the penetration of managed care would lead to a large "physician surplus" and convinced Congress to cap the number of graduate medical education (GME) positions subsidized by the Medicare program. Two decades later, there is a widespread consensus that the U.S.

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MN Legislative Session 2025: MAFP Priorities in Senate Omnibus Bill

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Mandating insurance coverage of vasectomies. WHAT’S NEXT IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS After a short break, session resumed on April 21, 2025. At the same time, House and Senate leadership and the Governor’s office will negotiate unified global budget targets, which we hope to see by early May 2025.

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