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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

During the session, the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians actively represented the interests of its members on a range of healthcare initiatives. To incentivize donations to these hospitals, the bill suggests creating a tax credit for individuals and entities to offset their state income tax liability.

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Maine and Nevada Update Drug Price Transparency Laws

FDA Law

Schlanger — Maine and Nevada previously enacted laws requiring drug manufacturers to report information about the pricing of their products. Both states’ new requirements will become effective in October 2021 and should be considered as manufacturers prepare for state drug price transparency reporting in 2022.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

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We talk with Nick and Meg about: Why hearing loss is important not just in geriatrics but also for those caring for seriously ill individuals. Communication techniques we can use when talking to individuals with hearing loss. But individuals who have hearing loss, there’s several problems. How to screen for hearing loss.

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Key Bills in the 2025 Legislative Session AAFP is Watching Closely

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

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. Any contractual clause that limits or penalizes providers for sharing this information would be unenforceable.

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

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And especially for those who may have nontraditional families. I think if you’re from a nontraditional family, it’s very important to make sure that people understand who you would want to talk to. Ideally, there’ll be a place in the chart that actually captures the name of that person and their contact information.

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Aging and Climate Change: Karl Pillemer, Leslie Wharton, & Ruth McDermott-Levy

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was supported by the fossil fuel industry , because it shifted responsibility for change from industry to individuals. So it’s hard to know about individual practice when I think of geriatrics or geriatric nursing because a lot of the solutions are really broad scale public health initiatives are needed, don’t you think?

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FDA Announces it is Ready to Act on Menthol Cigarettes, but its Success is Uncertain

FDA Law

In 2009, Congress specifically exempted “tobacco or menthol” when it prohibited all other flavored cigarettes under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA)’s “ Special Rule for Cigarettes.” On January 28, 2021, the judge in that case ordered the agency to respond to the petitioners by April 29, 2021.

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