Health care payment must be restructured to better value primary care and recognize the important work PCPs do to provide high-value, comprehensive #primarycare. bit.ly/46Q7qwI

To meet workforce needs for a growing and aging population, we need to train physicians in those communities, & #primarycare does just that. Without support, medical residents will continue to choose other specialties, exacerbating the workforce shortage. bit.ly/46Q7qwI

“As the sun sets on an Oklahoma summer, a new era dawns” Oklahoma Football is back! Let’s Go. #Boomer

CMS and Lawmakers Take Action on Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

A glaring primary care physician (PCP) workforce shortage has dire consequences for patients and our health care system. Timely actions to reverse the workforce shortage will result in better health outcomes, lower health care costs and healthier communities. Primary Care for America

"There has been research that shows that only approximately 20% of health is determined by health care, leaving the other 80% of health up to the environment in which a person lives." Daron Gersch healio.com/news/primary-c…

I know the US Open is fun, but just wait until you go to AAFP #FMX24

“Our health care marketplace and those who design benefits continue to grossly misvalue primary care” How ‘Moneyball’ can teach us to invest in primary care medicaleconomics.com/view/how-money…

Wishing the happiest of Mondays to Justin Moore

To meet workforce needs for a growing and aging population, we need to train physicians in those communities, & #primarycare does just that. Without support, medical residents will continue to choose other specialties, exacerbating the workforce shortage. bit.ly/46Q7qwI

We couldn't have said it better ourselves. 😎 Save your spot at the family medicine event of the year: bit.ly/49EsQxv #AAFPFMX

We 100% agree! Primary care serves as the building blocks of health care in communities across the country. bit.ly/3MgovGY

Physician payments in the Medicare program are being cut in 2025. In fact, over the past 4 years, physician payments have been reduced 8%. So I am not sure "reap big bonuses" is what is happening.... modernhealthcare.com/insurance/kais… via Modern Healthcare

In their new Forefront article, Ann Greiner, R. Shawn Martin and Kate Goodrich of Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) AAFP + Humana argue that lawmakers and regulators should promote policies that ensure the sustainability + further innovation of advanced primary care delivery. bit.ly/3XnNZXT

“The evidence is clear that high-quality primary care carries massive potential for the US health care system. But that potential has yet to be fully realized due to flawed Medicare FFS payment policies that have systematically undervalued primary care.” healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/for…

I was pleased to partner with Kate Goodrich,MD of Humana and Ann Greiner from Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) to share how we can better invest in and support primary care in the US.

Continuity of care is a key to better health and better outcomes and is a foundation of being patient centered. Noncompete clauses are the opposite. They protect the interest of the health system over those of the patient.

More regulation - just what primary care needs.

ICYMI: AAFP CEO and EVP Shawn Martin spoke to Daniel Payne about how two priorities stand above the rest for America’s family physicians: improving the practice environment and increasing the primary care workforce. Read more in POLITICO ⬇️ politi.co/47ww45U

Patients around the country are experiencing firsthand the impacts of our historical underinvestment in primary care. I believe Congress is ready to act because they understand that primary care is the key to healthier communities. Daniel Payne