1 minute read
NCAFP Reiterates AAFP Position on Administration’s Executive Order of Medicare
By Gregory K. Griggs, MPA, CAE NCAFP Executive Vice President
~ ADVOCACY IN ACTION ~
NCAFP Reiterates AAFP Position on Administration’s Executive Order on Medicare
The NCAFP supports AAFP’s strong statement on the Trump Administration’s Executive Order: “Protecting and Improving Medicare for our Nation’s Seniors,” praising three positive aspects of the order but opposing those areas that are contrary to AAFP policy. In the letter to the Administration on behalf of Family Medicine, AAFP Board Chair John S. Cullen, MD, FAAFP, writes: • The AAFP Shares the Administration’s desire to take accelerated steps to reduce administrative burden placed on family physicians.
• The AAFP applauds the Administration’s continued commitment to creating site-neutral parity in payments for health care services.
• The AAFP welcomes an opportunity to work with the Administration on ensuring appropriate access to family physicians through network adequacy.
• While viewing the Medicare Advantage program positively, the AAFP urges caution against prioritizing the program over traditional Medicare coverage.
• While supporting patient choice and freedom to select their primary care team through private contracting, the AAFP wishes to raise concerns about creating the ability of patients to forgo all Medicare coverage outright.
• And finally, the AAFP strongly opposes recommendations to eliminate supervision requirements for non-physician providers and payment equity that would disincentivize team-based care.
STATE Spectrum News Debates Key Healthcare Issues in InFocus Hometown Debate Series
Spectrum News’ Loretta Boniti moderated a four-part series on state health care issues that aired on Spectrum cable and are available for viewing online. The series was sponsored by North Carolina’s Institute of Political Leadership (iopl. org), a non-partisan organization that educates future political and community leaders. Across four segments, the series discussed topics such as state Medicaid transformation, health insurance, rural healthcare access, and healthcare delivery.
Family Medicine played a key role. In the rural access segment, ECU Department of Family Medicine Chair Dr. Chelley Alexander served as one of four panelists. Additionally, NCAFP’s Executive Vice President Greg Griggs, MPA, was a panelist discussing healthcare delivery, including issues such as telemedicine, Certificate of Need and healthcare consolidation.
To view the series, visit www.ncafp.com/hometown.
PROGRESS WITH EVERY STEP
