AAFP Demands Fair Physician Pay, Patient Protection
AAFP Demands Fair Physician Pay, Patient Protection
December 17, 2020, 4:47 pm News Staff Vaccinating Americans against COVID-19 while the pandemic continues to surge will be the most demanding and complex public health undertaking in the country’s history, and AAFP members remain at the leading edge of the work.
Behind the lines, the Academy is also working to make sure that the daunting financial and administrative challenges accompanying this critical push don’t further imperil family physician practices already under the wheels of a public health emergency stretching into an 11th month.
Specifically, the AAFP this week delivered extensive, sometimes forceful comments to federal regulators on a wide-ranging interim final rule on coverage and payment requirements for COVID-19 vaccines, including Medicaid provisions. The Academy advocated for coverage of COVID-19 vaccines without cost-sharing and sharply objected to
[co-authors: Adrienne Peng, and Michelle Fong]
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access the healthcare services they need in as safe a manner as possible. In order to provide our clients with quick and actionable guidance on the evolving telehealth landscape, Manatt Health has developed a federal and comprehensive 50-state tracker for policy, regulatory and legal changes related to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. This summary of findings is current as of noon ET, Thursday, December 3.