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Administrative Simplification


The AAFP offers resources to help you take back your time and safeguard your well-being. Learn the latest ways to help your practice evolve and follow the Academy’s progress in achieving administrative simplification through federal and state advocacy.

Documentation Burden Prior Authorization EHR Inbox

Getting Paid


As a practicing family physician, you have important payment decisions to make. Discover information and resources to help you maximize your income. Review your Medicare options, get coding and billing tips, learn how to deal with private payers, and more.

Advanced Alternative Payment Models (AAPMs) 〉 Medicare Options 〉 Private Payer Issues
〉 Medical Billing & Coding 〉 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 〉 The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)
〉 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Alternative Payment Models (APMs), or MIPS APMs

Managing Your Practice


You love caring for patients, but running a practice can be overwhelming. Get tools to lighten the load. Discover how technology can ease workflow, gain best practices to improve quality and ensure continuity of care, and beef up regulatory compliance, for starters.

〉 Business of Medicine for Physicians 〉 Laboratory Proficiency Testing 〉 Quality Measures
〉 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) 〉 National Provider Identifier 〉 Starting, Closing, or Selling a Practice
〉 Compliance

Anti-kickback, Stark, HIPAA, and Information Blocking Rule

〉 Practice Finances 〉 Team-based Care
〉 EHR Usability Burden 〉 Quality Improvement Basics 〉 Telehealth and Telemedicine
〉 How to Use Advanced Team-based Care in Family Medicine

Managing Your Career


Whether you’ve been practicing for years or you’re just starting out, learn how to further your career without compromising well-being. Brush up on negotiating employment contracts, boost your job-hunting abilities, bolster your leadership skills, and more.

〉 Career Coaching for Physicians 〉 Find a Job 〉 Physician Well-being
〉 Employment Contracting 〉 Hospitalists 〉 Scope of Practice
〉 Compensation and Career Satisfaction Benchmark Dashboard 〉 Leading Physician Well-being Program

Value-Based Care & Payment


When it comes to being paid based on the value of the care you provide, you have lots of choices. Compare and contrast different care models, including various CMS multi-payer options, accountable care organizations, and direct primary care, among others.

〉 9 Reasons to Try Value-based Payment 〉 Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Models for Primary Care 〉 Physician Payment & Risk
〉 Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) 〉 Direct Primary Care 〉 Easing into Value-based Payment