Members in the News

  • Thu, 01/26/2012
    Chico News and Review: Medical-Loss Ratio as Medical Gain?
    Speaking as a family physician in private practice, my hope is that patients get the most value for the money invested in their insurance, and that insurance companies don’t choose to leave a market that is perceived to be less profitable, rather than improve their internal practices.
    - Marcia Nelson, MD
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Professional Development
Annual Scientific Assembly

Join us in the desert for CAFP's 2012 Annual Scientific Assembly, April 20-22 at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort Hotel in Indian Wells! Check out our tentative schedule!

ABFM Update Regarding 'Board Eligibility'

The term ‘board eligible’ has never been recognized by member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), including the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM), but the term continues to be used by credentialing organizations and others to recognize non-certified physicians as having equivalent status.

About the CAFP
Awards and Nominations

CAFP and the CAFP Foundation are now accepting applications for their 2012 awards.

New Eligibility Criteria for California Children’s Services: CAFP Increases Children’s Access to FPs

The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) complied with CAFP’s repeated entreaties to apply the same standards of eligibility to family physicians as other physicians in the California Children’s Services (CCS) program and to revise the CCS website to make the new requirements clear.

Practice Resources
2012 Coding Update Teleconference

“Strategies for Coding and Reimbursement: 2012 CPT Updates” a teleconference with coding and practice management expert Mary Jean Sage, will be held January 25.

  • Practice Resources
    2012 Coding Update Teleconference

    “Strategies for Coding and Reimbursement: 2012 CPT Updates” a teleconference with coding and practice management expert Mary Jean Sage, will be held January 25.

  • Professional Development
    Annual Scientific Assembly

    Join us in the desert for CAFP's 2012 Annual Scientific Assembly, April 20-22 at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort Hotel in Indian Wells! Check out our tentative schedule!

  • About the CAFP
    About the CAFP
    The CAFP Foundation

    The CAFP Foundation serves as the philanthropic arm of the California Academy of Family Physicians.

News + Media

  • Practice Transformation

    Alexander Terrazas, MD, founder of Redlands Family Practice, discussed the changes made to transform his practice to a PCMH-like model.

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