Latest Issue of Colorado FP
Read the latest issue of Colorado FP, featuring stories from CAFP’s 2024 Family Medicine Awardees and our 2023 Annual Report.
Read the latest issue of Colorado FP, featuring stories from CAFP’s 2024 Family Medicine Awardees and our 2023 Annual Report.
HB24-1149 Prior Authorization Requirements, Alternatives was introduced yesterday at the Colorado Capitol and aims to reform prior authorization and improve healthcare access. The Colorado Academy of Family Physicians worked closely with partners, including the Colorado Medical Society, to develop this bill, sponsored by Representatives Shannon Bird and Lisa Frizell, and Senators Dylan Roberts and Barbara…
CAFP has partnered with AAFP ELI to survey FM physicians and trainees in Colorado to gain a better understanding of their opinions on health insurance coverage and financing. Your voice on health insurance coverage and financing is critical and we thank you for participating. Please consider participating in a short survey about health insurance coverage…
Check out the latest issue of CAFP’s magazine, Colorado FP. Read stories from medical student preceptors, dive into the 2024 Colorado legislative session, and hear what real patients want their physicians to know.
The latest issue of Colorado FP covers recent CAFP initiatives and legislative work, this summer’s road trips to visit members with the Colorado Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation & Access Program (CoPPCAP), and our 2022 Annual Report. Read it here.
Press Release: July 7, 2023 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will be partnering with Colorado to pilot a new primary care model to enhance access to and quality of primary care services. Making Care Primary is an investment model aimed at improving care management and care coordination, equipping primary…
AAFP is recognizing CU’s Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) with this year’s Program of Excellence Award. For more than 10 years, the AAFP Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) Network has recognized FMIGs with the Program of Excellence Award for their efforts to encourage student interest in family medicine and family medicine programming. CAFP is pleased to highlight…
Dr. Marisa Wickerath, this year’s recipient of the CAFP Foundation FMAS Scholarship shares about her experience in D.C. this spring: “Thanks to a generous CAFP scholarship, I recently had the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. for the AAFP Family Medicine Advocacy Summit. While I was initially tired from an overnight call shift, as soon as the…
Check out the spring 2023 issue of Colorado FP, featuring our 2023 awardees for Family Physician of the Year, FM Teacher of the Year, FM Resident of Year, and FM practice awardees for Health Equity and Community Engagement.
Tell your Representative to support additional funding for the Family Planning Program as they consider the budget this week with this Speak Out. Bipartisan support for family planning has made Colorado a leader in reproductive health. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)’s Family Planning Program provides comprehensive reproductive care to Coloradans at…
The agenda is LIVE for the CAFP Foundation Annual Summit. Join us May 4-7, 2023 at Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge, CO for a weekend of CME sessions, networking, and social events all targeted to family physicians, residents, and medical students. Make sure to register before February 24th to lock in early bird pricing. Register…
It’s 9AM under the golden dome and the marble halls echo as lawmakers, staffers, lobbyists, and members of the public start their day. One person is there for a very unique reason. Volunteering as Doctor of the Day, CAFP President-elect Dr. Cleveland Piggott took a few moments to share what a day in the life…