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Member News - Q1 2019
Member News
Four TAFP members appointed to AAFP committees Three active members and one resident member of TAFP were named to participate on AAFP committees this year. The three regular members … more
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Advocating for family medicine under the pink dome
Advocating for family medicine under the pink dome
By Anastasia Benson, D.O.
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I walked in to the TAFP office. Being a recipient of the TAFP Foundation’s James C. … more
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CAPITOL UPDATE: Key House committee explores expansion of residency positions
Capitol Update: Key House committee explores expansion of residency positions
posted 02.28.13
Graduate medical education is the hot topic du jour of the House Appropriations Committee these days … more
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2013 Texas Health/Medical Home Summit comes to Austin in April
Register for the 2013 Texas Health/Medical Home Summit in Austin April 4-5
updated 02.26.13
The Texas Health/Medical Home Summit – April 4-5, 2013 in Austin – is the first-ever statewide … more
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IOM report recommends more education, fewer practice restrictions for APNs
IOM report recommends more education, fewer practice restrictions for APNs
posted 10.14.10
A report released Oct. 5 by the Institute of Medicine and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recommends … more
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2010 is a great year for Texas at AAFP’s Congress of Delegates meeting
2010 is a great year for Texas at AAFP’s Congress of Delegates meeting
Goertz installed as president, Mabry re-elected to Speaker, Deuser wins award
posted 10.07.10
Many TAFP leaders and staff … more
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Goertz completes year as AAFP president, assumes role of board chair
Goertz completes year as AAFP president, assumes role of board chair
Roland A. Goertz, M.D., M.B.A., of Waco, Texas, completed his year as president of the American Academy of Family Physicians at … more
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Foundation Focus
Goertz scholarship fully endowed
Foundation flourishes at Annual Session
By Kathy McCarthyExecutive director, TAFP Foundation
The TAFP Foundation had a strong presence at the recent TAFP … more
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Work to support family medicine in new health care reform environment is just beginning
By Roland Goertz, M.D., M.B.A.
AAFP President, 2010-2011Passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—commonly known as the Affordable Care Act, or simply PPACA—was an important step toward establishing primary care as the foundation of America’s health care system. The law will have a far-reaching impact on family medicine as the nation begins to rebalance our health care system with more appropriate emphasis on primary care. Once fully implemented, it will focus more on health care and place a greater emphasis on prevention, primary care, and improved health outcomes instead of a predominately sickness care model which has focused on paying for procedures and volume.
The final vote and the signing of the PPACA was a first step. Now the task is implementation. And this is where the real work—and the real debate—begin Since its passage, the AAFP has focused on filling in the holes in the Affordable Care Act, preserving its primary care-friendly provisions, and ensuring support for primary care education that will help increase the number of future family physicians.
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TAFP member Roland Goertz installed as AAFP president
TAFP member Roland Goertz installed as AAFP president
TAFP member Roland A. Goertz, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.A.F.P., of Waco, was inaugurated as the 2010-2011 president of the American Academy of Family … more