Registration is Open!
Join your colleagues from across the state at the 2018 Michigan Family Medicine Conference & Expo, July 12-15 at Radisson Plaza Hotel in Kalamazoo. More than 20 conference sessions provide the opportunity to earn up to 19.25 Live CME credits plus up to 16.00 additional credits for AAFP t2p exercises. Sessions include Pain & Symptom Management and Medical Ethics training required by the State of Michigan. REGISTER TODAY!
70 Never Looked So Good
Chartered in 1948 as the 19th constituent chapter of American Academy of Family Physicians, MAFP is proud and excited to launch its year-long 70th anniversary celebration. Included in the commemoration will be a special celebration at the 2018 Michigan Family Medicine Conference & Expo, July 12-15, in Kalamazoo. HISTORICAL TIMELINE
MAPS & More: Pain & Symptom Management CME
Get the most up-to-date information on national, state, and community efforts to combat the opioid epidemic; rules and guidelines that healthcare professionals must follow; and tools available to assist them. Both the March 23 and April 20 events sold out. Click here to complete course evaluations.
Combating Michigan’s Opioid Epidemic
To combat the opioid epidemic, the state of Michigan is taking action through new state laws that emerged out of the Governor’s task force recommendations, and regulatory reforms through the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Click here for the most up-to-date information Family Physicians need to know.
Opening Doors, Building Relationships
MAFP's Family Medicine Business Network provides opportunities for companies to affiliate with our state’s primary care physician leaders. Partnering companies gain greater access and enhance their visibility among more than 4,000 Family Physicians, Residents, and Medical Students. In turn, MAFP members gain knowledge and assistance in caring for patients, creating greater efficiencies, and realizing greater return on investment within their practices. LEARN MORE
Having a Family Doctor is Good for YOUR Health
Family Physicians are doctors who practice the specialty of Family Medicine. They provide preventive, comprehensive, coordinated, chronic and ongoing care. They also go beyond medical care to connect patients with local resources and services that can positively impact health. Click here to download a handout that explains more about how having a Family Physician is good for YOUR health.
You're Invited to Get Involved in YOUR Academy
MAFP and Family Medicine Foundation of Michigan engagement and leadership opportunities await you in 2018! Whether you are a practicing Family Physician, Family Medicine Resident, or Medical Student member, there's a place for you. Explore your options and mark the application and nomination deadlines on your calendar.
Strengthen the Family Medicine Voice in Lansing
Michigan Family Physicians' voluntary contributions to FMPAC help amplify the Family Medicine voice in downtown Lansing and strenghten MAFP's efforts to impact health policy and the overall practice environment for Family Physicians in Michigan. LEARN MORE & CONTRIBUTE TODAY 
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Michigan Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) is the state’s largest specialty physician association. With more than 4,200 members, MAFP is dedicated to assisting Family Physicians and their practices as they work to ensure high-quality, cost-effective healthcare for patients of all ages.
News & Announcements
Michigan Law and Justice Committee Considers Package of Bills Related to Larry Nassar Case
The Michigan House of Representatives has committed to a deliberative process as it considers a bill package aimed at addressing the layers of failures that ultimately led to the rampant sexual abuse committed by Michigan State University sports medicine physician, Larry Nassar, DO. Several of the bills have consequence for physicians; therefore, MAFP continues to provide input and is planning to testify as part of a panel of physicians before the House Law and Justice Committee on April 24.
The Michigan Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services released its Fiscal Year 2018-2019 appropriations recommendation on April 18. Similar to the House, the committee’s recommendation includes over $25.12 billion in gross funding (approximately $4.5 billion in state general fund dollars) and proposes level funding for MAFP's main budget priorities—the Michigan State Loan Repayment Program, Healthy Michigan, and the Medicaid Primary Care Fee Uplift
AAFP President to Confer Degree of Fellow at MAFP Annual Meeting
Members who have been elected to AAFP Degree of Fellow status but have not participated in an official convocation ceremony are invited to take part in Michigan's Degree of Fellow Convocation Ceremony during the MAFP Annual Meeting, July 14, at the Michigan Family Medicine Conference Expo in Kalamazoo.
Senate Approves Medicaid Work Requirement Legislation
Legislation creating a work requirement for the state's Medicaid program was reported out of committee on April 18 and swiftly passed the full Senate the following day. Under Senate Bill 897, able-bodied non-pregnant adults without a disability between the ages of 19 and 64 who are recipients of Medicaid or Healthy Michigan would have to fulfill a work requirement to receive benefits.
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2018 Michigan Family Medicine Conference & Expo
July 12 - 15, 2018
Kalamazoo, MI
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