Posts by Brian Hunsicker

The National Institute of Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation will host a webinar on Feb. 25 with sessions on future payment models, innovative care management methods, and increasing access to primary care. The webinar begins at 9:30 a.m. Pacific. The schedule is as follows: If you’re interested, register here.

Did you know that WAFP’s quarterly journal, Washington Family Physician, is available online? While most of you receive the printed version in your mailbox, the e-version contains all the same content and works with any digital device. The winter 2025 edition of WFP was just published; check it out if you haven’t seen it yet!…

Speak Outs make it easy to contact your lawmakers on matters important to the family medicine and primary care. AAFP’s advocacy staff in Washington, DC, identify key points at which your voice is needed. Upon loading the Speak Out, users are presented with background information that explains the reason for the Speak Out and provides…

If you’ve ever thought of running for an at-large director position on the AAFP Board of Directors, the window to submit your nomination has opened. Submissions will be reviewed by the AAFP Nominating Committee, which was established at the 2023 Congress of Delegates. Applications are due by Feb. 15. (The nominee for the new physician…

WAFP President Carla Ainsworth, MD, MPH, was interviewed by KING-5 TV in Seattle for a feature on new patients’ difficulty in finding a primary care physician. “On the patient side, we know there are some folks who weren’t getting care for the last few years, in part because of the pandemic. So there’s been an…

The staff in the AAFP office in Washington, DC, works hard to advocate for family medicine and primary care in the halls of Congress and with federal agencies. And you can keep tabs on what they’re working on with monthly updates that are posted on WAFP’s website. The page is usually updated around the middle…

Paul Amoreno, Evangelina Olivera, Aly Vyhmeister, and Jeffrey Weyand, MD, are the 2024 winners of the Dr. Burr Field Scholarship. Amoreno and Olivera are currently students at the Osteopathic College of Medicine at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in Yakima. Vyhmeister is a current student at the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, which…

The Monday before Thanksgiving marks Public Health Thank You Day, a chance to express appreciation for those on the front lines of public health. Family medicine and public health are inextricably linked. Comprehensive care, including preventive care, is a key pillar of primary care. Likewise, preventive care, in the context of population health, is a…