Fierce Healthcare January 18, 2018
Joanne Finnegan

Some 60% of AAFP members who responded to a 2017 survey asked that administrative simplification be the group’s top priority.

Calling it the “most pressing priority” for its physicians, the American Academy of Family Physicians has adopted a host of principles aimed at reducing the administrative burden weighing down doctors.

The AAFP’s board of directors adopted the academy’s own principles for administrative simplification, which outline steps to address issues faced by family physicians in clinical practice from prior authorizations to medical record documentation, according to an announcement.

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