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Match 2024: Make regulations easier for physicians
Author(s)Richard Payerchin
AAFP president discusses the 2024 Match and the present and future of family and internal medicine.
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Independent primary care physicians will thrive when regulators recognize the importance of value-based care, remove prior authorization burdens and relieve headaches caused by electronic health records. Steven P. Furr, MD, FAAFP, president of the
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