Health care for Montana’s citizens, families and communities.
Big Mountain Medical Conference
January 25-27, 2017
The Lodge at Whitefish Lake
HHS to award grants to help physicians train for MACRA
As the representative of Family Medicine and Family Physicians in Montana, the Montana Academy of Family Physicians:
Promotes Family Medicine
Family physicians play a critical role in improving the health of patients, families, and communities across Montana and the United States.
Provides Education for Family Physicians
Through excellence in teaching and research, we will be leaders in the discovery, development and dissemination of new knowledge and innovation.
Represents the personal and professional interests of Family Physicians.
Promotes family medicine and develops and advocates the family medicine primary care strategy.
Is the guiding force for quality primary care in Montana.
To improve the health and well-being of patients, families and communities we serve.
2015 Physician of the Year WINNER!
Dr. Fahrenwald has been a physician, mentor, educator and friend to Montanans and their family physicians for almost twenty years since she became the Director of the Montana Family Medicine Residency in Billings in 1998. Read More – More Winners…
July 2017
Broader Look Shows How PCMH Touches Practices, Patients
The annual report of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative examines how elements of the patient-centered medical home affect cost, quality and utilization.
Don’t Miss AAFP’s Quality Payment Program Insert
Check the latest print issue of American Family Physician for a special insert that will help physicians keep Quality Payment Program resources close at hand.
Don’t Screen Average-risk Women for Ovarian Cancer
A U.S. Preventive Services Task Force draft recommendation statement reaffirms that potential harms of screening average-risk women for ovarian cancer outweigh the benefits.
Panel: Opioid Addiction Should Be Treated as Illness, Not Crime
Panelists at a recent forum hosted by Roll Call said the nation must acknowledge that addiction is a disease and secure the resources required to combat it.
AAFP Joins National Collaborative to Promote Clinician Well-being
The AAFP joined 35 other organizations to sponsor the Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience, which focuses on the issues that lead to burnout.
Need a Quick Review of Proposed 2018 Medicare Fee Schedule?
The AAFP has created an executive summary of CMS' proposed 2018 Medicare physician fee schedule that focuses on the topics of greatest relevance to family medicine.
How to Improve Consumer Health Care Choices, Empower Patients?
In a recent letter to CMS, the AAFP tackled questions regarding how to reduce burdens on consumers in individual and small-group insurance markets.
AAFP, Baylor Partner to Create Alcohol Screening Practice Manual
The AAFP has partnered with Baylor College of Medicine to create a new alcohol screening and brief intervention manual family physicians can use in their practices.
Yoga, Volunteerism Help Medical Student Battle Burnout
Medical students are no strangers to burnout. Anna Askari, a fourth-year medical student at Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus, says she's often felt burnt out. Askari recently spoke with AAFP News about how she copes with stress and burnout and how she plans to manage it as a resident and beyond.
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