This document provides information about government relations resources and opportunities for members to get involved in advocacy from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). It outlines the AAFP Division of Government Relations staff and their roles. It encourages members to utilize state advocacy resources on the AAFP website and provides an overview of the Center for State Policy resources. The document also lists federal advocacy priorities, member advocacy tools including the Family Medicine Action Network and text alerts. It promotes the upcoming Family Medicine Advocacy Summit and gives an overview of the Political Action Committee. It closes by welcoming any questions.

1. Government Relations Update – Ways to Get Involved
Bob Hall
Director of Government Relations

2. Agenda
• Who We Are
• State Resources
• Grassroots Opportunities
• Federal Update
• Q/A

3. AAFP Division of Government Relations
Bob Hall * Director, Government Relations
Teresa Baker* Senior Government Relations Representative
Sonya Clay* Government Relations Representative
Robert Bennett* Manager, Federal Regulatory Affairs (based in Austin)
Mark Cribben* Director, FamMedPAC
Jeanette Contreras Manager, Strategic Advocacy Communications
Shelby King Manager, Center for State Policy
Eric Waskowicz Legislative and Policy Strategist
Rhonda Carter FamMedPAC Administrative Coordinator
Lorlita Alexander Executive Assistant
Tia Johnson Senior Office Executive *Registered Federal Lobbyists

4. Start with State Advocacy
Visit the State
Advocacy webpage
to find resources
related to state
advocacy:
www.aafp.org/state-
advocacy

5. Center for State Policy
• Resources available to help
members learn and advocate for
key issues in your state:
• Backgrounders
• State Fact Sheets
• State Legislative Tracker
• Webcasts

6. Center for State Policy
• Resources available to chapter staff to help
as you work to advocate on behalf of your
members:
• Advocacy Toolkits
• Chapter Advocacy Day Grants
• Chapter Advocacy Staff Community
• Model Legislation Library
• State Grassroots Capabilities (SpeakOut,
Petitions, etc)
• State Legislative Tracker Emails
• Technical Assistance

7. FMAN Discussions and Library Resources

8. Member Only Advocacy Content
AAFP Grassroots Toolkit- Meet Your Legislator
Family Medicine Action Network
Speak Out tool
Advocacy Insider

9. Text Message Action Alerts
Text AAFP to 50457
• Sign up to receive text alerts from the Family
Medicine Action Network
• Mobile links to Speak Outs, and grassroots
advocacy actions.
To: 50457
AAFP

10. Family Medicine Advocacy Summit
• May 20- 21, 2019 in Washington, DC
• Learn about the issues
• Tell your story on Capitol Hill

11. Political Action Committee (PAC)

12. AAFP Federal Priorities
• Payment
• Practice
• Workforce
• Clinical Expertise

13. AAFP Federal Priorities: Payment
• APC-APM
• Medicare to Medicaid Parity
• MACRA Improvement
• Primary Care Investment

14. AAFP Federal Priorities: Practice
• Administrative and Regulatory Burden
• Direct Primary Care
• Rural Health
• Support for Small and Independent
Practices

15. AAFP Federal Priorities: Workforce
• Teaching Health Center Graduate
Medical Education
• Graduate Medical Education Funding
Reform
• National Health Service Corps
• Title VII

16. AAFP Federal Priorities: Clinical Expertise
• United States Preventative Services
Task Force Defense
• Women’s Health
• Public Health
• Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
• Primary Care Research

17. Questions?