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We are thrilled to bring you the recording of NCAFP President Dr. Benjamin “Frankie” Simmons’s installation speech! Dr. Simmons (above) delivered this heartfelt, electrifying address during his installation ceremony at the 2025 Winter Meeting, where he discussed his path to Family Medicine, his conviction to serve his neighbors, and his hope for our specialty. “Defying Gravity is exactly what it feels like to be a Family Physician in America today,” Dr. Simmons said. “We rise for our patients, our communities, and one another.” 

Welcome to NCFM Today! Today, we're reviewing the Best News in North Carolina Family Medicine: The 65.50 AAFP credits available at the 2025 Winter Family Physicians Weekend, the recent Medicaid rate and service cuts, how one NCAFP became a world leader in Family medicine, and other topics! Learn more about the Academy at www.ncafp.com!

Welcome to NCFM Today! Today, we're reviewing the Best News in North Carolina Family Medicine: The 2025 Winter Family Physicians Weekend, the expected impacts of the recent HR 2 federal bill, which NCAFP members are moving into new leadership roles, and other topics! Learn more about the Academy at www.ncafp.com!

Welcome to NCFM Today! Today, we're reviewing the Best News in North Carolina Family Medicine: The Care First Act (and its progress through the NC House!), the 2025 Family Medicine Match results, the Collaborative Care Management Capacity Building Fund, and other key topics! Learn more about the Academy at www.ncafp.com!

From the NC Academy of Family Physicians, this is The Best News in North Carolina Family Medicine! This month's episode includes the 25th anniversary of state oral health plans, new CDC vaccine guidance, the installation of NCAFP member Dr. Dev Sangvai as the new NCDHHS Secretary, and much more!

Listen to the installation speech of NCAFP's new President, Dr.  Mark McNeill, given at the Winter Family Physicians Weekend in Early December, as he discusses the innovative nature of family physicians and lessons learned from the impact of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina.

Listen to 2024 NCAFP President Dr. Garett Franklin as he gives the State of the Academy Speech at the NCAFP Annual Meeting in December, 2024, as he approaches the end of his term. Dr. Franklin discusses the NCAFP's successes in 2024 advocating for our members throughout North Carolina.

From the NC Academy of Family Physicians, this is The Best News in North Carolina Family Medicine! This month's episode includes the state response to Hurricane Helene, our plans for the 2024 Winter Family Physicians Weekend in Asheville, our state advocacy to eliminate prior authorizations in the state health plan, and much more!

This is The Best News in North Carolina Family Medicine: the upcoming reform of prior authorizations from UnitedHealthcare, the newest NC medical school which will arrive in 2026 in Fayetteville, the NC delegation to the 2024 AAFP Congress of Delegates, and much more!

This is The Best News in North Carolina Family Medicine: the NCAFP meeting with state health plans to advocate for new primary care investment, the CMS physician payment reforms we need, our student summer programs, new rural health care funding for primary care clinics, and much more!

This is The Best News in North Carolina Family Medicine: the launch of Tailored Plans, the CMS physician payment reforms we need, and much more!

This is The Best News in North Carolina Family Medicine: congressional testimony against health care consolidation, registration for the 2024 Winter Family Physicians Weekend, a public health update on the status of avian influenza in NC, and much more!

Whenever we can, we make sure that our members hear about the most important news and resources in North Carolina Family Medicine. If they need to know it to help their patients, they’ll hear it from us. This is The Best News in North Carolina Family Medicine: increasing investment in NC primary care, new rules to improve Medicaid payments for family physicians, the new ABFM Certification cycle, and more!

In February, we hosted our annual Family Medicine Day. This event combines two of our favorite things: medical students, and unparalleled Family Medicine education. 87 medical students attended workshops hosted by North Carolina Family Medicine Residency faculty and residents, where they experienced the broad scope of medicine performed by family physicians each day. This learning helped medical students better understand our specialty, what they want for their future practice, and why Family Medicine is a crucial part of the healthcare landscape.  All of this made Family Medicine Day the perfect time to ask a few students and residency leaders what they were enjoying most. We were glad to speak with Dr. Melissa Bray Brown, Dr. Jannalyn Beste, Dr. Sushma Kapoor, Evan Morgan, Melissa Jenkins Soares, Jacob Pascual, Eelya Sefat, and Zoe Greene. Today, we’re glad to share these interviews about the parts of Family Medicine which North Carolina medical students like best!