NCFM Today - Season 4 - Episode 5 - NC Budget Proves Positive for Family Medicine and Primary Care

In this episode, NCAFP EVP/CEO Greg Griggs and NCAFP General Counsel/Chief of Staff Shawn Parker discuss the 2023-24 North Carolina Budget including the many positives for family medicine specifically and primary care in general.  The discussion includes information about the passage of Medicaid Expansion; increased funding for health professional loan repayment, including a new program specifically for primary care; scholarships/forgivable loans for medical students who plan on serving in primary care or psychiatry in rural and underserved areas of NC; funding for dedicated teaching time at five rural team-based teaching hubs; a study of the need for more community-based clinical preceptors in our state; and a Primary Care Payment Reform Task Force that will look at how to measure primary care investment and ultimately increase investment in primary care in our state. Listen now and learn more about the outcomes from our long-term advocacy efforts.