New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians

Recently, Ray Saputelli, CAE, Executive Vice President of the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians and Claudine Leone, NJAFP Government Affairs Director, testified before the Senate Health Committee in support of legislation sponsored by Senator Joseph Vitale which would expand eligibility and outreach of the NJ Family Care program and make various reforms in the individual and small employer insurance markets to ensure affordability and stabilize cost. The New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians’ testimony stressed to the Committee that this proposal is a “first step” in the quest for Universal Health Care in New Jersey. NJAFP focused its comments on the need for the state to make an investment in primary care outlining specifics in the areas of primary care work force development, Medicaid and Family Care payment rates, and the adoption of the Patient Centered Medical Home model into public programs like Medicaid and Family Care. Read more >>