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The Department of Health is working to reach out to healthcare providers that provide prenatal care in order to identify cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy in order to track maternal and infant outcomes. You can help. Review the letter from NJDOH – CLICK HERE. Complete the data collection form – CLICK HERE.

Dear NJAFP Member, We know that you have all been stretched to the limit, and NJAFP has been working hard throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to help you and your patients. We want to take a moment to thank you for all you do. Please view the special video message from NJAFP President Maria Ciminelli, MD,…

RAY SAPUTELLI | APRIL 20, 2020 | OPINION, CORONAVIRUS IN NJ   Primary care physicians have been largely ignored during this crisis; pandemic has ‘exposed gaping cracks in our siloed, fractured and disconnected health care system’ Ray Saputelli Following the devastation of World War II, the United States enacted the Marshall Plan, providing more than $15 billion to…

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is releasing the first $30 billion in relief funds from the Public Health and Social Services Stimulus Fund created by the CARES Act starting today, April 10, 2020. Many of you may have already received money via direct deposit, however, due to the importance of these payments, we…

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, telehealth is quickly becoming the most widely used option for patients across the state to receive care. In fact, many health care providers who previously did not perform telehealth visits with their patients are now swiftly adopting virtual visit options, in order to safely see as many people as possible…

Effective 5 pm, Friday, March 27, all elective surgeries or invasive procedures, both medical and dental, have been suspended. No operation that can be safely delayed, as determined by a patient’s doctor or dentist, will be performed after this time, and until further notice. See attached or link for details of the Executive Order. https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-109.pdf

On March 18, 2020 the Families First Coronavirus Response Act was signed into law to provide relief to employees and small and midsize businesses affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. The act allows most employers with less than 500 employees to take a payroll tax credit on the newly required leave that must be provided to…

Dear Career Expo Participants, We regret to inform you that due to recent conference restrictions placed on providers, and in order to protect the health of our attendees and the patients they serve, we have decided to postpone the 3/18Career Expo to late Summer/early Fall.  While this was a difficult decision for all of us…