As a result of advocacy efforts by both the Georgia and North Carolina Chapters, MAG Mutual Insurance Company announced last week that circumcisions will now fall under Class 1A coverage for family physicians. Previously, family physicians performing circumcisions were put into Class 2 Coverage, which included minor surgery and an average increase in the cost of malpractice coverage by almost $3,000! Pediatricians performing circumcisions had always been considered Class 1A. The NCAFP inquired with MAG Mutual about the discrepancy after a discussion of the issue during the NCAFP Health of the Public Council meeting last December in Asheville. Tedda Voe, Medical Relations Manager for MAG Mutual, announced the positive change through an e-mail to the Chapter last week.