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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

According to MedChi , the average practice received $176,000 in care management fees in 2019. Also, patients may not have a choice of specialists, depending on the insurer's network. MDPCP promises to narrow the primary care-subspecialist reimbursement gap and provide opportunities to improve patient care in the short term.

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RFK Jr. and vaccine politics

Common Sense Family Doctor

The majority of the department's budget funds the Medicare and Medicaid health insurance programs. See Samoa, 2019.) The position has typically been filled by former Congresspeople, governors, and professional administrators. Smaller portions are distributed to researchers through competitive grant applications.