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

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According to MedChi , the average practice received $176,000 in care management fees in 2019. Interestingly, Medstar not only participates through its network of Medstar Medical Group practices, but is also a CTO serving Medstar and non-Medstar practices throughout the state.

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Debating the pros and cons of Medicare for All

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primary care physicians accept Medicare, and Medicare enrollment has been associated with improvements in age-specific mortality relative to peer nations. fewer cancer screenings, more conservative prescribing of statins) or declining to cover some beneficial but very expensive therapies. He pointed out that 93% of U.S.