Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 13, 2025

Last week, the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) was actively engaged in multiple discussions on health care policy, including Medical Assistance rate reimbursement, coverage for the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model and broader reforms to patient-centered care. Supporters Say: This will improve care coordination.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

APRIL 22, 2025

As we move into the eleventh week of the legislative session, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) lobbyist Megan Verdeja breaks down what’s happening at the Minnesota State Capitol, provides an update on health care bills and shares what to expect next in the legislative session.

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Priority Physicians

JANUARY 20, 2025

member login CONTACT US About Us Concierge Medicine Services Our Physicians Locations Member Login Contact Us L Orthopedic Pain Management: When to Skip the Specialist January 21, 2025 Orthopedic pain management is a guessing game. Good orthopedic pain management doesn’t always automatically call for imaging or a subspecialist.

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Permanente Medicine

JUNE 23, 2025

June 19, 2025) — National health care leaders from Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Community Health Plans will share insights on value-based care during a free Permanente Live webinar on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. OAKLAND, Calif. PT / 11:30 a.m. CT / 12:30 p.m. million Kaiser Permanente members.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 1, 2025

So, in mid-March, he took his family to a primary care clinic at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Nguyen, who is a UTMB postdoctoral fellow in public health and infectious disease, said he asked clinic staff whether his family’s insurance would cover the checkups and immunizations. Then the bills came.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

Primary care practices used varied strategies to adopt CGM, with diabetes care specialists playing a key role in shaping implementation choices. According to a study published in the June 2025 issue of BMC Primary Care, most diabetes management takes place in primary care, highlighting the growing use and benefits of continuous glucose monitoring (..)

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 1, 2025

An article on acute migraine headaches in the April 2025 issue of American Family Physician reviewed current treatment strategies for acute migraine headaches, which “account for … 3.6 million primary care visits annually and are the fifth most common reason for emergency department visits” in the United States.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For adult women with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D), replacing diet beverages (DBs) with water is associated with greater weight loss and T2D remission, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association, held from June 20 to 23 in Chicago.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 18, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A senior scientist at the U.S. In addition, Melinda Wharton , a top CDC official who managed ACIP operations, was removed from her role last week. families at risk of dangerous and preventable illnesses,” they wrote. ” The memo was obtained by The Washington Post.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

APRIL 12, 2025

In the two years since publication of the latest American Family Physician review article on osteoporosis , new guidelines and research studies have enhanced management of this common condition. In early 2025, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) updated its recommendations on screening for osteoporosis.

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Sound Physicians

MARCH 12, 2025

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Permanente Medicine

APRIL 16, 2025

Affiliation will allow groups to drive high-value care and innovation PORTLAND, ORE, April 16, 2025 – Oregon-based Northwest Permanente (NWP) and The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) of Northern California announced a formal affiliation today. TPMG teams are sharing programs for diabetes management to support patients in NWP.

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The Motivated MD

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This week, we will tackle choosing to rent or buy a home in 2025. It shows that you can manage a large debt and make payments regularly without defaulting. Choosing to Rent or Buy a Home in 2025 So, how does one decide what is right for you? The post Choosing to Rent or Buy a Home in 2025 appeared first on The Motivated M.D.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Office of Research at the Connecticut Department of Labor found that the healthcare and social assistance sector is expected to have the largest increases in short-term employment projections by Q2 2025. This can help improve patient care and provide more control over practice management and operations.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 22, 2025

May 22, 2025 — The Permanente Federation has appointed Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA , to the National Permanente Leadership Team as executive vice president and chief quality officer and co-chair of the Kaiser Permanente National Quality Committee. To learn more about Permanente Medicine, visit permanente.org. million Kaiser Permanente members.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 24, 2025

[link] CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series Episode 27 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 2 Show Notes by Asya Pitre April 25, 2025 Summary: In this second half of a two-part series, Dr. Tami Benton and Dr. Kevin Simon discuss racial and gender health disparities in youth suicide. Accessed 2025.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Getting approval from your insurance company before a procedure or treatment may soon get a little easier. SOURCE: NBC News , June 23, 2025 Copyright © 2025 HealthDay. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. All rights reserved.

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The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Scorecard with National and State Level Data Reveals Workforce Shortages, Low Primary Care Reimbursement, and Reduced Patient Access to Vital Services February 18, 2025 – As the nation faces a widespread surge in chronic diseases, the third Primary Care Scorecard highlights how systemic disinvestment in U.S. Key findings include: 1.

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PEMBlog

MAY 20, 2025

Learning Objectives Demonstrate the ability to use shared decision-making strategies when discussing imaging options with families of pediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department. Focusing a lot on when to image, when not to image, and how to communicate imaging decisions effectively with families.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Daily walking volume and walking intensity are inversely associated with the risk for chronic low back pain (LBP), according to a study published online June 13 in JAMA Network Open. Abstract/Full Text Copyright © 2025 HealthDay. All rights reserved.

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Priority Physicians

JANUARY 27, 2025

member login CONTACT US About Us Concierge Medicine Services Our Physicians Locations Member Login Contact Us L Our Anxiety Epidemic: How to Stop Fearing the Future January 28, 2025 Are you worried about what tomorrow may bring? But in the meantime, we have a few tips that may help you manage anticipatory anxiety. You’re not alone.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — THC-infused gummies and vape pens will stay legal in Texas — at least for now. SOURCE: Associated Press , June 23, 2025 Copyright © 2025 HealthDay. These products contain tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the chemical responsible for a marijuana high. All rights reserved.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

As the 2025 legislative session swings into full gear, the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has set its sights on a cadre of pivotal bills set to shape the healthcare landscape for years to come. SB 93 – PBM Bill What’s in the Bill : SB 93 , sponsored by Sen.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 18, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) outperforms body mass index (BMI) in detecting the risk for liver disease, according to a study published in the July issue of the Journal of the Endocrine Society. ” Abstract/Full Text Copyright © 2025 HealthDay. Agbaje, M.D.,

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Many older adults lose decision-making capacity during serious illnesses, and a significant percentage lack family or friends to assist with decisions. And so there’s complexity in Understanding how each state manages this. Because I mean, California is different. They have an advance directive.

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GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

And we got all into his family stuff and how he’d been suffering with cancer and his goal. Just encourage patients and families to bring music into their healthcare experience. We introduce it to families and patients and explain how it works and show them. And it was like the lights came on. This guy came alive.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

And I think a big part of that journey was just having that right time, that right moment, with the right network and support groups of individuals, including my family, to really lift me up and allow me to celebrate my authentic self. If we think of discrimination, how people are treated by their biological family. Caregivers too.

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GeriPal

APRIL 24, 2025

Daneila Lamas wrote about this issue in the New York Times this week -after we recorded – in her story, a family requested an herbal infusion for their dying mother via feeding tube. Jill Schneiderhan, a family medicine and integrative medicine doc, helps us think through this. Ivermectin to treat cancer. Stem cell treatments.

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

Alex 00:48 And we’re delighted to welcome back Josh Briscoe, who’s a palliative care doc at the Durham VA Medical center in Duke and blogs at Notes from a Family Meeting. And it was very clear, and she could now no longer recognize her family members. And the family says, dad would never want to live like this.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

And it’s very traumatic obviously for the family and all of that and the team really. It was like this patient is on hospice and call the case manager to figure out how the patient ended up here. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2025. Corita 10:59 No, it was rather simple. No, no, no.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

And so this is our way of supporting non English speaking families in advanced care planning. But most people with dementia are initially diagnosed and medically managed in primary care, and they really desire clinicians to initiate these conversations but there are a number of really important barriers for these conversations taking place.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Malaz: I love it.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

APRIL 25, 2025

Match Day on March 21, 2025 unfolded similarly to the National Resident Matching Program in previous years. The sub-headline from a Medscape news article said it all: "Anesthesiology Still Hot, Family Medicine Is Not." How can we train more family physicians? growth in the U.S.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 12, 2025

” Russell Vought stated on June 1, 2025, in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Russell Vought, the administration’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, framed Medicaid as sagging under the weight of improper payments.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

He kept his diagnosis hidden from friends and family because he knew how people talked about HIV. “I thought my family was going to disown me,” he said. At his first job at an HIV organization in Jackson, Mississippi, Sturdevant regularly checked in with clients who didn’t have family members to support them.

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