Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Evaluate the economic impact of receiving tele-legal services from Medicaid’s perspective with regard to a) fee- for service (FFS) total cost of care; b) FFS cost of primary care; c) utilization for FFS primary care; d) utilization for FFS and capitated behavioral health (BH) and BH emergency department encounters.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To describe how primary care clinics have considered social needs in DM, and identify opportunities to support primary care clinics. Setting: Ambulatory clinics (e.g., Setting: Ambulatory clinics (e.g.,

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Many proposed methods for measuring continuity utilize an aggregation of patient visits. Clinician types included family medicine (FM), internal medicine (IM), pediatric medicine (PED), general practice (GP), obstetrics/gynecology (OB), nurse practitioner (NP), and physician assistant (PA).

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 26, 2025

Telehealth is no longer an emergency patch; it’s a front-door service channel that patients expect to work every bit as cleanly as a clinic visit. Before your next virtual appointment, run your setup through these seven checkpoints.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 24, 2025

Likewise, flow-oriented layouts have been linked to higher staff productivity and fewer late appointments. The nine tweaks that follow show how any clinic can freshen its look and feel without gutting the budget or closing the doors for a month-long renovation.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 20, 2025

Did they have to wait long to obtain an appointment? For example, if you need to refer your patient to another physician for specialized attention, encourage staff to do the preliminary work and make the call and appointment for the patient. or less) on an appointment card. What is it that they see?

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 27, 2025

When the doctor is late for the clinic, and patients are waiting for more than 30 minutes, it is helpful to have a staff member enter the reception area (not the waiting room) and provide patients with an estimated arrival time for the doctor. Please share your stories for a future article at doctorwhiz@gmail.com.

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