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Primary care for all Americans

Common Sense Family Doctor

" The Gilded Age of Medicine is Here ," announced the title of a recent New Yorker article about the tactics of private equity firms that provide infusions of cash to struggling hospitals in order to extract hundreds of millions of dollars in profits by slashing costs to the bone and endangering the health of patients. Nevertheless, the U.S.

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Don’t Wait to Launch a Membership Medicine Pilot Program: CCP’s plug and play approach makes it easy to get started

Concierge Choice Physicians

Our programs are compatible with insurance and Medicare. Click here to read an article recently published on Becker’s Hospital Review for additional insight, or contact us at 877.888.5590 or answers@ccpmd.com. There are consequences to delay, however. There is no need to relocate physicians or patients.

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Healthcare Quality Gaps in Chronic Pain Opioid Therapy

Physician's Weekly

Inadequate chronic pain care under long-term opioid therapy highlights the need for better Chronic Care Model integration in outpatient settings. Healthcare quality based on the CCM was evaluated using the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC-5A) questionnaire. Internal reliability was assessed using Cronbach’s α.

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"Sludge audits" identify obstacles to completing colorectal cancer screening

Common Sense Family Doctor

Paperwork required to sign up for health insurance and to establish care with a practice. A 2022 article in the Harvard Business Review introduced the term sludge to describe “these types of situations in which the design of a specific process consistently impedes individuals from completing their intended action.” Wait times.

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Unexpected Praise for Direct Pay Practices from Dr. Vonnegut – A Book Review

Noreta Family Medicine

Vonnegut’s book took me on an entertaining and insightful journey, ranging from very short and hilarious tales of his interactions with his pediatric patients and their parents, to longer chapters where he laments both the disappearance of private practice primary care offices and the loss of physician control in the healthcare system.

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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

An Escape Fire for Healthcare I recently watched a film, called “ Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, ” a 2012 documentary about how the priorities in the US healthcare system are focused on increasing revenue, instead of on goals that improve health, like preventive care. minutes long.

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Need to See a Doctor Fast? Here’s How Urgent Care Could Save Your Day

Plum Health

These are the moments when you don’t have time to wait for an appointment with your primary care doctor, and the emergency room (ER) seems like overkill. That’s where urgent care comes in—a middle ground that’s convenient, affordable, and effective. Urgent care offers a middle ground where you can get relief quickly.

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