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Economic analysis of virtual Medical Legal Partnership model [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset: Medicaid Claims, Epic electronic health record. Clinics: AF Williams Family Medicine, Lowry Internal Medicine. Conclusions: Increased cost and utilization in primary care and behavioral health services, though net positive in the short run may not have had sufficient time horizon to demonstrate savings.

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

The Health Policy Exchange

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. What hasn't changed is that our family medicine residents remain excited about health policy and advocacy. Phillips, Jr.

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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

This position statement from the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) outlines our organizational commitment to Measurement-Based Care (MBC) as a foundational element of integrated healthcare. Measurement-based care in integrated health care: A randomized clinical trial. Families, Systems, & Health, 39(2), 259–268.

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Action Needed to Close Racial Gaps in Autism Services

Physician's Weekly

“Although there has been considerable progress in diagnosing autism in people from minoritized racial and ethnic backgrounds, the autism field must begin to devote more resources and attention to improving services and quality of life for minoritized autistic people,” Diondra Straiton, PhD , tells Physician’s Weekly.

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Governor’s 2025-26 May Revision Proposes Major Cuts to Healthcare and Undermines Medi-Cal Expansion Commitments

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

The revenue from this tax has been used to fund key Medi-Cal services, such as supplemental payments for family planning and reproductive health care services and dental care. CAFP is actively advocating to preserve critical workforce funding that trains and sustains family physicians across the state.

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Gun Violence

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

Lock To Live provides tools that can help you talk to patients and families about temporarily reducing access to potentially dangerous things like firearms, medicines, sharp objects or other household items. Firearm Life Plan offers peace of mind to older adult firearm owners and families.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

To learn more about what we talked about, check out the following links: Eldercare Locator, a public service of the U.S. Administration on Aging connecting you to services for older adults and their families California’s Master Plan for Aging New York’s Master Plan for Aging Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.