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

The Health Policy Exchange

Health Policy Fellowship three years ago, though I still enjoy working alongside these talented family physicians in clinic, such as Dr. Brian Antono, who recently blogged about his fellowship experiences for Harvard Medical School's Center for Primary Care. CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield joined the program in 2020.)

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"Investigating White Culture": a Phenomenological Study on How Culture Shapes Behavioral Health Processes in Primary Care [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Integrated Primary Care (IPC) has increased due to increased demand for behavioral health services. Further, culture in the context of IPC and how cultural context shapes behavioral health processes is understudied.

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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)

million behavioral health services fund (BHSF ), and $1.46 Program of All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE) Organization Capitation Payments – Limit the payments for PACE providers to the midpoint of actuarial rate ranges, except for newly enrolled providers receiving enhanced rates for the first two years.