The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

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. Phillips, Jr.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

Most patients who choose colonoscopy as a screening test for colorectal cancer are referred from primary care to a gastroenterologist or other specialist who performs endoscopy. But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021.

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Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

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. This again illustrates how DPC is an escape fire.

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Noreta Family Medicine

JUNE 25, 2024

A few weeks later, I received a letter in the mail from the patient’s insurance company saying that their records indicated that the patient was not taking one of the diabetes medicines in that class, and that they recommended that I prescribe one of those medicines. Insurance companies tend to lag behind current medical research.

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Vascular Physician

JUNE 27, 2021

blog h2 { margin-top: 1.25rem; } Varicose veins are quite common and often lead to pain, embarrassment and possibly further health issues. Varicose veins are oftentimes covered by insurance whereas spider veins typically are not since they tend to be cosmetic only. Varicose veins are often painful and unsightly.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

We blogged on the final 2016 guideline here on March 17, 2016). As explained more fully below, CDC concedes that states, insurers, pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers have implemented laws, regulations and policies that have misapplied the 2016 guideline. 7,838 (Feb. 10, 2022); Dowell, Deborah, MD.,

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

We blogged on the 2016 guideline here in March 2016, and the proposed guideline here on March 18th). CDC received some 5,500 comments from patients, caregivers, clinicians and interested organizations to the proposed guideline update it issued in February. 2022 Guideline at 15. (We 2022 Guideline at 3.

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