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What to Expect During a Primary Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

This blog covers everything you need to know—from appointment types and coding to telehealth options and what really happens during your time with the provider. Doctor appointment length PCP appointment duration If you have multiple issues to discuss, be sure to mention that when scheduling so the clinic can allot enough time.

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Your First Line of Defense Against Illness

Mesa Family Physician

In this blog, we’ll break down what preventive care involves, explore its relationship with short-term health insurance, and explain why it’s a critical part of staying healthy at any stage of life. Your primary care provider (PCP) is the one who helps you implement a preventive strategy and adjust it as your needs evolve.

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Wait Times: Direct Primary Care vs. Traditional Primary Care

The Direct Doctors Difference

As an update to that blog , we want to begin by highlighting again that according to Merritt Hawkins, the average wait time for a new patient appointment with a primary care doctor is 29 days, up 50% from 2014. Unfortunately, this problem seems to have worsened acutely with the COVID epidemic.

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DEA Updates Special Surveillance List of Precursor Chemicals and Equipment

FDA Law Blog

Our blog post on the proposed updates is here. The updated List, as with the original List, contains chemicals used in the manufacture of methamphetamine, PCP, and LSD, but now also includes those being used in the production of fentanyl, amphetamine, and other controlled substances and listed chemicals. By Larry K. 21 U.S.C. §

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DEA Proposes Additions to Longstanding Precursor Chemical Special Surveillance List

FDA Law Blog

The updated list, as with the original list, would include chemicals used in the manufacture of methamphetamine, PCP, and LSD, but also those being used now in the production of fentanyl, amphetamine, and other controlled substances and listed chemicals. 21 U.S.C. § DEA also considered legitimate uses of the chemicals.

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DEA Cranks Out Updated Special Surveillance List and Proposed Regulatory Actions

FDA Law Blog

The newly updated Surveillance List includes chemicals, materials and equipment used in the manufacture, production and distribution of currently abused synthetic drugs like fentanyl, amphetamine, methamphetamine, PCP, LSD, ketamine and others. 21 U.S.C. § 842(a)(11). 21 U.S.C. § 23,711 (June 4, 2025).