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Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

Integrated Care News by CFHA

We offered trauma-informed support and helped newly displaced individuals connect with health and community resources. An integrated care champion could be selected to represent the clinic in meetings with community agencies, and community representatives should be included on the Clinic Advisory Boards.

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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)

Key Health Care Budget Proposals: Proposed Medi-Cal Cuts and Enrollment Changes Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, is typically funded through a partnership between the state and the federal government. The asset limit for a household would be $2,000 for an individual and $3,000 per couple.

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Planning scale-up of integrated care programs for people with complex needs: a multiple case study [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objectives: 1) implement an ICP for adults with complex needs in health and social services organizations and primary care clinics; 2) evaluate organizational and governance factors influencing implementation; and 3) make recommendations from key stakeholders to facilitate scale-up. Case stories were developed and then compared.

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Food Insecurity Prevalence and Perspectives Among Healthcare Clinicians and Staff in Rural Western Colorado [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Clinical organizations are increasingly being asked to address food insecurity among patients, yet little is known about healthcare workers’ suitability to take on this role. Only 41% of respondents indicated that they knew how to help patients access government food assistance. people who don’t want to work").

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Gastroenterology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

The Specialty Board discussed the LKA in greater detail, as well as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in assessment development and the integration of public members in ABIM Governance. Preliminary data gathered to date indicate that 92% of gastroenterologists are clinically active, with nearly half (46.7%) in private practice, 25.1%

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Direct Primary Care - Role for the Future of Healthcare

The Direct Doctors Difference

According to DPC Frontier, a site owned by a DPC physician/lawyer who was a founder of the movement, there are now over 1500 clinics doing pure Direct Care across the nation. Clinics are often owned by solo doctors or, as in the case of Direct Doctors, by 2-3 physicians in a small group practice.

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Q&A: Prioritizing Early Intervention in Pediatric Obesity

Physician's Weekly

However, we cannot overlook systemic factors, such as access to care, socioeconomic status, neighborhood safety, or walkability, that make it more challenging for some individuals to maintain a healthy weight. We also need to pick up on when a child is gaining weight rapidly or crossing percentiles so we can intervene earlier.

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