Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Health insurance instability may be particularly challenging for patients with diabetes who need regular chronic care management to reduce the risk of diabetes complications. Outcome Measures: Churning was defined as having two or more consecutive uninsured visits after the baseline insured visit.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Little is known about variation in adoption of CCS modalities in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in communities where cervical cancer disparities persist. Hispanic or Latino, 30% rural and 27% not insured. vs 59.4%, p <0.001), and be insured (83.5% vs 59.4%, p <0.001), and be insured (83.5%

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) maintains that clinical privileges should be based on documented training and experience rather than the physician’s specialty.

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. That has placed them in the rare company of becoming one of the Top Fifteen Under 15 businesses in our community. Family Physicians of St. Family Physicians of St.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patients were recruited from primary care practices, emergency rooms and urgent care centers, and the community (e.g., The demographics between those who progressed to ARS and those who got better were generally similar, including age, gender, race, education, employment, and type of health insurance. recruitment flyers).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It is unclear how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted LVOP, particularly among vulnerable communities. The pandemic did not affect disparity in rural LVOP but had an LVOP-reducing effect on low-income (M) and an LVOP-increasing effect on older adults (MA) compared to the commercially insured from 2019-2021.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Rural facilities report challenges and solutions to meet community needs for specialty care. Rural health system leaders described 5 methods to provide rural specialty access: community-based, visiting, referrals to larger towns, telehealth, and management by primary care with specialist support.

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Plum Health

JUNE 9, 2025

Donovan Ogboh is a Family Medicine Doctor in Detroit Michigan Dr. Donovan Ogboh is a board-certified family medicine physician with a dedicated interest in preventive care, sports medicine, pediatric care, women’s health, and the ongoing management of chronic conditions. Learn more about DPC

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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Increasingly, health insurers, private hospitals, and even nonprofits are behaving as though they aim first to extract revenue, and only second to care for people. We should no longer be debating whether or not having health care insurance is better than not having it. Nevertheless, the U.S.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting & Population: All clinicians in Family Medicine, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine caring for individuals aged 22 years and younger in the Virginia All Payers Claims Database (APCD). Clinicians receiving any support from VMAP tended to be female, <40 years old, and practiced in rural communities.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Despite Canada’s systems of universal health insurance, more than one-in-five people do not have access to primary care. Results OurCare engaged nearly 10,000 people across Canada over 16 months (9279 survey respondents,159 priority panel participants and 192 community roundtable participants). Setting Canada.

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The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

primary care is posing a grave threat to the wellbeing of communities nationwide. adults lacked a usual source of care in 2022—marking the highest level in a decade, despite historically high rates of insurance coverage during this period. More than 30% of U.S. In 2022, only 24.4% of new physicians entered primary care—or 19.8%

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 15, 2025

Paperwork required to sign up for health insurance and to establish care with a practice. Patients with Medicaid insurance or dual Medicare-Medicare coverage were more likely than those with private insurance to report sludge. Calling to schedule the next available appointment and taking time off work. Wait times.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The secondary objectives were to assess the safety of yogurt supplemented with BB-12 and to carry out longitudinal community structure and gene expression analysis of fecal microbiota to evaluate the impact of high dose BB-12 in a pediatric population receiving antibiotics. There was no exclusion based on race, gender, or insurance status.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Instrument: The study utilized several validated scales, including a modified STARRS instrument for suicidal behavior, healthcare access questions from the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey, insurance status modified from the American Community Survey, and the Multidimensional scale of Perceived Social Support.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

In addition to providing referrals for diagnostic services, pediatricians can consider providing families with reputable local service options for families of children with developmental delays,” Dr. Straiton says. Lower-paid positions lead to higher turnover, negatively impacting the quality of services. “I

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Findings from qualitative interviews indicate strong support for self-collected HPV testing among community members. Self-collected HPV testing should be made accessible, financially affordable, and be covered by health insurance. The respondents’ ages ranged from 25 to 63, with a median age of 37.

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CDOCS

JULY 1, 2024

.& & </p> <p>Furthermore, more than 90% of dentists reported feeling some type of stress about their careers, with middle-career dentists experiencing stress about insurance reimbursement and younger dentists feeling stress about debt, especially student loans.&

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The Motivated MD

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Helene highlighted that even wealthy communities and well-financed and well-educated populations can be caught off guard and devastated. So, I started listening to podcasts and videos about filing flood insurance and homeowners insurance claims. I would then subsequently file a claim with my homeowners and flood insurance.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This includes Healthy People 2030, which has limited PC access to a single measure of ‘usual source of care’ As a result, it is necessary to improve the measurement of PC access and identify measures that can standardize access measurement across all levels of the PC community.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: Survey data from 50 Oregon primary care and emergency department sites Population Studied: 16,403 Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries Intervention/Instrument: The CMS Accountable Health Communities study Outcome Measures: Positive screen for one or more HRSN: housing, food, transportation, utilities, safety.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 3, 2023

During this episode, we hear from Dr. Nav Persaud, a staff physician in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St. Additionally, Indigenous communities experience lower life expectancy, higher burden of disease, and lower socioeconomic status compared to non-Indigenous Peoples.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

In addition, Dr. Nguyen co-chairs the SCPMG Virtual Medical Center and brings extensive expertise as a practicing family medicine physician at Kaiser Permanente. I’m a family physician by training. And I would remiss not to mention my wife and my family who might love and enjoy time with to travel. Fascinating background.

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

So my background clinically is working with cancer patients and families and those who underwent bone marrow transplant, and a lot of times for their treatment regimen, it includes steroids. What is the role of the family caregiver system, how they play a role? Tamryn: Yes, 100%. And I don’t know where if we’re there yet.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community. Regular visits to your primary care physician at Mesa Family Physicians provide opportunities for early detection of potential health issues before they become serious problems.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: 1) To measure the frequency of exposure to high-priority DDI among non-elderly community-dwelling non-elderly adults in Québec. Population: a 5% random sample of adult (19-64y) Quebec residents covered by the public drug insurance in 2014-2017 was used. Results: 1) 11.7% (95% CI: 11.5-12.0) Conclusions: One in 8.5

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Have a detailed discussion with the patient and family and do shared decision making in terms of interventions, the GI does, and again, these will be the gold standards. So in the odd, rare scenario where you have a family member being treated for H. So, a kid with mild symptoms, and you want to rule out gallbladder disease?

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

Most insurance plans cover preventive care visits at 100% with no copay or deductible, recognizing the substantial value these appointments provide in preventing more serious and costly health issues. The Affordable Care Act requires insurance companies to cover a wide range of preventive services without patient cost-sharing.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To assess the impact of neighborhood poverty, as measured by the Distressed Communities Index (DCI), on TKA in Maryland. The impact of neighborhood socioeconomic status, a major social determinant of health, on access to these surgeries in outpatient care is significant and warrants examination.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Race, ethnicity, high BMI, insurance, and primigravidity were not independently associated with sPTB. Conclusions: Rural residence was a RF for sPTB in this Iowa community. Setting: IHC, Iowa City, IA. Population Studied: We started with 29,620 deliveries at IHC between May 1, 2009, and May 31, 2023. CI, 295->999.9).

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 30, 2025

The US Preventive Services Task Force , the American Academy of Family Physicians , and the American College of Chest Physicians recommend annual low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening for adults 50 to 80 years of age who have at least a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have smoked within the past 15 years.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Despite federal- and state-wide initiatives to boost access to health insurance (e.g., Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion and individual health insurance marketplaces), Latinos continue to have the highest uninsured rate of any racial or ethnic group in the United States. Design and Analysis: Retrospective cohort study.

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Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 11, 2025

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. Short-Term Health Insurance and Preventive Care Sometimes life throws curveballs—like job changes or waiting for a new insurance plan to kick in.

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Vida Family Medicine

MARCH 28, 2024

They are also costly and subject to variable insurance coverage, leading many med spas and compounding pharmacies to offer compounded versions of these FDA-approved medications with varying degrees of safety. There is a lot of information and a lot of marketing out there creating a lot of confusion.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

As the 2025 legislative session swings into full gear, the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has set its sights on a cadre of pivotal bills set to shape the healthcare landscape for years to come. Additionally, health insurers would be barred from taking adverse action against providers for providing cost transparency.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Often the work of the certified driving rehab specialist is to assess the older drivers goals, assess prognosis for driving, and help the family navigate discussions around driving cessation (hmmm…sounds like an approach to family meetings). Were those people self referring, or family members calling you asking? Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

Psychedelics have been used by communities around the globe for hundreds of years (or more). One of the headlines there was about a family medicine doc, not to pick on family medicine, a doc, who was prescribing mail order psychedelics at really high volumes around the country. Alex: Psychedelics, promise and pitfalls.

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