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Insurance-Based Variation in Repeat mt-sDNA Test Adherence

Physician's Weekly

They utilized data from Exact Sciences Laboratories, LLC, for individuals who previously completed mt-sDNA test between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023. The total sample consisted of 19,536 individuals. The analysis included those eligible for repeat testing during this period.

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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

By engaging with lawmakers and key stakeholders, the Academy worked to ensure that the voices of family physicians were heard in discussions that have the potential to impact healthcare delivery and access for communities across the state. What Happened: This legislation has been enacted into law.

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Vaccine Uptake Strategies & Ethical Considerations- Part II

Integrated Care News by CFHA

WHO grouped these determinants into contextual, individual, and group influences and vaccine/vaccination-specific issues. Providing incentives such as tying vaccination to insurance-related or public benefits or offering small monetary or non-monetary incentives can also improve vaccine uptake.

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Health-Related Social Needs Increase and Persist following Onset of COVID-19 Pandemic [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

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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Health Care Access, Social Support, and Suicidal Ideation in a Transgender and Cisgender Population [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Access to healthcare or primary care has been associated with reduced SI in cisgender individuals (CI), however, it is not clear if access to health care is associated with lower levels of SI for transgender people (TG). Objective: This study examines exploratory models to assess whether access to health care reduces SI in TG and CI.

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Should Recent Weather Events Impact Your Emergency Fund?

The Motivated MD

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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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

These priorities include supporting the physician workforce, utilizing data and predictive interventions to improve patient outcomes, and boosting quality and affordability for patients. In Kaiser Permanente here, we exist to provide high-quality, affordable health care for our patients in the communities we serve.