The Health Policy Exchange

MARCH 26, 2014

is actually experiencing a physician shortage that will worsen with population growth, the aging of the baby boomer generation, and an influx of newly insured from the Affordable Care Act. But how has the specialty of family medicine fared, and what else can be done to extend capacity of the existing primary care workforce?

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Family Medicine DO Family Families 130

Plum Health

MAY 19, 2023

Transparent Pricing: With DPC, you know exactly what you're paying for - no hidden costs, no complicated insurance bills. Personalized Care: As a DPC member at Plum Health, you receive care that's tailored to your specific needs, perfect for self-employed individuals and those without traditional insurance who require flexibility.

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Primary Care Insurance Medical Advice Healthcare 52

GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. What is the role of the family caregiver system, how they play a role? We don’t need to check sugars all the time,” that also is a shock for patients and families.

Diabetes 73

Diabetes Management Patient-Centered Families 73

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Dozens of listeners responded with their stories, including Bob, who is being identified only by his first name to guard his family’s privacy and whose daughter has epilepsy. But — this is all according to a lawsuit filed by Cole’s folks– the pharmacy said his insurance didn’t cover his medicine anymore.

Insurance 52

Insurance IT Board-Certified Medical 52

GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary Cannabis is complicated. And you could say the same thing about insurance companies. Insurance companies will pay for a lot of drugs that have really not a whole lot of evidence at a lot of costs. But to this day, I haven’t heard of an insurance company that’s willing to cover cannabis.

Medical 98

Medical IT Patient-Centered Healthcare 98

GeriPal

MAY 15, 2025

Prior podcasts on the ethics of nudging , and a different trial conducted by Kate and Scott in which the default for hospitalized seriously ill patients was to receive a palliative care consult. And so we simply asked clinicians, have you offered this patient and, or their family the option of care focused on comfort? What is sludge?

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Patient-Centered Hospital IT Illness 116

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

We’ve invited two death doulas, Jane Euler and John Loughnane (who is also a family doc and palliative care physician), to talk about the role of a doula at the end of life. John: I am what I am, which is a family practice doctor. Eric: When I try to think about what a doula does, should I call it a consult? It just depends.

Provider 117

Provider Illness IT Healthcare 117