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New Report: U.S. Primary Care System Crumbling Amid Historic Disinvestment and Surge in Chronic Diseases

The Physicians Foundation

Systemic Undervaluation: Disinvestment and fee-for-service payments are hindering physicians’ ability to meet growing patient needs In 2022, primary care accounted for less than 5% of total U.S. Fee-for-service reimbursement models reward procedures over comprehensive care, and undervalue the primary care workforce.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

So it’s been a privilege to be given the opportunity to get engaged on specifically the dementia care side of this. Eric: And looking back at that time, what do you think the healthcare system could have done to help with that? Eric: We had a podcast on Care Ecosystem, another evidence-based model for dementia care.