Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or dataset: Electronic health record data from 25 primary care clinics in 3 FQHCs in Washington and Idaho PBRN from 2012-2017. 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% were White, 16.0%

Screening 130

Screening Insurance Patient-Centered Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In Ontario, multiple organizations operate under a ‘boutique’ medicine model where patients pay a block or annual fee to access primary care services. Provincial administrative claims data was obtained from the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP).

Clinic 130

Clinic Referral Primary Care Physician Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: One of the most common primary care illnesses is acute rhinosinusitis (ARS). Patients were recruited from primary care practices, emergency rooms and urgent care centers, and the community (e.g., Guidelines currently suggest treating ARS with antibiotics when persistent symptoms or double sickening occur.

Telemedicine 130

Telemedicine Primary Care Emergency Room Patient-Centered 130

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. Objective OurCare is the largest pan-Canadian initiative to engage the public about the future of primary care in Canada. Setting Canada.

Patient-Centered 130

Patient-Centered Primary Care Patients Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

PATHWEIGH is an integrated approach to support primary care practices in delivering evidence-based weight management and includes modifications to the EpicTM medical record for guidance on treatment alternatives, support for provider-patient communication, billing and coding support, and a new visit type called a Weight Prioritized Visit (WPV).

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Finance Insurance Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care physicians and practice teams face well-documented challenges increasing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates among their patients. Multi-level interventions that address patients, clinicians, clinical care environments and larger systems (hospitals, networks, etc.)

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Primary Care Physician Clinic 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Administrative activities, including work related to caring for individual patients and clinic administration, may play a substantial role in understanding changes to primary care workload. Within primary care most administrative work requires both information management and clinical judgment.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Management Nurse Practitioner Family Physician 130

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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, MBI brief enough for the primary care setting have received little attention. Blood pressure control is a major quality KPI impacting reimbursement from insurers for primary care practices.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Hypertension Insurance Patients 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Telehealth became an essential tool to assist care delivery in the outpatient primary care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous studies documented that the type of insurance coverage was associated with the likelihood of a patient receiving care through telehealth.

Telehealth 130

Telehealth Primary Care Finance Insurance 130

Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

An Escape Fire for Healthcare I recently watched a film, called “ Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, ” a 2012 documentary about how the priorities in the US healthcare system are focused on increasing revenue, instead of on goals that improve health, like preventive care. minutes long.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Primary Care Family Medicine DO 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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. Barriers included workforce shortages, travel times, geography, inclement weather, and insurance limitations.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Community Telehealth Referral 130

Noreta Family Medicine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Vonnegut’s book took me on an entertaining and insightful journey, ranging from very short and hilarious tales of his interactions with his pediatric patients and their parents, to longer chapters where he laments both the disappearance of private practice primary care offices and the loss of physician control in the healthcare system.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Family Medicine DO Insurance 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Despite the many well-established benefits of primary care (PC), the percentage of Americans with a source of usual care or with an ongoing PC relationship is declining. Measures were further categorized into 13 access domains.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Insurance Utilities Relationship 130

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 3, 2025

Medical Assistance Rate Reimbursement – Aligning primary care reimbursement rates under Medical Assistance with Medicare rates. Mid-Year Formulary Changes – Limiting the ability of insurers to make coverage changes mid-year. We are hopeful they will be included in a final agreement.

Telehealth 90

Telehealth Specialization Transportation Primary Care 90

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Increasing access to primary care clinicians who are better able to screen and treat pediatric mental health conditions can improve mental health and reduce unnecessary ED visits. The census tracts where patients live who are cared for VMAP supported clinicians versus non-VMAP supported clinicians tended to be more rural (36.3%

Mental Health 130

Mental Health Internal Medicine Family Medicine DO 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Family physician (FP) scope of practice (SOP) has declined, with fewer physicians providing basic primary care services and fewer bridging the clinic-hospital divide. Study Design and Analysis: A longitudinal cohort was surveyed through the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM).

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Families Family Finance 130

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Written by Pat Moody on Moody on the Market When it comes to healthcare, and primary care in particular, it has become increasingly difficult to remain successful as a small, independent practice. Direct Primary Care is owned and operated by Doctors Michael Eggebrecht, Leanne Mancini, Allison Meadows, and James Gendernalik.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Families Family Primary Care 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

Most patients who choose colonoscopy as a screening test for colorectal cancer are referred from primary care to a gastroenterologist or other specialist who performs endoscopy. But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Families Family Board-Certified 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care is a main source for behavioral or mental health care provision in adults. Data suggests primary care settings may be an important place for mental health interventions, specifically for assessing and treating suicidal ideation (SI). 033) while issues with health care cost (β =.149,

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Mental Health Insurance Healthcare 130

Noreta Family Medicine

JUNE 25, 2024

However, this clip was sent to me by another Direct Primary Care (DPC) doctor, and I thought that it was well done and that it deserved to be shared! Insert a different medical problem and a different medicine, and this situation repeats itself daily in a primary care office. The US Healthcare System vs…….South

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Insurance Primary Care Board-Certified 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective(s): This research explores patient navigation between primary care and specialty care to facilitate treatment completion in a health care system. Intervention: Patient navigation program to specialist treatment from primary care with additional referral to behavioral health services.

Behavioral Health Services 130

Behavioral Health Services Primary Care Patients Healthcare 130

Vida Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Please note this is often dependent on your insurance company, not the doctor, so be sure to ask the insurance company about coverage as well! Asking about the cash price if you don't use insurance can be helpful so that you can compare the two options. If so, why are you recommending this one? How much will this treatment cost?

Treatment Plan 52

Treatment Plan Insurance Primary Care Physician Primary Care 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting & Population Studied: Participants were recruited through Capital Area Primary Care Research Network (CAPRICORN), a practice-based research network (PBRN). There was no exclusion based on race, gender, or insurance status. years, 52% were female, 45% were identified as Hispanic, and over 90% had insurance.

Insurance 130

Insurance Clinic Primary Care Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: A quality improvement focused educational intervention delivered over 6 months to primary care practices. Data was collected from mailed quizzes, EHR utilization of smartphrases, and orders and from insurance claims. Kirkpatrick framework used as educational evaluation model.

Utilities 130

Utilities Education Management Healthcare 130

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 7, 2025

MAFP Legislative Priorities in Action The following pieces of legislation, currently under consideration, align with the MAFP’s legislative priorities of reducing administrative burdens, investing in primary care and improving health care access. Ultimately, SF 1402 passed as amended and was sent to the Senate Taxes Committee.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Finance Primary Care Insurance 52

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

JULY 21, 2020

How can direct primary care be a part of that change? We want less insurance demands, less government demands, and less pharma demands on how we practice medicine, so that we can focus on PATIENT CARE and transparency. So how do we create equal access? DPC physicians by nature believe in a free market.

Healthcare 40

Healthcare Provider Primary Care Insurance 40

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.

Transportation 130

Transportation Screening Individual Primary Care 130

Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 28, 2024

One of the most rewarding parts of being a primary care physician is when I am able to work with a patient to help them find answers to unexplained symptoms they have been dealing with, sometimes for years! The healthcare system in the US is not well-designed for the kind of care that is required to get to the bottom of these symptoms.

Patients 52

Patients Primary Care Appointment Diagnose 52

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 27, 2025

As we move into the tenth week of the legislative session, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) lobbyist Megan Verdeja breaks down what’s happening at the Minnesota State Capitol and provides an update on health care bills. The bill supports a coordinated approach to services. Read a summary of S.F.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Insurance Finance Individual 52

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 13, 2025

HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE Health Care Reinsurance ( HF 837 ): Supporters Say: Reinsurance is needed to keep premiums down. State health insurers already contribute to reinsurance through taxes and assessments that go into the general fund, the proposed source for the program. Read a summary of HF 958.

Patient-Centered 52

Patient-Centered Telehealth Management Finance 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Prescribing is the most-used intervention in primary care, and most prescriptions are issued in primary care. 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

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Emergency Room Insurance ER 130

Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 30, 2025

Despite private and public insurance plans fully covering lung cancer screening in the United States, only 10% to 30% of eligible individuals in were receiving it in a recent state-by-state survey.

Primary Care 59

Primary Care Screening Family Physician Family Medicine 59

The Health Policy Exchange

OCTOBER 21, 2020

President in November support a "Medicare for All" style single-payer health insurance program, this issue emerged during the Democratic primary debates as one option for extending coverage to the uninsured and reducing health care administrative costs. Although neither of the major party nominees for U.S. trillion annually.

Primary Care Physician 130

Primary Care Physician Family Physician Insurance Primary Care 130

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Direct primary care offers you and your family top-notch health care, and so much more.like a high patient and provider satisfaction with an improved quality of care. The practice doesn't depend on the insurance company to say whether they will pay for a certain procedure or a particular test, and how much.

DO 40

DO Family Medicine Families Family 40

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results: The proportion of patients with a premium billed for diabetes or hypertension was highest in small urban areas, but lower amongst patients with SMI across all three geographic settings, with particularly low values in metro.

Chronic Disease Management 130

Chronic Disease Management Chronic Disease Illness Management 130

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

They all work fine and there’s some pediatric formulations which you can look up and sometimes insurances will take one and not the other, again, beyond the scope of this episode. You should have the child follow up with their primary care doctor often after about 10 to 14 days on the acid blocking regimen that you prescribed.

Diagnosis 52

Diagnosis Management IT Patient-Centered 52