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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

With 476 participating primary care practices, MDPCP provides prospective, non-visit based payments known as "care management fees" and operational support from a program management office and Care Transformation Organizations (CTO). According to MedChi , the average practice received $176,000 in care management fees in 2019.

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The Witness

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Two respiratory therapists, standing at the head of the bed, one using an oxygenated bag to ventilate this patient via his airway tube while the other prepared a mechanical ventilator, ready to be used in the event of our resuscitation succeeding. The case manager. The family doctor was called. My resident physician.

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