Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: High-utilizer patient populations reflect poor health for those patients and high resource use for health systems. Few studies of high-utilization patient programs found improvements in the intervention groups compared to controls. Setting: Safety net hospital/clinic system in Fort Worth, Texas.

Utilities 130

Utilities Primary Care Finance Patients 130

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 15, 2025

During the session, the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians actively represented the interests of its members on a range of healthcare initiatives. What Happened: The Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education did not meet to discuss the bill. The 2025 Alabama Legislative Session concluded on May 14 at midnight.

Insurance 130

Insurance Family Physician Hospital Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In Ontario, patients who move increasingly keep their family physician (FP) because no one in their new community is accepting new patients, creating long distances to seek primary care. Healthcare utilization outcomes included the number of core primary care visits, continuity of care to own group, and emergency department visits.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Primary Care Families Family 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patients without a regular primary care provider (a family physician or nurse practitioner) are considered "unattached,". Outcome measures: Perspectives and experiences from unattached patients on the utility of the CWL. In 2019, 14.5% of Canadians (approximately 4.6 Instrument: Semi-structured exploratory qualitative interviews.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Finance Nurse Practitioner Patients 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Many proposed methods for measuring continuity utilize an aggregation of patient visits. Clinician types included family medicine (FM), internal medicine (IM), pediatric medicine (PED), general practice (GP), obstetrics/gynecology (OB), nurse practitioner (NP), and physician assistant (PA).

PCP 130

PCP PCP Finance Nurse Practitioner 130

CDOCS

MARCH 15, 2021

png]</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:ubuntu">The most successful practices have systems in place that include training in and around patient financing strategies. &ldquo;Presenting Patients are looking for budget-friendly monthly payment options.

Patients 52

Patients Finance Education Utilities 52

The Motivated MD

OCTOBER 3, 2024

However, this is a personal finance blog, and for me, it goes beyond that. Helene highlighted that even wealthy communities and well-financed and well-educated populations can be caught off guard and devastated. Is there anything to be learned from all of this? Low and high socioeconomic classes alike, no one is spared.

Insurance 52

Insurance Finance Community Medical Advice 52