A Country Doctor Writes

JULY 1, 2025

I wrote this when I was working for a fairly traditional primary care office, a Federally Qualified Health Center, which did have a somewhat preferential pay rate from Medicare and Medicaid, in part because we offered sliding feee to uninsured patients, in part because we offered a few “enabling services” as the bureaucrats call it.

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The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Health Policy Fellowship three years ago, though I still enjoy working alongside these talented family physicians in clinic, such as Dr. Brian Antono, who recently blogged about his fellowship experiences for Harvard Medical School's Center for Primary Care. CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield joined the program in 2020.)

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 26, 2024

Finding a great family doctor can be a daunting task given the critical role they play in our health and well-being. A family doctor is often your main healthcare provider tasked with everything from routine check-ups to chronic disease management. You'll also want to check the doctor's hours and availability.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 27, 2024

We should no longer be debating whether or not having health care insurance is better than not having it. What we should be discussing is why health care costs keep climbing so rapidly, which leads directly to higher premiums and the proliferation of high-deductible policies that make accessing care unaffordable even for the insured.

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Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Bill Skelton, founder of the Acupuncture Clinic here in Columbia, SC, gave me the film to watch and said he thought that as a Direct Primary Care physician and owner of Noreta Family Medicine, I would appreciate it. As a family doctor who has worked for a large hospital system in the past, I fully agree with this contention.

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Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 24, 2025

The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care Internal medicine plays a central role in adult health, especially when it comes to prevention, diagnosis, and long-term care. And how does it support preventive care? Physicians who practice internal medicine are called internists or internal medicine doctors.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Since the turn of the century, the rise of hospitalists and the corresponding decline in the number of office-based family physicians who provide inpatient care for their own patients has magnified the value of optimizing the handoff from hospital-based teams to primary care physicians.

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