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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

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. Family Physicians of St. Family Physicians of St. Joseph has succeeded in doing just that. Joseph, P.C.,

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MN Legislative Session 2025: Key Health Policy Updates

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Key health policy updates from March 3, 2025: MAFP lobbyist Megan Verdeja shares the latest legislative news on health care-related bills impacting family physicians and health care access. Healthcare Access Fund (SF 1572): Proposes an assessment on health plans to support MinnesotaCare and Medical Assistance programs.

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

The Physicians Foundation

adults lacked a usual source of care in 2022—marking the highest level in a decade, despite historically high rates of insurance coverage during this period. North Dakota has the highest percentage of new physicians entering primary care, at 46.6%, double the national average. in 2022, respectively, compared with 34% and 29.7%

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

I’m a family physician by training. Our patients stay with us for just a really long time and longer than any other health insurance. When they connect with the physicians and what we deliver, they stick and they stay with us. I know for a fact that the government or legislators looked to us in Permanente.

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Physician Felons: How to Stay Out of Prison

Pamela Wible MD

military healthcare program $6,000 per tube. His license revoked, his high-risk patients left without care, Aaron was sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for insurance fraud. government convicted him for distributing controlled substances. Remember: First, do no harm to the government.

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Advanced Pain Management in Cancer: Janet Abrahm

GeriPal

Eric: You got this depot in the high layer, so absorption is really governed by the microcirculation to that stratum corneum and skin… Alex: We’re going deep here – Eric said “stratum corneum. My grandmother had a family physician who used hypnosis with her. Eric: Can I ask? Janet: Yeah.

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2024 Summer Pinecones E-Newsletter -- ADVOCACY News

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

This bill proposes to improve the healthcare decision-making and treatment process for prescriptions and testing by reducing the pre-approval (prior authorization) burdens placed on healthcare providers by health insurance carriers. Family Physicians Relieved SCOTUS Preserves Patient-Physician Relationship The June 13 U.S.