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. Little is known about the characteristics of physicians and patients participating in boutique clinic practice models. Study Design and Analysis.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Getting approval from your insurance company before a procedure or treatment may soon get a little easier. said this week that several of the nation’s largest health insurers have agreed to change how they handle prior authorization, a system that often causes delays in care.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 10, 2025

Compared to those with private dental insurance, increased tooth decay would disproportionately affect publicly insured and uninsured children. Lower, but still substantial harms were seen in sensitivity analyses estimating less efficacy from fluoridation. For a 10-year horizon, estimates increased compared to a five-year horizon.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 1, 2025

Officials at CMS say they are looking into whether they can block federal Medicaid or insurance funding to hospitals that offer such care. The letters were sent as part of a broader effort by the administration to restrict gender-affirming care for minors. In April, U.S.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 16, 2025

When there are no medical contraindications, pediatricians should provide adolescents with their contraceptive of choice on the same day as contraceptive counseling as a best practice. “Education on reproductive health is an important step toward every adolescent’s journey into independence and adulthood.”

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

We’ve invited two death doulas, Jane Euler and John Loughnane (who is also a family doc and palliative care physician), to talk about the role of a doula at the end of life. And then John, I’d love to hear from you starting off, you’re a palliative care doc, right? That dawned on me. This is what I saw and heard.

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