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Practice and Community-Level Variations in Primary Care Panel Size [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Excess number of patients per clinician has been associated with higher physician burnout and may hinder timely patient access to care. Methods: We queried the 2021 Virginia All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) to estimate panel size by identifying the number of unique patients seen by each PCP.

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Payer Mix Association with Primary Care Telehealth Service Trajectories [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Previous studies documented that the type of insurance coverage was associated with the likelihood of a patient receiving care through telehealth. Dataset: Insurance claims submitted to APCD from April through December, 2020. The primary exposure was the percentage of Medicaid patients’ claims at clinic level.

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Conversations about Cost During Weight-Prioritized Visits in Primary Care [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

PATHWEIGH is an integrated approach to support primary care practices in delivering evidence-based weight management and includes modifications to the EpicTM medical record for guidance on treatment alternatives, support for provider-patient communication, billing and coding support, and a new visit type called a Weight Prioritized Visit (WPV).

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Connecting the Patient to Financial Assistance

CDOCS

<p><span style="font-size:16px;"><em>Patient financing made easy with transparent payment options, competitive APRs, and monthly payment plans.</em></span></p> &ldquo;Any patient questions regarding payment plans are directed to us,&rdquo; Crean explained. &ldquo;Providers

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Practice organization characteristics are more impactful than intentions in practice scope of early-career family physicians [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Our findings suggest the need for policymakers and insurers to facilitate mechanisms to support broad SOP to meet patient needs. Understanding patterns of primary care SOP and delivery has implications for workforce and policy planning.

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MN Legislative Session 2025: Key Health Policy Updates

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Mid-Year Formulary Changes (HF 1652/SF 1806): Seeks to prohibit health insurers from making mid-year changes to their drug formularies, ensuring stable access to prescribed medications for patients. Healthcare Access Fund (SF 1572): Proposes an assessment on health plans to support MinnesotaCare and Medical Assistance programs.

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MN Legislative Session 2025: MAFP Priorities in Senate Omnibus Bill

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

LEGISLATIVE DEADLINES REACHED We came to the end of the legislature’s third deadline last week, which means all bills with a fiscal impact in each committee needed to be voted out and sent to the Finance Committee in the Senate and the Ways and Means Committee in the House. Mandating insurance coverage of vasectomies.

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