Integrated Care News by CFHA

APRIL 16, 2025

At the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA), we see your agenda aligning with ours in powerful ways. CFHA represents thousands of professionals across the country who are implementing integrated care —the coordination of medical and behavioral health care in primary care and specialty settings.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Margaret Greenough, a family medicine specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA, has opened a new medical practice offering patients the Concierge Choice FullFlex™ program. Her Concierge Choice medical program is available for an annual membership fee. Most importantly, Concierge Choice programs offer patients peace of mind.

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Barton Associates

JUNE 19, 2025

There’s a lot that goes into running a healthcare facility , from managing patient care to ensuring adequate coverage around the clock. What are the limitations of permanent healthcare staffing solutions? As a healthcare facility, your primary focus is on consistently providing the highest-quality services possible to your patients.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

MAY 13, 2025

Your healthcare organization has a vital untapped resource: your patient relationships. The healthcare industry is facing a period of great turmoil and uncertainty. They are even being used to support non-profit fundraising efforts. Don’t let time get away from you. Make sure you are not leaving a valuable asset untapped.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 6, 2025

The New Haven region is a hub for healthcare in Connecticut. It’s home to many reputable healthcare employers, from private practices like the Physicians Alliance of Connecticut to major hospital systems like Yale New Haven Health. Understanding healthcare careers in New Haven County, CT.,

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 30, 2025

How we take a medical history or review of systems, from our choice of words and tone of voice to our body language, can make all the difference in the world in terms of what we learn about our patients. I think this skill is undervalued in healthcare, compared with journalism or criminal investigative work.

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 21, 2025

Most medical practices are still stuck doing piecework. This week’s Journal has a very profound article about why healthcare has not evolved through its technology the way other sectors of society have. 1) Healthcare is not at all customer centered. We meet people where they are and in many different ways.

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California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

MAY 14, 2025

Medi-Cal Minimum Medical Loss Ratio – Increases the minimum medical loss ratio for managed care plans, commencing January 1, 2026. This means patients will no longer be automatically grandfathered in for medications that are not on—or are removed from—the Medi-Cal Rx Contract Drug List (CDL).

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 17, 2025

Just like in the case of other medical specialties , disruptive innovations will have a huge impact on how dentistry will be practiced and how patients will take care of themselves in the future. No one likes to go to the dentist although everyone knows how crucial oral health is and how strongly it is connected to our overall health.

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The Medical Futurist

MAY 12, 2025

Think of the medical tricorder from Star Trek—a handheld marvel that turns uncertainty into clarity with a simple scan. Disclaimer: As always, The Medical Futurist is not affiliated with the company, the review is not sponsored, and it reflects my opinion. While we’re not quite there yet, one new gadget brings us surprisingly close.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

As your trusted healthcare providers in Mesa, Arizona, we’re committed to helping you understand and access the preventive services that can keep you and your family healthy for years to come. At Mesa Family Physicians, we believe that preventing illness is always better than treating it.

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Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

An Escape Fire for Healthcare I recently watched a film, called “ Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, ” a 2012 documentary about how the priorities in the US healthcare system are focused on increasing revenue, instead of on goals that improve health, like preventive care.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The industry was new then, developed largely as a response to the feeling that HMOs were taking over healthcare and making decisions that should be between a patient and their doctor. But it became increasingly clear that not all physicians could transition their medical practice to an exclusive concierge practice. They didn’t.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The healthcare jobs in CT market is growing rapidly; the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects that healthcare jobs will grow nearly 13% from 2021 to 2031, or roughly 2 million new healthcare jobs over that decade. However, like a lot of places, Connecticut has a significant need for healthcare employees at every level.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

APRIL 12, 2025

The need for medical assistants is growing rapidly. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the field will grow by 15 percent from 2023 to 2033 , which is higher than the average for roles that provide support to healthcare professionals. Clinical Tasks The clinical tasks that medical assistants are allowed to do vary by state.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Leading not-for-profit healthcare organization in greater Los Angeles allows patients to choose a closer doctor-patient relationship ​ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY – February 4, 2025 – Concierge Choice Physicians (CCP), the nation’s leading full-service concierge medical service provider, announces today that David M.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 15, 2025

Healthcare is one of the fastest-growing fields in the United States, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics projecting about 1.9 The high demand for healthcare workers means it’s a good time to look for a new job in the industry. Make An Impact on Your Community Healthcare is more than a job — it’s a calling.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 8, 2025

Availability and Requirements Vaccination programs in communities, including schools, childcare centers, community gathering places, and homes, also successfully improve vaccine uptake, especially for children less likely to access healthcare. Addressing vaccine hesitancy requires tailored, evidence-based strategies to address the causes.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Background MARVIN is a chatbot promoting self-management of medication among people with HIV (PWH) and currently providing support for medication adherence and HIV-related general knowledge. PWH face significant stigma and mental health challenges (e.g., messages which intents are not self-harm or insult).

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 19, 2025

In medical practice, vital signs have traditionally focused on four primary measurements , namely body temperature, pulse rate, breathing rate and blood pressure. This is why someone’s looks might not correspond to their chronological age, and this is a factor in medical assessments as well.

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Barton Associates

MAY 15, 2025

One of the best ways to get yourself out of a slump and put some more excitement into your life is to travel—and if you’re a medical professional, taking a locum tenens position offers exactly that. So, as summer heats up, what are the best states for travel healthcare positions?

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 1, 2025

Traylor and colleagues (2025) show that generative‑AI tools can boost health literacy by translating medical jargon into plain language. My 12‑year‑old’s pediatrician had just urged us to add more produce to her diet but cajoling her into eating it felt impossible. Keep it simple because I’m not a great cook.” References Menchaca, J.

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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. The process is aimed at expediting access to prenatal care by allowing eligible women to receive Medicaid coverage and necessary medical services within the first trimester.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 24, 2024

This year’s event was a testament to the vibrant community of family physicians, medical students, residents, and healthcare professionals dedicated to advancing family medicine in Alabama. Dr. Anderson embodies the essence of dedicated medical service, leadership, and advocacy for health equity.

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GomerBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2020

ATLANTA, GA – The most common side effect or adverse reaction healthcare workers are experiencing after the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is hope, Gomerblog reports. “These symptoms have ceased to exist since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, so it is indeed alarming. . Troubling indeed.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MARCH 12, 2025

By integrating patient perspectives, healthcare systems can more effectively tailor and assess improvements in the 4Cs, leading to more responsive, efficient, and effective primary care delivery. So, any concerns that I may have that are mental health but may also be medical, they were able to piggyback. So, I think it’s amazing.”

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Permanente Medicine

APRIL 16, 2025

Affiliation will allow groups to drive high-value care and innovation PORTLAND, ORE, April 16, 2025 – Oregon-based Northwest Permanente (NWP) and The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) of Northern California announced a formal affiliation today. Most transactions are largely focused on size, scale, and finance.

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 11, 2025

But in all three scenarios, either the patient or the person who took the message seemed to have an all-or-nothing mindset, almost like a “true or false” quiz, or “complains of/denies” click boxes in our electronic medical record. We learned this in medical school and residency. Difficile diarrhea.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Concierge, Concierge Doctor, Concierge Medicine: Understanding Personalized Care As a doctor with years of experience in the healthcare industry, I've witnessed the ever-changing landscape of medicine. They're also called direct primary care (DPC) or personalized medical service providers. What is Concierge Medicine? "A

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

Effective blood pressure management requires taking the appropriate medicine as prescribed by a healthcare professional and implementing appropriate lifestyle changes. Read on for an overview of medications used to treat high blood pressure, along with lifestyle changes that can enhance the effectiveness of these medications.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

Effective blood pressure management requires taking the appropriate medicine as prescribed by a healthcare professional and implementing appropriate lifestyle changes. Read on for an overview of medications used to treat high blood pressure, along with lifestyle changes that can enhance the effectiveness of these medications.

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Noreta Family Medicine

JUNE 25, 2024

The US Healthcare System vs…….South Although the medical focus of this video is obesity, I was intrigued by the other highlighted theme – the endless spool of red tape in healthcare. Insert a different medical problem and a different medicine, and this situation repeats itself daily in a primary care office.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The Transitional Care Management (TCM) clinic visit is a uniquely billed visit type to review a recently discharged patient’s hospital course, reconcile medications, and continue ongoing workup. It also decreased readmission rates and saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in healthcare expenses.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

JUNE 12, 2025

On October 6, 2017, a van loaded with medical supplies departed from the Health Center, bound for the local airport. Families received help finding housing and employment, transferring social security benefits, and accessing healthcare. The plane was piloted by a native of the island, deeply committed to helping his community.

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My Green Doctor

MAY 3, 2025

Author: Ishani Majmudar Medical waste is rising tremendously each year, and its implications are not slight. Medical waste is a broad term used to describe any waste products generated at healthcare facilities and includes everything ranging from the disposal of small needles to the energy consumption of radiologic scans.

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Family Physicians of Greeley

JUNE 16, 2023

Navigating the complexities of insurance and healthcare costs can be overwhelming for patients. Understanding your insurance coverage, managing medical bills, and finding affordable healthcare options are essential for maintaining your health without breaking the bank.

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Edge Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

If fatigue persists, consider a comprehensive medical evaluation. How to Diagnose and Treat Vitamin Deficiency Get Tested for Deficiencies Many symptoms of vitamin deficiency overlap with other medical conditions. When to seek medical advice: If you suspect a vitamin deficiency, don’t ignore the symptoms.

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