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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

With 476 participating primary care practices, MDPCP provides prospective, non-visit based payments known as "care management fees" and operational support from a program management office and Care Transformation Organizations (CTO). Also, patients may not have a choice of specialists, depending on the insurer's network.

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Forecasting and adapting to the family medicine workforce shortage

The Health Policy Exchange

Projecting future physician workforce needs is a challenging calculation that must take multiple variables into account to avoid missing its mark. is actually experiencing a physician shortage that will worsen with population growth, the aging of the baby boomer generation, and an influx of newly insured from the Affordable Care Act.

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

The Physicians Foundation

Developed by researchers at the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Primary Care and co-funded by the Milbank Memorial Fund and The Physicians Foundation, The Health of US Primary Care: 2025 Scorecard report and its state data dashboard track key metrics of primary care performance, underscoring critical gaps at the national and state level.

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Mental Health in Michigan: A Direct Primary Care Approach

Plum Health

I'm Dr. Paul, a direct primary care physician here in the Detroit, Michigan. I've seen firsthand the challenges people face when it comes to accessing quality mental health care. That's why I'm excited to talk about how direct primary care can offer a solution. Hey there, Michigan!

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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

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. Early in the film, family physician Dr. Erin Martin, is featured.

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Questions to Ask Your Doctor

Vida Family Medicine

When it comes to your health, it is important that you have all the information you need to take the best care of yourself. The vast majority of doctors care deeply about their patients and make recommendations with their best interests in mind. What can I expect to happen if I don't take this treatment?

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The US Healthcare System vs…….South Park ?!?!

Noreta Family Medicine

However, this clip was sent to me by another Direct Primary Care (DPC) doctor, and I thought that it was well done and that it deserved to be shared! I called the insurance company to give them a piece of my mind, and magically the price went down at the pharmacy. Insurance companies tend to lag behind current medical research.