Physician's Weekly

JUNE 18, 2025

Cost-Sharing Program Benefits Patient Rashida Khan, PhD , and colleagues presented a case in which a 56-year-old African American woman with a BMI of 40 kg/m 2 was denied insurance coverage for GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy. In addition, she received counseling on medication use, lifestyle changes, and nutritional goals.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Writing in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, two telemedicine experts and a historian at Johns Hopkins Medicine say audio-only telephone visits are an essential link to health care providers for patients without access to video visit options.

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Plum Health

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Affordable Care: The fixed monthly fee for direct primary care can be a more affordable option than traditional insurance plans. Collaborative Approach: Direct primary care physicians work closely with patients, families, and other healthcare providers to develop a comprehensive care plan.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. Alex: We are in the California Medical Facility and we will ask our guest about that. I’ve known Michele a long time, since the Joint Medical Program. Michele: Yep.

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Doctors for America

MAY 30, 2025

This federal law has required hospitals with emergency departments to provide stabilizing treatment, including abortion, to patients experiencing medical emergencies for nearly four decades. Doctors for America’s motion to intervene was filed in Catholic Medical Association v. Department of Health and Human Services et al.,

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 1, 2025

So, in mid-March, he took his family to a primary care clinic at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Nguyen, who is a UTMB postdoctoral fellow in public health and infectious disease, said he asked clinic staff whether his family’s insurance would cover the checkups and immunizations. Then the bills came.

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GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

We sort of set physicians, or I would say we set medical providers up a little bit when we say, you really should us ask, but then we don’t give them the resources or the sense of training about what to do next. One of the things that I do think a lot of men really actually have enjoyed is non medication strategies.

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