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What to Expect During a Primary Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

This blog covers everything you need to know—from appointment types and coding to telehealth options and what really happens during your time with the provider. Typically, it includes a full review of your medical history, a physical examination, and a conversation about lifestyle, medications, and future health goals.

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Forecasting and adapting to the family medicine workforce shortage

The Health Policy Exchange

In the mid-1990s, the American Medical Association confidently predicted that the penetration of managed care would lead to a large "physician surplus" and convinced Congress to cap the number of graduate medical education (GME) positions subsidized by the Medicare program.

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Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting Family medicine clinics in an academic medical center in southcentral Pennsylvania. Population Studied Adult patients scheduled for in-person or telehealth visits between 01/2019-06/2023. Study Design and Analysis Retrospective, longitudinal study using electronic health records.

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MN Legislative Session 2025: MAFP Priorities Remain in Play

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Sticking points remaining include reinsurance, paid family and medical leave and whether undocumented residents can qualify for MinnesotaCare. Medical Assistance Rate Reimbursement – Aligning primary care reimbursement rates under Medical Assistance with Medicare rates. We are hopeful they will be included in a final agreement.

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Telehealth for Maternity Care: Qualitative Perspectives of Clinicians and Mothers [Qualitative research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Background The use of telehealth to mitigate the maternity care crisis is an area of great interest. Telehealth as an alternative to in-person health appointments gained prominence at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, health leaders have cautioned about expanding telehealth into maternal-fetal medicine.

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Telehealth Rollbacks Leave Patients Stranded

The Direct Doctors Difference

During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, insurance companies and state & federal regulators really reduced the requirements surrounding telehealth. This has caused many patients to remain concerned about going out to medical facilities for routine care. The rollbacks of telehealth coverage are not helping.

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Primary Care Perspectives on Access to Specialty Care in Rural Communities: A Mixed-Method Study [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

American Medical Association Physician Masterfile Population Studied: Cardiologists, neurologists, oncologists, or pulmonologists; rural health systems leaders. Barriers included workforce shortages, travel times, geography, inclement weather, and insurance limitations. Objective: This study sought to analyze changes in the U.S.