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What to Expect During a Primary Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

A primary care visit is your chance to build a relationship with a provider who will oversee your general health. Typically, it includes a full review of your medical history, a physical examination, and a conversation about lifestyle, medications, and future health goals. What’s the Difference Between Establishing Care and a Physical?

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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

Joseph, the family medicine practice is committed to providing exceptional, affordable, patient-centered primary care in SW Michigan without reliance on insurance companies for payment of services. Joseph followed a traditional fee-for-service model, billing insurance companies for patient care. Anchored at 147 Peace Boulevard in St.

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How to Find the Right Therapist

Doctor On Demand

The daily stress and anxiety we face in our lives play a major role in our physical health. Whether it’s a relationship, a child, a job, or any other worry, we all have to deal with our fair share of challenges. If the therapist doesn’t accept insurance, ask if they offer sliding-scale fees or payment plans.

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Getting Answers: A Patient's Guide to Discussing Unexplained Symptoms with Your Doctor

Vida Family Medicine

Health insurance covers only very short visits that are limited to 1-2 problems per visit, leaving little time for patients to be able to share all of the relevant information about longstanding symptoms. There are many factors that make it a challenge to get answers for unexplained symptoms.

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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

You just got to take a good history and do a physical examination, especially when the symptoms are typical, like regurgitation, heartburn, or epigastric pain in an older child or adolescent. Again, otherwise the diagnosis is based on history and physical examination. You want to take a good history on feeding or dietary habits.

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

Nadine: I would argue, insurance doesn’t agree, that anyone with diabetes should be on a CGM at least initially for behavior modification. It has to do with movement and food in a lot of ways- Tamryn: Physical activity, nutrition, dietary changes. Eric: Maybe everybody who gets admitted in a nursing home, just boom, CGM.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

And one of the parts of that was actually doing physicals for the students and putting them in job placements. I don’t see myself in that world.” ” I was actually a program coordinator for a high school at-risk youth program in Indianapolis, Indiana. Nick: And we saw hearing loss in a significant number of our kids.

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