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December 03, 2021
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Primary care practices are relying on bold payment reform to meet CMS goal

Primary care practices are relying on bold payment reform to meet CMS goal

In October, CMS released an Innovation Center Strategy Refresh, describing its proposed destination of the now-common “pathway to value” in our health system.

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November 12, 2021
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Hooked on Primary Care with Erika Visser Aragona, DO

Hooked on Primary Care with Erika Visser Aragona, DO

Prevention, education, relatability and creating a cheerful place in medicine are my cornerstones. They are the motivating factors of why I chose to go into family medicine.

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November 11, 2021
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Q&A: Rutgers program seeks to address PCP shortage, promote workforce diversity

Q&A: Rutgers program seeks to address PCP shortage, promote workforce diversity

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School has launched a program to assist economically disadvantaged medical students while addressing the primary care physician shortage.

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October 13, 2021
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PCPs grant Medicaid work exemptions based on administrative burden, political ideology

PCPs grant Medicaid work exemptions based on administrative burden, political ideology

Researchers found considerable variation in physicians’ willingness to assist patients with a Medicaid work requirement exemption, according to survey results published in JAMA Health Forum.

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October 11, 2021
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Hooked on Primary Care with Jennifer Bacani McKenney, MD, FAAFP

Hooked on Primary Care with Jennifer Bacani McKenney, MD, FAAFP

When I was in elementary school, I would spend my afternoons after school in the back room of my dad’s medical clinic. He was a general surgeon who also did primary care. 

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October 05, 2021
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Q&A: Opioids for pain prescribed more often to white patients

Q&A: Opioids for pain prescribed more often to white patients

Primary care physicians more often prescribed opioids for low back pain to white patients than patients of historically underrepresented groups, according to findings published in JAMA Health Forum.

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September 22, 2021
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Hooked on Primary Care with Morissa Ladinsky, MD

Hooked on Primary Care with Morissa Ladinsky, MD

It’s about mysteries. As a child, I loved the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books, then TV shows like “Dragnet” and “Murder She Wrote.” I devoured Agatha Christie’s works and read all Patricia Cornwell that was put to pen. “Homicide Life on the Streets” and then “Law and Order” with their myriad of spinoffs kept me plied with entertainment. I realized the connection long ago when asked why I practice primary care pediatrics.

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September 02, 2021
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Q&A: American Board of Telehealth launches certificate program tailored to primary care

Q&A: American Board of Telehealth launches certificate program tailored to primary care

The American Board of Telehealth has launched a Teleprimary Care Certificate program to help health care providers better utilize telehealth in their practices, according to a recent press release.

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August 19, 2021
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Q&A: 'Slow medicine' promotes shared decision-making, listening to patients

Q&A: 'Slow medicine' promotes shared decision-making, listening to patients

Adopting “slow medicine” over “fast medicine” confers “real and tangible” improvements in health, according to an opinion piece published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

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August 09, 2021
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Q&A: New designations provide more accurate account of areas with PCP shortages

Q&A: New designations provide more accurate account of areas with PCP shortages

A project that restructured primary care health professional shortage area designations could improve the distribution of primary care clinicians and resources in the United States, according to a recent analysis in JAMA Network Open.

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