Objectives Under the Affordable Care Act, many newly insured Americans have the challenge of establishing care with a primary care physician (PCP). We sought to examine whether health information technology (HIT) use in primary care practices was associated with anticipated capacity to accept new ...
Research Objective To alleviate the problem of primary care physician (PCP) shortage, policy makers have established new medical schools and expanded medical school class sizes over the last 15 years. However, few studies have examined whether the increased PCP supply improves access to care. We ai...
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absolute number of primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants is expected to rise in the coming years, the increases are not expected to meet the demands of an aging population, changes in service use, and trends connected with a major expansion of insurance coverage. ...
Behavioral Health Integration into Primary Care: a Microsimulation of Financial Implications for Practices. care manager, or a primary care behaviorist model (PCBM), involving an in-clinic behaviorist.Net revenue change per full-time physician.When behavioral ... Sanjay,Basu,Bruce,... - 《Journal ...
When choosing a primary care physician, it is important to consider these five items. “In-Network” providers. Health insurance plans have specific contracts with providers making these the preferred providers for your insurance. If your primary insurance is Medicare, ensure the clinic has primary ...
Category: All Health policy Healthcare costs & financing Primary care Quality Tags: access to care, Healthcare Delivery, patient-centered care, patient-centered medical home, PCMH, Physician, primary care, quality of care Words Matter in Creating Birth Equity – Birth Equity Series Part 2 By ...
“This location allows us to accommodate the growth in patients as well as service the primary health care needs of Lee County. Our patients will have increased access to care from this southern location,” said Dr. Mary Yankaskas, managing physician of Physicians’ Primary Care of Southwest ...
When choosing a primary care physician, it is important to consider these five items. “In-Network” providers. Health insurance plans have specific contracts with providers making these the preferred providers for your insurance. If your primary insurance is Medicare, ensure the clinic has primary ...
Childhood cancer is rare among childhood diseases and requires a high index of suspicion by the primary care physician to entertain the possibility of cancer when managing common childhood diseases. This article presents an overview of common pediatric cancers, their presentations, and how the primary...