Nurse practitioners (NPs) topped the list of most recruited providers in Merritt Hawkins’ annual report on advanced practitioner and physician recruiting trends. The results indicate a shift in...
Clinician burnout, lay-offs, and other healthcare workforce challenges coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic are creating issues for primary care, according to a new survey.
About 40 percent of over 700...
Despite the better health outcomes and lower costs that often result from consistent primary care, only 9 percent of total Veterans Health Administration (VHA) spending went toward primary care, and...
Telemedicine use skyrocketed among primary care practices during the pandemic, specifically for those with a value-based payment model, according to a research letter published in JAMA Health...
The US could see a physician shortage of 37,800 to 124,000 doctors by 2034, including shortfalls in both primary and specialty care, according to the latest numbers from the Association of American...
High-quality primary care implementation requires significant healthcare payment reform, expanded telehealth capabilities, and team-based care, according to a recent report from the National...
Far fewer primary care practices are struggling financially a year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent survey from the Larry A. Green Center, Primary Care Collaborative...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened applications for the second cohort of the Primary Care First (PCF) value-based payment model which seeks to drive down costs and increase...
Better-targeted federal relief, continued telehealth reimbursement, and help acquiring personal protective equipment are some ways primary care providers can maintain financial stability as the...
Primary care’s already low share of national healthcare spending is getting smaller, according to a new analysis of tens of billions of private healthcare claims.
The analysis conducted by the...
Walgreens Boots Alliance and VillageMD recently announced plans to open 40 new full-service primary care clinics next year.
The clinics will be operating in major metropolitan areas in the Southwest,...
Medical billing is a major challenge for primary care practices already struggling to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey of nearly 1,500 primary care clinicians.
The...
While patient volumes are creeping back to pre-pandemic levels for some providers, clinicians overwhelmingly agreed in a recent survey that primary care has yet to rebound and it is unlikely to reach...
Practice management issues remain even though significantly more primary care clinicians are confident their practices can stay open over the next four weeks, according to the latest survey from...
“The doctor’s office is dead,” said Nick Desai, co-founder and CEO of Heal, a virtual primary care company that leverages telemedicine and home visits to connect patients with...
It took two surgeries, nine doctors, and over a decade of care for Ashlie Olp to get a diagnosis for persistent leg pain.
The overall patient experience was frustrating for Olp, a physician herself who was working at a private family...
Global capitation payments provide strong incentives for primary care physicians to achieve key quality metrics, including cancer screening and medication review, UnitedHealth Group concluded from new...
Primary care practices are still furloughing and laying off staff to improve financial stability during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent survey of clinicians.
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Primary care practices are slated to lose approximately $15 billion as a result of dramatic declines in office visits and reimbursements during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, reveals a...
Primary care practices continue to be under extreme financial stress as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the latest survey from the Primary Care Collaborative and the Larry A. Green Center...
