Office visits to primary care physicians dropped 18 percent from 2012 to 2016 among non-elderly adults with employer-sponsored healthcare coverage, the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) recently...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is looking to bolster primary care by awarding $293 million to expand the primary care workforce, HHS recently announced.
The healthcare...
How the healthcare industry delivers and pays for primary care is changing as the country finds their healthcare spending skyrocketing.
Healthcare spending across the country is slated to increase at...
Approximately 13 percent of US residents, or 44 million individuals, live in a county with a primary care physician shortage, according to new data from UnitedHealth Group.
The primary care physician...
Physicians and other healthcare professionals recently welcomed proposed evaluation and management (E/M) documentation changes from CMS that would reduce administrative burden and streamline Medicare...
Demand for primary care physicians remains strong as provider organizations transition to population health management. But organizations are increasingly seeking medical specialists for healthcare...
CMS recognized that chronic disease management is key to lowering healthcare costs and improving patient outcomes by creating a Medicare reimbursement code for chronic care management. However,...
Primary care physician compensation increased by more than 10 percent over the past five years. But the rise in pay indicates a worsening primary care physician shortage, according to the 2018 DataDive...
Practices that performed Medicare wellness visits on at least a quarter of their patients earned greater primary care revenue, experienced more patient assignment stability, and treated patients who...
New medical billing codes for non-face-to-face encounters and alternative payment models are trying to change the way Medicare reimburses for primary care, according to researchers at the Urban...
At first glance, value-based care models appear to work against independent physicians. The risk-based arrangement requires a coordination of services across care continuum — primarily between...
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes used for medical billing did not account for all the care provided by primary care physicians in about 60.3 percent of visits, a recent Journal of the...
High-value primary care practices that achieved exceptional care quality at reduced costs shared six attributes centered around risk-stratified care management, mindful specialist selections, and care...
CMS continues to put the revenue of primary care providers at risk by undervaluing codes for primary care and failing to meet the misvalued code target required by law in the proposed 2018 Medicare...
With the number of specialist jobs rising nearly six times faster than primary care provider positions between 2005 and 2015, industry efforts to control and reduce healthcare spending may be in...
Developing a Chief Primary Care Medical Officer role should help health systems achieve value-based purchasing success by focusing on establishing care coordination systems and improving key quality...
Using a primary care provider versus a specialist as the predominant provider of care and care coordination resulted in similar clinical outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries. But Medicare spending was...
CMS recently announced that the second round of the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) alternative payment model will launch in four regions in 2018. The four regions are Louisiana, Nebraska, North...
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants did not contribute to higher healthcare costs by ordering more ancillary or expensive services compared to primary care providers, a recent American Journal...
