Primary care providers face an increasingly challenging landscape that limits their time with patients. A report in Annals of Family Medicine concluded PCPs spend almost 6 hours daily dealing with ...

The Permanent Primary Care Nursing Model provides for a comprehensive, coordinated approach to patient/resident care with the best prepared, i.e. the licensed nurse rather than the least prepared in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new diabetes care model could increase the percentage of patients who meet a composite quality indicator ...

The Making Primary Care Model will be tested in Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and Washington. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ...

This article presents a descriptive review of a team-based care transformation model in a large primary care network, including core staffing, process improvement, and extended care teams. Allegheny ...

In January 2023, legislation was filed in Massachusetts (Bill S.750) that aims to improve health and reduce health inequities by doubling primary care investment in the state. S.750 was referred to ...

Medicare is trying again with another accountable care organization (ACO) payment model aimed at primary care doctors, but reactions to the new model are mixed so far. The voluntary model, known as ...

In April 2019, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation announced a new payment model, Primary Care First (PCF). The model, a successor to Comprehensive Primary Care Plus, is designed to ...

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Who’s your doctor? Depending on the age of the person you ask, the answer could vary greatly. Ask a baby boomer who their primary care physician is, and they may proudly name the doctor and tell you ...

Primary care physician recruitment and retention must rely on not only increased financial remuneration, but also on a redesign of workflow and processes. Addressing the mounting primary care shortage ...