Primary medical care in Massachusetts has a dire prognosis, and patients are feeling the strain
Patients are struggling to access care, the physician workforce is aging and dissatisfied, and the pipeline for new doctors ...
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Indie No More: Nearly Half of Primary Care Docs Now Affiliated With Health Systems
The number of primary care physicians affiliated with hospitals or health systems has spiked in recent years, raising ...
Mass. has a primary care physician shortage. A new law aims to help fill it with internationally trained doctors.
The Physician Pathway Act creates a track for physicians who practiced medicine in other countries to be able to pursue full ...
Hospital and private equity affiliations inflating primary care costs, study suggests
Brown University School of Public Health and Brookings Institution researchers have conducted a longitudinal and ...
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Primary Care Physicians: Playing A Key Role in CVD Management
A discussion of the essential role that primary care physicians play in the management of patients’ overall and ...
Shortage of primary care doctors in U.S. comes down to money — and respect
More medical schools say they will no longer charge tuition. But evidence suggests it will take a lot more than a free ride.
New state task force to address decline in primary care
The 25-member task force is mandated with establishing a primary care spending target. The health of the primary care system ...
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Why Aren’t More Primary Care Physicians Offering Contraceptive Services?
Experts say the primary care workforce is well suited to meet patients’ contraceptive needs but the numbers of primary care ...
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HPC lays out possible primary care remedies
Confronting the strained primary care workforce and state residents struggling to get basic preventive care, Massachusetts ...
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Hospital, PE-affiliated primary care docs charge higher prices than independents, study finds
Negotiated professional fees are lower among primary care physicians practicing in independent settings than for those who ...
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University of Oklahoma receives federal funding to improve health care access across the state
Across large areas of Oklahoma and the nation, primary care clinics are a lifeline, providing care for people who otherwise would have to travel many miles to see a doctor. To increase access to vital ...