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Clinical Care
How to Reduce Anxiety and Burnout at Primary Care PracticesChange such as the adoption of new information technology can wreak havoc among primary care practice staff members.
Innovation
Walgreens and VillageMD to Open Hundreds of Primary Care Offices in Retail LocationsRetail healthcare sector heats up with five-year plan calling for opening up to 700 full-service physician offices co-located in Walgreens...
Finance
Primary Care Practice Losses Could Total $15.1B Nationally Over the course of 2020, primary care practices will be expected to lose an estimated $67,774 in gross revenue per...
Innovation
Is Virtual Primary Care the Next Big Disrupter in Telehealth?The career path of MDLIVE's new chief medical officer may reflect the trajectory of primary care practitioners as the industry...
Clinical Care
Physician Practices Pursue Four Financial Strategies to Survive Pandemic The COVID-19 crisis has been a financial fiasco for physician practices, including decreased patient volume and canceled elective surgeries.
Clinical Care
When a Doctor No Longer Accepts Medicare, Patients Left Holding the BagMany primary care doctors have argued that Medicare doesn't reimburse them adequately and requires too much paperwork.
Clinical Care
Rapid Changes to Health System Spurred By COVID Might Be Here to StayBut the COVID-19 pandemic has forced sudden major changes to the nation's health care system that are unlikely to be...
Clinical Care
Primary Care Accounts for Small Percentage of Total Healthcare SpendingNew research shows that primary care accounted for 5.4% of total healthcare expenditures in 2016.
Clinical Care
More Than Half of Seniors Report Coronavirus-related Care DisruptionA survey of more than 1,000 elderly adults found that 39% canceled or delayed non-essential medical treatment, 32% cancelled primary...
Nursing
California Shies Away From Calls To Eliminate Restrictions On Nurse PractitionersCalifornia allows nurse practitioners to work only under the supervision of a doctor, and most limitations on their practice are...
Clinical Care
How AHN is Managing Patient Access During the Coronavirus PandemicAllegheny Health Network has set patient access strategies for hospitals and primary care.
Clinical Care
Primary Care Providers Blame COVID-19 for 'Severe' Strain on PracticesMore than half (54%) of primary care practices are conducting the majority of their visits by telephone.