Can a Subscription Model Fix Primary Care in the US?
Medical subscriptions, a $199 million CEO payday and the race to fix primary care in the U.S. One Medical is betting big that a subscription model can fix primary care. More
Designing a Successful Primary Care Physician Capitation Model
This Viewpoint proposes 7 elements necessary for a successful transition from a fee-for-service (FFS) to a capitated payment model for primary care physicians, all intended to sustain their ability to improve the quality and value of the care they provide while reducing costs. More
A Primary Care Physician for Every American, Science Panel Urges
It’s time to consider primary care a “common good” akin to public education and shore up the foundation of the pandemic-battered U.S. health system, report says. More
Building back better requires strengthening primary care
The U.S. must strengthen primary care, the platform on which achieving better, more equitable, and more affordable care depends. More
What Happens When People Stop Going to the Doctor? We’re About to Find Out
A year of missed preventive medical care is endangering minority communities. More
Changing Pharmaceutical Industry Interaction in US Family Medicine Residencies
Pharmaceutical interaction in US residencies is common. This study explores the extent and type of learner interactions in US family medicine residencies with the pharmaceutical industry and compares interactions from 2008, 2013, and 2019. More
COVID-19 and the Case for Medical Management and Primary Care
Communities of color are suffering disproportionately from coronavirus. The social determinants of health that lead to higher concentrations of hypertension and diabetes can be mitigated by investment in primary care. More
Pharmacists Should Be Part of the Primary Care Team
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC has laid bare many of the flaws in our country's health care system, including a weak public health infrastructure, the terrible and persistent health and health care disparities experienced by people of color and other marginalized populations, our inability to nimbly redistribute vital equipment and human resources, the consequences of chronic underfunding of long-term care, and the utter absence of a functional collaboration between policy makers and the health care delivery system. More
Can PCPs Survive COVID-19? Only If Fee-for-Service Goes
Some form of prospective payment is needed, experts say More
1 in 3 primary care doctors fears having to close practice over coronavirus
Many California primary care doctors surveyed by an Oakland foundation say they are cutting staff and taking other drastic measures to avoid shutting their office for good, as the coronavirus outbreak and shelter-in-place orders empty their offices. More
Primary care is being devastated by Covid-19. It must be saved
Primary care practices, the front line of any health system, are on the verge of going out of business. A new way to pay for primary care could save them. More
1 in 5 primary care practices predicts closure in a month, but telehealth could help
One telemedicine vendor, which is giving away its technology for two months during the pandemic, discusses the value of virtual care during physical distancing. More
Medical Reversals in Family Practice: A Review
Primary care physicians are challenged by the need to stay abreast of current research on a wide variety of topics in an environment of time constraints, evolving literature, and misinformation on health topics that are sometimes promulgated to the public. More
Primary Care Physicians in U.S. Struggle More to Coordinate Care and Communicate with Other Providers But Offer Patients More Health IT Tools
Fewer than half of U.S. primary care providers receive information from specialists about changes to their patients’ care plans or medications, compared with at least seven of 10 in Norway, France, and New Zealand. Overall, U.S. physicians are among the most likely to offer health IT tools to better communicate with patients, but problems of interoperability have led to challenges. More