Primary care news and information

Of the more than 8,000 physicians licensed to work in the nation's capital, only 453 of them are primary-care doctors who spend more than 20 hours a week seeing patients, according to a report released Wednesday by the D.C. Board of Medicine.
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Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital has formed a partnership with the other heavy hitter in its market—Florida Hospital's Tampa Bay Network—to offer joint services and programs, and expand its geographic scope.
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Elizabeth D'Alesio has 10 new patients. She prescribes their medications, orders their labs, performs diagnostic testing and provides wellness advice. But D'Alesio isn't a doctor. She's a nurse practitioner who, thanks to a law passed last year, was allowed to open her own practice in Hopedale,...
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New Hampshire agencies that will take the lead role in signing consumers up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act are busy training their staffs and hiring new workers before enrollment opens Oct. 1.
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Federally qualified health centers would receive higher Medicare reimbursements starting next year, under a proposed rule issued by the CMS.
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A new report finds that Massachusetts continues to experience a critical shortage of primary-care physicians and geographical disparities in the hiring and retention of doctors.
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Dr. Jack Padour was burning out. The Ventura, Calif., internal medicine doctor faced falling reimbursement rates and rising overhead. The only way to maintain his earnings was to see more patients. Two years ago, Padour changed his practice to a model attracting doctors and debate across the nation.
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Air Force veteran Dianne Brown is a patient of the Cheyenne VA Medical Center Mobile Telehealth Clinic, Laramie, Wyo. The clinic exists to provide primary care and mental healthcare to “rural and highly rural veterans.” Like all veterans who work with providers at the mobile clinic,...
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The St. Louis Public Library auditorium was filled with a cross-section of city residents: college students, small-business owners, church volunteers, working parents, the unemployed, retirees and more.
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South Carolina's hospitals collectively submitted 46 plans for improving the lives of chronically ill, uninsured residents who frequently use their emergency rooms.
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