MedPAC seeks to lower costs by upping primary care pay.(Practice Trends)

Skin & Allergy News;  April 1, 2008 ;     518 words ......the Medicare fee schedule upward for primary care and to start...Currently, primary care providers...because the fee schedule that favors...adjustment to the fee schedule to increase the payment for primary care, and ask the...

MedPAC seeks primary care pay boost.(News)(Medicare Payment Advisory...

Internal Medicine News;  April 15, 2008 ;     516 words ......adjust the fee schedule upward for primary care and to start...Currently, primary care physicians...because the fee schedule that favors...adjustment to the fee schedule to increase the payment for primary care, and ask the...

Primary care - an overview

Community Practitioner;  October 1, 2003 ;     313 words ...Primary care an overview The challenge for primary care Nigel Starey Radcliffe Medical Press, 2003 ISBN 1 85775...gives an informative presentation on the challenges facing primary care and the UK health and welfare system. The book sets the...

ACTION NEEDED TO STOP DEMISE OF PRIMARY CARE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 30, 2006 ;     700+ words ......issued the following press release: Primary care medicine faces a serious crisis that...a "perspective" piece on this topic. Primary care refers to services provided by patients...or general pediatricians. "A strong primary care base for a health system improves care...

NHS announces crucial investment in new research; GBP3.5m awards boost for...

M2 Presswire;  October 3, 2000 ;     700+ words ......new research; GBP3.5m awards boost for primary care development (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...Development, Sir John Pattison. The National Primary Care Award Scheme funds important new research...high quality patient care in crucial primary care services. The scheme allows ...

University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford Ranked First in...

U.S. Newswire;  April 3, 2000 ;     490 words ......Association (AMSA) Foundation's 2000 Primary Care Scorecard reviewed the production of primary care physicians at the nation's 146 allopathic...medical school graduating physicians into primary care specialties in 1999. "As we begin the...

Literature Review Documents Critical Importance of Primary Care as Part of...

Targeted News Service;  November 19, 2008 ;     627 words ......A white paper, How is a Shortage of Primary Care Physicians Affecting the Quality and...Physicians (ACP) documents the value of primary care by reviewing 20 years of research. An...to support the critical importance of primary care in providing patients with better outcomes...

Commentary: primary care and health outcomes: a health services research...

Health Services Research;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The contributions of primary care to improvements in many aspects...health systems based on strong primary care have better health at lower costs...initiatives directed at strengthening primary care, including increases in the supply...

PRIMARY CARE STANDARDS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ......establishes basic standards expected of primary care services provided in VHA. 2. BACKGROUND...has provided guidance for implementing primary care services throughout the VA health system...Institute of Medicine's definition of primary care provides the foundation of VHA ...

COMPARISON STUDY SHOWS U.S. LOW IN PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN VISITS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ......total of about 30 minutes a year with a primary care physician in a system that is less comprehensive...according to a new study comparing primary care practice in the three countries. Findings...of California, San Francisco. The US primary care average is inadequate for meeting ...

To the Candidates: What About Primary Care?

NPR All Things Considered;  February 15, 2008 ;     618 words ......02-15-2008 To the Candidates: What About Primary Care? Host: MELISSA BLOCK Time 20:00-21...find a single mention of the term primary care. Does no one realize that the current woeful state of primary care medicine in the U.S. is both a likely...

7 ways to save primary care.(Practice Management)

Physician Executive;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Primary care doctors can save health care in the...but only if the United States saves primary care. Three serious problems confront the...variable quality of care At the same time, primary care practices are declining in number, suffering...

Primary Care, LLC Becomes Provider for Secure Horizons, Tufts Health Plan...

PR Newswire;  November 6, 1996 ;     599 words ......NORWELL, Mass., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Primary Care, LLC, Massachusetts' largest primary care physician organization (PO), today signed...first-ever single signature contract between a primary care, physician-owned provider network and a...

A FAMILY DOCTOR 'DISASTER'? ; There's a shortfall in primary care...

The Gazette;  June 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ......potentially larger crisis looms: a shortage of primary care physicians. Some doctors use terms such...disaster" in talking about the state of primary care during the next decade. They say the...rethink how health care dollars are spent. Primary care doctors -- generally ...

Shortage of Primary Care Doctors Inspires Med Students to Establish...

U.S. Newswire;  June 8, 1999 ;     627 words ......medical schools are not turning out enough primary care physicians, says the American Medical...announced their plans for the 1999 "National Primary Care Week," with support from the U.S. Health...of Sept. 27-Oct. 1. AMSA's National Primary Care Week (NPCW) will dedicate itself to...