Too often, even primary care physicians are on an island when it comes to patient care.
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It reminds us that it is primary care that is in shortage, not necessarily primary care physicians.
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People living with HIV require hospital monitoring, but considerable support is also provided by primary care physicians.
"But the only way primary care physicians get more money is if certain specialties get less money, " he says.
The Chen family are an example to many other primary care physicians who are dissatisfied with the status quo.
It incentivizes doctors to work as primary care physicians and encourages health systems to make it easy for patients to see them.
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The U.S. has about 350, 000 primary care physicians (PCP), a little more than a third of the 950, 000 practicing doctors in the country.
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Forty percent of primary care physicians today who see patients at hospitals are employed by the hospital, which has doubled since 2000.
Primary care physicians can evaluate a person's situation for possible sleep apnea and recommend testing at a special sleep study center if needed.
The Obama Kremlin, er, White House, claims its clandestine doctor survey was simply a fact-finding mission to determine possible shortages among primary care physicians.
Forty-four percent of primary care physicians believe that Obamacare was a move in the right direction as compared to 39 percent who do not.
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Bristol is undergoing big changes, apparently moving away from the mass market--primary care physicians--that has traditionally been one of the most important for drug giants.
Retainer-based direct primary care is exploding around the country providing an alternative for primary care physicians to the insurance bureaucracy laden model most practice in.
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The reason this is so important is that primary care physicians, internists, family practitioners and others, are being driven out of business by rising administrative expenses.
Health care policy experts are increasingly recommending that medical school should be free for students that agree to forgo the specialties and become primary care physicians.
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Physician fees under Medicaid are 28 percent lower than Medicare payment rates overall and 34 percent lower than Medicare payment rates for primary care physicians.
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One report he mentions forecasts that the U.S., with its aging population, will need 60, 000 more primary care physicians than it is expected to have in 2015.
Meanwhile because of declining reimbursements, primary care physicians be forced see as many patients as possible each day in hurried 10-15 minute appointments, simply to make ends meet.
Among its many virtues, according to the survey, the state boasts a high percentage of residents with health insurance, high per-capita public health funding and ready availability of primary care physicians.
And the first step is getting more primary care physicians.
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We need to think more clearly about whether it is more primary care physicians that we need or, instead, more primary care clinicians: nurse practitioners, physician assistants and the like.
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The forward-looking primary care physicians leading the revolution are thrilled that they are rewarded not on their skills at coding billing forms properly but about a partnership with their patients.
An implementation guide book advises primary care physicians to reduce their patient appointments by half the first week. (It also recommends pizza, donuts, coffee, and a shoulder to cry on).
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An increasing number of policy planners are sounding the alarm over the shortage of primary care physicians, a problem destined to grow as Obamacare adds millions to the subsidized medicine rolls.
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Analysts believe a core reason CIGNA and Humana have bought onsite clinic businesses is to ensure they have a supply of primary care physicians as demand increases for primary care.
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This issue of primary care physicians is absolutely critical.
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Despite improving pay and the critical role primary care physicians will play in the future of health care in the U.S., there remains less interest by doctors-in-training in general medicine than specialty disciplines.
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In talking up Rocky Vista, Tien, 53, who came to the U.S. from Taiwan in 1964, speaks often of the need in the U.S. for more primary care physicians--most osteopathic physicians practice primary care.
Are there really too few primary care physicians?
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Primary care physicians need to be dissected as well, handing off routine care such as treating earaches and performing camp physicals to retail clinics and assigning the care of chronically ill patients to disease management networks.
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