Where Are the Nation’s Primary Care Providers? It’s Not an Easy Answer
(By Rae Ellen Bichell for KFF Health News) Clinicians at Valley-Wide Health Systems never know who will appear at their
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Primary Care
Compensation Is Key to Fixing Primary Care Shortage
(By Michelle Andrews for KFF Health News) Money talks. The United States faces a serious shortage of primary care physicians
Read MoreSmaller Employers Weigh a Big-Company Fix for Scarce Primary Care: Their Own Clinics
(By Phil Galewitz for KFF Health News) With his company’s health costs soaring and his workers struggling with high blood
Read MoreSen. Sanders Says Millions of People Can’t Find a Doctor. He’s Mostly Right.
(By Michelle Andrews for KFF Health News) Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has long been a champion of a government-sponsored “Medicare
Read MoreWill the Doctor See You Now? The Health System’s Changing Landscape
(By Julie Appleby and Michelle Andrews for KFF Health News) Lucia Agajanian, a 25-year-old freelance film producer in Chicago, doesn’t
Read MoreHumana now has 250 primary care centers for seniors
(By Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review) Humana’s CenterWell Senior Primary Care business has opened its 250th center with plans
Read MoreHaven’t Seen Your Doctor in a Few Years? You May Need to Find a New One
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) When Claudia Siegel got a stomach bug earlier this year, she reached out
Read MoreHospitals Divert Primary Care Patients to Health Center ‘Look-Alikes’ to Boost Finances
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) A growing number of hospitals are outsourcing often-unprofitable outpatient services for their poorest
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