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Low Cost Doctors Save Patients $26 per Visit
In the increasingly competitive market that defines the nation’s health care system, a recent study examined how price transparency for the cost of outpatient physician office visits could potentially lower rising health care costs. The study found significant price variation Continue Reading …
Caring for the Whole Community
Health centers have been lauded for providing to a large portion of the nation’s underserved population. In a community based primary care setting, health center patients receive culturally aware and focused care that is specifically directed by the patients themselves. Continue Reading …
Appointments in 2 Weeks or Less for Newly Insured
Many pundits and policy analysts were concerned that by expanding Medicaid, primary care capacity might be exceeded thus leading to longer wait times. That concern is one reason why the provided parity in payment between Medicare and Medicaid at the Continue Reading …
The Problem with ACOs & Vulnerable Patients
Growing evidence suggests that (ACOs), which are networks of health care providers (including both physicians and hospitals) with shared financial and medical responsibility for coordinated patient care, are improving health outcomes. For this reason, along with strong financial incentives, are Continue Reading …
Medical Homes Improve Outcomes for Underserved
Healthcare finance and delivery policies are shifting from volume to value, placing the burden on physicians, hospitals, and administrators to identify and implement models that improve quality while also reducing cost. New evidence supports expanding the (PCMH) to achieve better Continue Reading …