Primary care physicians are often called the quarterbacks of healthcare because they coordinate and direct patients’ journeys through the medical system. On a typical NFL team, the quarterback is the ...

CMS’s 2025 Advanced Primary Care Management program pays monthly per-patient fees for care already delivered, yet most ...

Medicare's 2025 APCM billing update pays primary care physicians a monthly per-patient fee for care management; no ...

Despite predictions of severe primary care shortages due to increased health coverage under the ACA, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows primary care appointment availability increased ...

Primary care providers in the United States are in short supply leading to reduced access to preventive and longitudinal care. A recent survey shows that wait times at primary care have increased ...

Medicare supplement plans, or Medigap plans, do not require a primary care physician (PCP) because these plans do not directly cover healthcare expenses. Instead, the primary role of Medigap plans is ...

Buyer-weighted study finds benefits confusion, outreach failure, and fragmented payer workflows, not eligibility processing ...

A bipartisan bill in Congress could finally give Medicaid patients something most of them lack today: reliable, relationship-based primary care. This month, Sens. Martha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Mark ...

Researchers found median wait times varied from eight days to 61 days, with Portland clinics offering the longest wait.