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Missouri Blue plan kicks off medical home pilot
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Mo., has partnered with a subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians to launch a medical home pilot. The Blue plan is rolling out the pilot to... Read more...
What good is healthcare reform without enough doctors?
There appears to be one significant gap that the Senate Finance Committee's healthcare reform bill doesn't address: The shortage of doctors. The American Academy of Family Physicians predicts that... Read more...
Study: Medical groups seeing fewer patients during recession
A new study concludes that family physicians are seeing fewer patients--often because patients have canceled appointments or put off preventative care--actions doctors see as results of the... Read more...
UnitedHealth tests medical home model in AZ
Joining a fast-growing trend, health plan operator UnitedHealth Group is partnering with medical groups in Arizona to test the "medical home" model of patient care. All told, 26 physicians will offer... Read more...
Case study: NY health plan, group test 'medical home' model
While there's much discussion of the "medical home" model at industry meet-ups, few health plans have gotten to the point where they're actually putting their money where their mouth is. Albany,... Read more...
Groups come together on MD performance reporting
Measuring performance is one of the toughest nuts the healthcare industry has to crack. But this time, some important stakeholders have at least come together to handle the problem as a team. Groups... Read more...
Primary care shortage blocks healthcare reform
By the year 2020, the nation will need 140,000 family physicians--a 40 percent increase over what was needed two years ago--according to the American Academy of Family Physician's 2006 Physician... Read more...
