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There is a primary care crisis in the United States. We know it because patients only get 8-12 minutes with their primary care physician (PCP) who interrupts them within about 18 seconds and never fully listens to them. Patients are sent for tests, given a prescription or referred to the specialist even though the PCP could-with more time-have figured out the problem without a test, prescription or referral.

Many doctors emerge from their medical training with little knowledge of what and how they are paid. It seems counterintuitive that, after such extensive education, physicians still need to learn about something so fundamental that will affect the rest of their professional lives.

Despite warnings being issued frequently during the years since 1998, and despite the discussion of this issue during any Medicare training you might attend, there are still healthcare businesses that believe they can get by with waiving co-pays without a policy requiring a hardship evaluation.

A critique of the role of an insurance company, payer, exchange or entitlement program

We’ve rounded up our most popular articles from the past year, and each one not only had a big impact when they were published, they continue to prove their staying power through the continued conversations they still create on social media.

Between patient appointments, running a practice, trying to fit in continuing education and dealing with personal obligations, staying on top of bills can be challenging.

Taking a customer service approach to practicing medicine means happier patients and physicians

Physicians, not the federal government, should decide what’s best for patients with advanced illnesses or who are close to death

Attractive to early- and late-career physicians as well as those with nomadic streak

How is “general” supervision different than “direct” supervision for chronic care management services?

The supply of primary care physicians needed to bolster the move toward quality-driven reimbursement models is becoming increasingly stretched.

Will the healthcare industry ever catch a break? Not this year it seems.

We have a new president-elect who plans to repeal the Accountable Care Act and replace it with something “better.”

President-elect Donald J. Trump campaigned on a promise to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act with better health plans and healthcare for all Americans.

We’ve rounded up our nine most popular blogs, which had the most reader interaction, shares and website visits. Read on to find out which topics your colleagues couldn’t stop talking about.

At first glance, physicians in private practice may assume Donald Trump will be good for healthcare.

With limited access to specialty care, HIV patients are seeking treatment from primary care physicians for management of HIV and co-infections.

Pre-exposure prophylaxis is highly effective in preventing HIV transmission in high-risk individuals, but only about a third of PCPs recommend the treatment.

Cross-sector partnerships to promote population health can elevate the role of a primary care physician.

Accountable care organizations are uniquely positioned to help redesign population health, but a new approach is required.

American healthcare delivery is seriously dysfunctional. It takes patients about three weeks to get a doctor’s appointment, they sit in the waiting room for a long time, get 10 to 12 minutes with the doctor and then have a hefty deductible and/or copay despite paying handsomely for insurance.

While the future of the Precision Medicine Initiative is uncertain as we enter into a new presidential term, how can we as clinicians implement tenets of precision medicine right now when treating our patients?

As we approach the end of 2016 and the start of the Trump presidency, it is widely anticipated that there will be major tax law rewrites, and proposals are already being floated outlining significant changes.

Seven funding recipients test technologies that facilitate patient data sharing for larger possible information exchange.

Growing use of computerized records requires planning and practice, experts say. Here are five ways to proactively prepare for an EHR outage.

Population health management demands tracking patient information beyond claims and clinical data.

Primary care doctors are hiring staff and delegating responsibilities to employees as population health brings a new approach to patient care.