President lays out six-point COVID plan, including vaccine mandates covering 100 million workers
WASHINGTON -- President Biden on Thursday announced a six-point plan for battling the COVID-19 pandemic and appealed directly to physicians for help in getting more Americans vaccinated.
Field also continues growing, according to new workforce report
Physician assistants (PAs) reported high job satisfaction in 2020, despite much of the year being marked by the pandemic, and the field continues to grow. That's according to the annual Statistical Profile of Certified PAs, released this week by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
President warns of Delta variant threat, outlines targeted methods to boost jab numbers
The president said that his administration will be working throughout the summer to "wind down" mass vaccination sites, while increasing vaccine access and uptake in a more targeted way, focusing on five key strategies:
Implementing a "door-to-door" education campaign to help inform Americans about the vaccine's safety and affordability
"We should move to global budgets as soon as possible," says Donald Berwick
If the U.S. wants to give everyone access to healthcare, fee-for-service medicine has to go, Donald Berwick, MD, former president of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, said at a webinar on value-based care sponsored by the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy.
Patients need support for mental and physical health all in one place
On the eve of reentry, we must sift through the rubble and start an honest conversation about health. What does it mean to be healthy? Where are our patients currently turning for help? How can we reimagine healthcare to meet both the mental and physical health needs of our patients?
Maryland one of few states with a distribution program
Even as the supply of COVID-19 vaccines continues to increase, many doctors clamoring to distribute the vaccine directly to their patients are finding their requests go unheeded, experts say.
Experts offer solutions to workforce shortage at Senate hearing
Primary care physicians can curb healthcare costs and improve patient outcomes via telemedicine and new payment models and purchasing options, witnesses told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Tuesday.
In a direct primary care model -- what Joshua Umbehr, MD, of Atlas MD in Wichita, Kansas, characterized as a more affordable cousin of "concierge care" -- patients pay a monthly fee based on age.
Most adults in his practice pay $50 per month, and coverage for children starts at about $10 per month, Umbehr told the committee.
LAS VEGAS -- Medicaid patients who received care in a "pregnancy medical home" in Texas seemed to have a significant decrease in hospital utilization, for both emergency department (ED) visits and inpatient hospital stays, researchers said here...
