In fact, Costilla County is among more than 180 federally designated areas that have remained stuck on the primary care shortage list for at least 40 years, according to a KFF Health News analysis ...

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Not a single physician applied. Policymakers have long tried to lure more primary care providers to the areas of the nation that have fewer than one physician for every 3,500 residents.

As one of the nation’s more than 1,000 federally designated primary care shortage areas, Costilla County has many carrots to dangle in front of medical providers willing to practice there ...

Chapman, at UT-Tyler, believes that if primary care providers are only tasked with handling low-level mental illnesses like ADHD, anxiety, and low-scale depression, then the medical field can help ...

Primary care providers say field is ‘crumbling’ Three years after the onset of COVID-19, primary care providers remain overwhelmed, burned out and pessimistic about the future, according to a ...

The researchers examined about 15,000 primary care sites and identified 11 practices that were at the top in quality (based on HEDIS data) and also among the lowest-cost providers, based on annual ...

The federal government counts only physicians, not other clinicians who now provide much of our nation's primary care. This article was published on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 in KFF Health News.