The state's shortage of primary care doctors is causing increased visits and wait times at hospital emergency rooms. The Primary Care for You plan would shift to a value-based payment system ...

Primary care organizations adopting value-based care are finding that it can improve patient outcomes and create financial sustainability.

First Physicians Group primary care doctors will be out-of-network for Florida Blue Medicare Advantage plans starting July 1, 2025. Approximately 3,800 patients are affected by this change, but ...

Primary care doctors at Mass General Brigham vote to join union, but health system is challenging its makeup By Jonathan Saltzman and Maren Halpin Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent, Updated May ...

The Westfield News Westfield Health Bulletin: physician’s retirement a reminder of importance of primary care doctors Published: May. 24, 2025, 6:00 a.m.

A parade of primary care physicians pleaded with lawmakers to devote new funding toward the sector, warning that staff shortages and long waits for appointments will worsen without action.

Rural Missourians tend to be older and have more chronic health conditions. It makes a consistent primary care provider more important, but rural patients have the least access to them.

Although Massachusetts has the highest number of physicians per capita, it also has the fifth lowest share of physicians who work in primary care.

(WJAR) — The closure of Anchor Medical Associates has thrust Rhode Island's primary care shortage into the spotlight, as the state scrambles to address a shortage of doctors spurred by low ...

Efforts to plug a shortage of primary care physicians in California, while well intended, have been scattershot and insufficient, experts say.

The health care industry is searching for innovative ways to attract and retain talent to address the primary care physician shortage.

The U.S. faces a projected shortage of 40,000 primary care physicians by 2036, which could create significant gaps in care for patients.