Birmingham is surrounded by several rural communities that do not have reliable primary care systems. This puts pressure on the city’s existing PCPs and alludes to the supply-demand mismatch in ...

According to the 2010 survey by the Medical Group Management Association, the median primary care doctor salary in 2009 was $191,401. The median dermatologist's salary was $385,088, while the ...

Patient access is just one of a host of issues facing the primary care discipline. The workforce is not growing fast enough to meet the needs of the U.S. population, and the country continues to ...

Direct primary care is an increasingly popular health care option, and experts say it may become more common under health policy changes that President Donald Trump's administration is expected to ...

Nearly a third of Americans lack access to primary care services, including routine checkups, while 40 percent of U.S. adults say they’re delaying care or going without because of the financial ...

Primary care researchers and administrators should examine the impact of RN-delivered care, such as care coordination services and nurse-only visits, on patient and financial outcomes ...

The UnitedHealthcare sign on an office building in Phoenix on July 19, 2023. Shareholders of UnitedHealth Group are urging the company's board of directors to prepare a report examining the ...

From August 2020 to February 2021, the percentage of adults with recent symptoms of an anxiety or a depressive disorder increased to 41.5 percent from 36.4 percent, according to one study cited by ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C., on July 21, 2019. GETTY What To Know. The VA has announced that, effective immediately, veterans no longer need a second VA physician to ...

Under pressure to cut costs and drive innovation in care delivery, policymakers in some states have turned to Medicaid managed care organizations. Like HMOs, MCOs agree to provide Medicaid ...

Many health experts are predicting a major shortage of primary caregivers in the near future. A major reason is the graying of the massive baby boom generation: By 2030, 70 million Americans -- 1 ...