Today, the majority of deaths worldwide are due to four noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and respiratory diseases; most of these deaths are potentially preventable. Four sets of behaviors contribute to the high and growing burden of noncommunicable disease: consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and highly processed foods, as well as […]
Collaboration between Primary Care and Chiropractic Care
Doctors of chiropractic practice work in a diverse environment which leads them toward diverse medical settings. The medical settings of chiropractic work with the close proximity of the medical billing service providers this has led to a diverse role for chiropractic specialty physicians looking towards the conventional healthcare facilities. Here are some of the cases […]
How Medical Billing Codes will Address Primary Care in 2018
Primary care practitioners are probably the first contact for many patients for medical requirements, health maintenance, and counseling. Other medical services provided by primary care practitioner includes disease prevention, treatment for chronic illnesses, scans and tests, routine examinations, obstetrics and prenatal care, basic medical aid for injuries, and providing referrals to specialists such as neurologists, […]
4 Reasons Why New York is Short of Primary Care Providers
The crisis is indeed real. New York is facing a statewide shortage of primary care physicians, and it is nowhere near getting resolved. The Healthcare Association of New York State reports over a thousand unfilled physician positions across New York, of which nearly one-third of the shortage pertains to primary care. A primary care provider […]
Inspect Revenue Management Techniques for Primary Care
Primary Care physicians (PCP) treat patients with all types of acute physical, mental, and chronic ailments and diseases. The patients form a wide range of patients; people of all demographics, socioeconomic groups, and so on. PCPs are thus expected to have thorough knowledge in multiple areas. The versatility of the physician ranges from seemingly simpler […]
Top 5 Ways Hospitals can Reduce their Physician Shortage Rate
In today’s times the medical community faces a plethora of challenges and shortage of physicians is one of them. The WHO is estimating a shortage of more than four million physicians and health care workers around the world. So, one can safely say that both, the developed and the developing nations will have to come […]
The Changing Face of Primary Care: An Overview
The shortage of PCPs in the United States has been a well-publicized and well-documented issue. However, the solutions to the various issues faced by primary care in the country have been obscure even after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The complications in finding the solutions to the challenges faced by primary care stem […]
Medical billing to assist Primary Care Physicians in streamlining their practice
The lack of primary care providers in the country is a topic that has been hotly debated among many circles and written about vehemently. Not many medical students are ready to enter primary care due to a lack of great financial prospects for the future. This is resulting in even more shortage of physicians and […]
Hospitalists as Primary Care Providers
In all the states of the US, healthcare is becoming an integrated affair with hospitals combining traditional healthcare services like surgical treatments with primary healthcare activities responsible for elementary requirements of a treatment cycle from blood tests to the coordination of various activities within a treatment episode to ensure availability of all components of healthcare […]
The Primary Care Physicians Shortage in California
California is facing an increased shortage of primary care physicians, especially with a rise in the elderly population, leading to increased health coverage under Federal healthcare reforms. Additionally, 30% of primary care physicians in the state are nearing retirement, being above 60 or older—the highest percentage in any state. However, compared to the shortage, the […]