HEADLINE: FCC Unveils COVID-19 Telehealth Program, Updates Connected Care Pilot The Federal Communications Commission is using $200 million in funding … More
Category: Doctor-Patient Relationship
More Patients Turning to ‘Direct Primary Care’ | Medscape
Christine Lehmann, MA February 11, 2020 Having quick access to a primary care doctor 24/7 is very appealing to Mick … More
How Chaos at Chain Pharmacies Is Putting Patients at Risk | New York Times
They struggle to fill prescriptions, give flu shots, tend the drive-through, answer phones, work the register, counsel patients and call … More
How Medicare Ruined American Healthcare | Medpage Today
Regarding the King-Anderson bill, the forerunner of Medicare, touted by JFK which eventually was defeated in the Senate… “Edward Annis, … More
Sometimes You Just Gotta Treat It | A Country Doctor Writes:
Notes from a doctor with a laptop, a house call bag and a fountain pen I thought to myself about … More
Trump’s New Vision for Health Care
Hats off to John C. Goodman again! His work in leading the effort for market-based healthcare reform over the past … More
DPC and Self-insured Employers: Lifestyle-friendly Care for the 21st Century
http://ushealthmedia.com/dpc-and-self-insured-employers-lifestyle-friendly-care-for-the-21st-century/ In a typical insurance-based practice, meaningful face-to-face time between doctor and patient is somewhere between 5-10 minutes. Interesting, but … More
Congress and the IRS have stranded patients in SwampCare
Why can’t patients use their HSAs – supposedly their own money – to pay DPC fees? Because the IRS says … More
