Providers try to address mounting delays in care as pandemic stretches on

Like many primary-care physicians across the country, Dr. Trevor Huber is using telehealth to triage patients for COVID-19 symptoms. Read Article

Bringing Primary Care to Southern Dallas

The Catalyst Community Foundation aims to extend care to high-risk communities and attack health inequity upstream. Read Article

Texas physicians are losing money during the pandemic. They want lawmakers to make health insurers pay up.

The Texas Academy of Family Physicians is also asking legislators to expand Medicaid insurance coverage to low-income adults and restore funding for a program that studied racial health disparities.

Texas physicians are losing money during the pandemic. They want lawmakers to make health insurers pay up.

The Texas Academy of Family Physicians is also asking legislators to expand Medicaid insurance coverage to low-income adults and restore funding for a program that studied racial health disparities. Read Article

Call to Action: “This is a Good Time to Redesign Our Healthcare System”

Tens of thousands unite under the Texas Primary Care Consortium to address access, payment, and the uninsured. Read Article

Resources for COVID-19 Testing In-Office

The high volume and staff shortages have placed a strain on the clinics volunteering to absorb network testing at their locations, leading to the difficult decision to discontinue centralized testing as of 7/31/20 so that they can reassign their staff back to their normal daily clinic operations. In between now and then we will continue to serve patients in a limited capacity. As part of our continued commitment to support you through this transition, we’re highlighting options for clinics working toward bringing testing in-house:Get alternative testing site locations.Get in-office step-by-step guide. Read More

How should primary care physicians be paid?

Medical Economics spoke with Christopher Crow, MD, founder and CEO of Catalyst Health Network, to discuss the state of primary care reimbursement and what needs to change. Read Article

Here’s what the future of health care looks like after the coronavirus

May 8, 2020More than 38,000 family physician practices will see closures or layoffs by the end of May, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians estimates. Read More

Dallas-Fort Worth family doctors have a financial plan for the pandemic — and the future

Many want to ditch fee-for-service and earn a monthly payment for keeping people healthy.

Coronavirus already changing medical care in the U.S

The coronavirus pandemic, which has fueled widespread speculation about potential long-term changes to American life, is already causing one important shift: It has accelerated moves to restructure how basic medical care is provided and paid for in the U.S.