The Primary Care Crisis – Meaning and Depth
This is Part 1 of a Series on The Crisis in Primary Care by Stephen C Schimpff, MD The primary care physician (PCP) should be the backbone of the American healthcare system. But primary care is in crisis…
Early-Stage Obamacare – How’s it Going?
EDITOR: Opinions of Obamacare, and whether it’s a glass half empty or half full, depend largely on one’s political viewpoint and sources of your information. Opponents of the law, including many in the medical industrial complex with…
Fee-For-Service is Pervasive yet Perverse
The FFS payment model was created long ago, during a time when physicians treated less-complex problems and offered only a few inexpensive therapeutic interventions. It worked back then but a significant percentage of patients today have…