A physician who worked for two Pasadena hospices was sentenced Monday to 24 months in federal prison for defrauding Medicare ...

Medicare's fall open enrollment ends soon, which means retirees will soon have to make up their minds as to whether the ...

Take that scenario to a doctor's office where there could be some extreme paperwork associated with answering the phone. Then ...

Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie announced plans Monday to make sure every person in Ontario has a family doctor, ...

What to Expect at Your First Visit Your primary care provider may give you a referral to see a nephrologist if you have elevated Cr (stage 4) or a GFR of less than 30. Some people should see a kidney ...

But for many reasons, there is a shortage of physicians like these in the U.S., and that includes Oregon. Though the state has seen a growth in the number of primary care doctors in recent years ...

Patients pay a fee in addition to their insurance for enhanced access to their doctor. There are still co-pays, deductibles, and other pitfalls about health insurance. Direct Primary Care (DPC ...

“Every body part has a doctor,” she lamented. “I hate it.” Ms. Hendrickson reeled off a long list of her health care providers: a primary care doctor; a cardiologist, because she has mild ...

There is, however, a strategic way to avoid it. A trusted primary-care clinician can serve as both a diagnostician and a guide to avoiding the worst pitfalls of the health-care rabbit hole. These ...

“This cabal wields its influence to favor costly specialty care over primary care, and the prices of physician services skyrocket, year after year,” Joe Lonsdale, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur ...

BOSTON - Primary care doctors at the Mass General Brigham health care system are filing to unionize. The doctors say that the corporatization of health care, physician access issues, and systemic ...

and it plans to accept more primary care patients. It voluntarily agreed to provide information to state regulators related to finances, payer mix, physician rosters, and contracts. For two years ...