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The rapid expansion of $0 cost sharing for in-network PCPs signifies improved beneficiary access, but its uneven distribution raises equity concerns and implies strategic trade-offs in plan design.
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Less than three-quarters of the nation’s young adults have a primary care provider, a trend that researchers from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center say could impair patient engagement and care coordination down the road.
According to a survey of just over 1,000 U.S. adults, only 71% of those aged 18-29 reported having a primary care provider. That’s compared to 97% of those over age 65 who said the same.
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An estimated 174,000 fewer Hoosier children were insured through Medicaid programs in April compared to January 2025, according to a report from Georgetown University School of Public Policy.
That’s a 20% decline — the highest rate in the nation, the report found.
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The primary care relationship, long treated as a fixed feature of American medicine, is thinning on two fronts for the country’s youngest adults: They are less likely to have a physician, and even when they do, most are not walking through the door.
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ACA plan enrollment continues to shrink following the lapse of more generous subsidies last year, according to new federal data.
Sprinter Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Melissa Welch shares her perspective on healthcare’s ongoing journey to create a seamless patient experience.
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Most clinicians say the U.S. health care system has grown less stable over the past two years, and even more expect it to keep sliding, according to results of a new survey that portrays the steady loss of experienced clinicians as the system’s central vulnerability.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched its framework for Medicaid work requirements on Monday, June 1, which are now required under HR-1, or the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) has released its latest Primary Care Dashboard to monitor the health of the primary care system in Massachusetts in collaboration with MHQP.
The dashboard tracks the performance of the Commonwealth’s primary care system across six key domains: finance, capacity, utilization, access, care, and equity. This year’s release includes new measures related to prenatal and postpartum care, expanded data on primary care visits by payer type, and a new utilization domain that captures how individuals engage with the health care system.
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Primary care physician compensation reached nearly $330,000 last year but “increases generally trailed the cost of living,” a new report on doctor pay shows.
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