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HHS proposes pay raise for Medicaid primary care

Primary care physicians who treat Medicaid patients may get a pay raise totaling $11 billion over two years under a proposed rule announced last week by the Department of Health & Human Services.

Docs barter health services for odd jobs

At True North, a nonprofit clinic in Falmouth, Maine, patients who barter for care not only receive treatments they otherwise couldn't afford, but they are truly engaged in that care, Tom Dahlborg,

RWJF: Physicians must help patients navigate high-deductible plans

A study published in this week's Archives of Internal Medicine adds validity to the claim that high-deductible health plans (HDHP) lead individuals to forgo needed care, particularly among