Making Primary Care Work

Like many areas in the health and human service field, making primary care programs work—financially and clinically—is a challenge. There is a continual stream of coverage of primary care organizations closing their doors like Intermountain-Owned Physician Group To Close If No Buyer Is Found By March 29;and;Primary Care Plus In Beckley To Close On December 15, 2023.

For those provider organizations that serve the Medicaid population, the post-pandemic reset of eligibility has pushed more people off the roles (see As Medicaid Shrinks, Clinics For The Poor Are Trying To Survive). To date . . .