Protecting Family Medicine by Changing the Reimbursement Model Post-COVID-19

J Am Board Fam Med. 2021 Feb;34(Suppl):S10-S12. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.S1.200628.

Abstract

The United States spends billions of dollars each year preparing for medical emergencies. Noticeably absent from that budget is an effective process to protect the frontline defenders delivering primary care.

Keywords: COVID-19; Family Medicine; Family Physicians; Medicare; Pandemics; Primary Care Physicians.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • COVID-19*
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.
  • Family Practice*
  • Humans
  • Medicare
  • Primary Health Care
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • United States