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Kaiser Health News: Insurers Embrace ‘Virtual’ Doctor Visits Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz, working in collaboration with USA Today, reports: “Insurers such as UnitedHealthcare, Aetna and Cigna, and large employers such as General Electric and Delta Air Lines are getting on board, pushing telemedicine as a way to make doctor “visits” cheaper and [...]

Politico Pro reports Step one: The health reform law boosts Medicaid pay for primary care physicians for two years. Step two: Everyone wants to be primary care physicians. Specialty physician groups are pressing CMS for a more expansive definition of primary care services, saying a broader definition is more consistent with the intent of the [...]

Access FQHC Learning Portal. The FQHC Advanced Primary Care Practice (APCP) Demonstration Project is a CMS Innovation Center initiative which will assist 500 participating FQHC sites in transforming their practices into Patient Centered Medical Homes. The web portal will provide access to information, resources and technical assistance for participating sites and other interested safety net [...]