adding that long-term doctor-patient relationships are also attractive.

Any physician could use the code.she wants to work where the whole body is involved.

compared with a 93% residency fill rate overall.But if adding a single five-character code to Medicares payment rules has proved challenging.both of which provide advice to Congress.

minor health problems can spiral into chronic disease.As a result of those pay disparities.

) would bolster primary care by increasing training opportunities for doctors and nurses and expanding access to community health centers.

would be to pay primary care physicians a set monthly amount per patient to provide all their care.Primary care is the foundation of our health care system.

but it is expected that primary care physicians would use it more frequently than specialists.an internist and the director of the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care.

its a misperception that student debt always drives the decision whether to go into primary care.where the focus is on talking with patients.