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Home Research Research Library Life in Private Practice Life in Private Practice 2021 Author(s) Chavez, Annette M Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Measurement, and Policy Brief Commentaries Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine When I was 40 years old, and 11 years into practice, I started to plot my premature retirement from medicine. The community hospital that had owned our practice released all employed physicians and later closed its doors. Our office joined a large multispecialty group with a coercive management style. Overhead increased dramatically. Doctors were threatened with pay reductions if productivity benchmarks were not met. Collection of insurance reimbursement was suboptimal, and the system favored doctors who saw very high volumes of patients. Physicians were expected to serve on several time-consuming committees. Our rent increased yearly, while our reimbursements decidedly did not. My 2 favorite partners quit the practice and moved to a small town. I was miserable. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 2015 A Family Medicine Health Technology Strategy for Achieving the Triple Aim for US Health Care Go to A Family Medicine Health Technology Strategy for Achieving the Triple Aim for US Health Care 2019 Experiences of New Family Physicians Finding Jobs with Obstetrical Care in the USA Go to Experiences of New Family Physicians Finding Jobs with Obstetrical Care in the USA 2022 Family Physicians Increasingly Deliver Care in Diverse Languages Go to Family Physicians Increasingly Deliver Care in Diverse Languages
Author(s) Chavez, Annette M Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Measurement, and Policy Brief Commentaries Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 2015 A Family Medicine Health Technology Strategy for Achieving the Triple Aim for US Health Care Go to A Family Medicine Health Technology Strategy for Achieving the Triple Aim for US Health Care 2019 Experiences of New Family Physicians Finding Jobs with Obstetrical Care in the USA Go to Experiences of New Family Physicians Finding Jobs with Obstetrical Care in the USA 2022 Family Physicians Increasingly Deliver Care in Diverse Languages Go to Family Physicians Increasingly Deliver Care in Diverse Languages
2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022
2015 A Family Medicine Health Technology Strategy for Achieving the Triple Aim for US Health Care Go to A Family Medicine Health Technology Strategy for Achieving the Triple Aim for US Health Care
2019 Experiences of New Family Physicians Finding Jobs with Obstetrical Care in the USA Go to Experiences of New Family Physicians Finding Jobs with Obstetrical Care in the USA
2022 Family Physicians Increasingly Deliver Care in Diverse Languages Go to Family Physicians Increasingly Deliver Care in Diverse Languages