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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. ABFM Research Read all 2013 Most family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or certified nurse midwives Go to Most family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or certified nurse midwives 2021 How Comprehensive Medication Management Contributes to Foundational Elements of Primary Care Go to How Comprehensive Medication Management Contributes to Foundational Elements of Primary Care 2020 Improving Performance Improvement Go to Improving Performance Improvement 1964 General Practice: A Eulogy Go to General Practice: A Eulogy
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 2013 Most family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or certified nurse midwives Go to Most family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or certified nurse midwives 2021 How Comprehensive Medication Management Contributes to Foundational Elements of Primary Care Go to How Comprehensive Medication Management Contributes to Foundational Elements of Primary Care 2020 Improving Performance Improvement Go to Improving Performance Improvement 1964 General Practice: A Eulogy Go to General Practice: A Eulogy
2013 Most family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or certified nurse midwives Go to Most family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or certified nurse midwives
2021 How Comprehensive Medication Management Contributes to Foundational Elements of Primary Care Go to How Comprehensive Medication Management Contributes to Foundational Elements of Primary Care
