Shaping Keystones in a Time of Transformation: ABFM’s Efforts to Advance Leadership & Scholarship in Family Medicine
At no time in the history of our specialty have our diplomates faced greater complexity or more rapid transformation of […]
Practice Predictors of Buprenorphine Prescribing by Family Physicians
INTRODUCTION: Both opioid use disorder and mortality for opioid overdoses are increasing. Family physicians (FPs) can treat opioid use disorder […]
Why Are Early Career Family Physicians Driving Increases in Buprenorphine Prescribing?
The opioid crisis in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. The most recent data from the National Center for […]
Taking a Closer Look at Mental Health Treatment Differences: Effectiveness of Mental Health Treatment by Provider Type in Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Objectives: To estimate racial/ethnic differences in the extent to which mental health treatment is obtained from mental health providers, primary […]
Characteristics of Office-Based Buprenorphine Prescribers for Medicare Patients
Introduction: Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a major and growing public health concern, and Medicare patients have nearly double the […]
Early-Career and Graduating Physicians More Likely to Prescribe Buprenorphine
Using data from 2016 to 2018, we demonstrate a sharp increase in graduating family medicine residents and early-career family physicians […]
Changes and Variation in Medicare Graduate Medical Education Payments
Graduate medical education (GME), the training of resident physicians, is funded by GME payments to hospitals and health systems, largely […]
Payment Structures That Support Social Care Integration With Clinical Care: Social Deprivation Indices and Novel Payment Models
The U.S. lags behind other developed countries in the use of indices and novel reimbursement models to adjust for social […]
Comparing Comprehensiveness in Primary Care Specialties and Their Effects on Healthcare Costs and Hospitalizations in Medicare Beneficiaries
Four essential features of primary care, identified by Barbara Starfield, include the following: first contact, continuity, coordination, and comprehensiveness.1 Comprehensiveness, […]
How Physicians Prepare for Maintenance of Certification Exams: A Qualitative Study
PURPOSE: Little is known about how board-certified physicians prepare for their periodic maintenance of certification (MOC) examinations. This qualitative study […]
