Primary care practices are the first line of defense for patientmaladies, and a broken system would be disastrous across the board.(Photo: Shutterstock)
Primary care practices across the country could be facing a $15billion deficit because of wide-spread cancellations of in-personvisits due to coronavirus, according to a study published by HealthAffairs.
The journal's researchers estimate that over the 2020 calendaryear, primary care practices are expected to lose $67,774 in grossrevenue per full time physician. They added that the $15 billionfigure could double if current telemedicine payment practices arediscontinued.
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P.J. D'Annunzio
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