Managing your health can be challenging, especially if you have two or more chronic conditions or illnesses. The Connected Care campaign offers information to help you take advantage of new Medicare services that pay for comprehensive care management particularly needed by patients dealing with multiple chronic conditions. If you have Medicare and live with two or more chronic conditions, you may be eligible for chronic care management (CCM) services to help you maximize your health and spend ... [Read More]
Primary Care
How Quality Primary Care Can Make a Difference in Your Life
Primary health care refers to a broad range of medical services and care provided by internal medicine, family medicine, pediatric, and geriatric doctors. Primary health care is a patient’s entry into the health care system. Quality primary care benefits you in several ways, such as accessibility, continuous and comprehensive care, preventive care, and early detection and management of diseases. Better Accessibility and Guidance Most people living in smaller communities or those part of an ... [Read More]
Controlling Your Blood Pressure: How Your Primary Care Physician Can Help
Hypertension, which is also called high blood pressure, is a common but potentially dangerous circulatory condition that develops gradually. It can have no symptoms while it causes a negative impact on your heart and blood vessels over time. Fortunately, many interventions can help you effectively control this condition, including medication and lifestyle changes. Let’s talk about how a primary care physician can guide you toward the right blood pressure treatments for you. Strategies to ... [Read More]
What Is a Family Physician?
Do you have a trusted healthcare professional who you can turn to when you or someone else in your family isn’t feeling well, or gets injured? If you do, you probably have a good relationship with this provider, and they probably know a lot about you. If someone asks you who your “doctor” is, this is the name that comes to mind. You may not realize it, but this is exactly the way primary care is supposed to work, and you have a family physician. When an unexpected medical problem arises, ... [Read More]
The Importance of Flu Shots
As the hot and sweet summer days come to a close, fall approaches to bring us wonderful things like Pumpkin Spice lattes, shopping for costumes and gifts, and savoring the slow roll into the holidays. Unfortunately, it also brings us the flu season. Although it’s most common in the fall and winter months, you can catch the flu (short for the influenza virus) at any time of the year. The flu virus can spread quickly and easily, able to be contracted within six feet of someone who is sick. A ... [Read More]
