Primary Care – Physician Retraining and Reentry

California is Investing More in Primary Care. Now It Needs More Primary Care Physicians.

California has made a significant commitment to strengthening primary care. In 2024, the state’s Office of Health Care Affordability established a benchmark to increase primary care spending to 15% of total healthcare expenditures by 2034, … Read More

Every Healthcare Workforce Report Asks the Same Question. They’re Missing One Answer.

Primary Care

Every Healthcare Workforce Report Asks the Same Question. They’re Missing One Answer.

America’s physician shortage cannot be solved through medical school expansion alone. As policymakers focus on growing the future workforce, physician retraining offers an … Read More

Lawmakers Want More Primary Care. Where Will the Physicians Come From?

Primary Care

Federal and state lawmakers are advancing legislation aimed at strengthening primary care through increased investment, spending targets and workforce development initiatives. While these efforts share a common goal of expanding access to care, a critical … Read More

Primary Care Physicians are on the Front Lines of Dementia Detection: New Research Shows Training Matters

Primary Care

Research shows that focused dementia training significantly improves how confidently and effectively primary care physicians detect cognitive decline. As Alzheimer’s disease rates rise and specialist shortages continue, physicians retraining into primary care are positioned to … Read More

Primary Care Is in High Demand — but Underfunded: Retraining Physicians is Essential

Physician Retraining, Primary Care

Primary care is becoming the foundation of value-based healthcare yet remains underfunded and critically understaffed. For experienced physicians, retraining as a primary care physician offers a strategic path to meet rising demand while building a … Read More

When the Doctor is a Dot on a Screen: AI Avatars, Rural Hospitals and the Very Human Physician Shortage

Physician Shortage, Primary Care

When the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services suggests that artificial intelligence avatars might be the “best way” to help rural communities access health care, it’s bound to get attention.

In a … Read More

Retraining as a Primary Care Physician to Serve Rural Communities is a Smart and Meaningful Career Move

Physician Retraining, Primary Care

Rural America is losing family physicians at an alarming rate just as population growth in rural communities accelerates, creating an urgent access-to-care gap. Retraining as a primary care physician through PRR offers experienced physicians a … Read More

New Year, New Lens: Is Primary Care the Career Reset You’ve Been Quietly Considering?

Physician Retraining, Primary Care

The new year has a way of bringing big life questions to the surface. For many physicians, the question that gets raised: Is this still the career I want?

The question isn’t necessarily about leaving … Read More

AI and the Next Generation of Primary Care: Why Physicians Are Rethinking Their Role

Primary Care

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping the healthcare landscape, and primary care may be where its influence is felt most profoundly. A new issue brief from the California Health Care Foundation, “AI and the … Read More

Direct Primary Care vs. Concierge vs. Traditional Primary Care: Comparisons for Physicians

Primary Care

Direct Primary Care and concierge medicine are reshaping how physicians deliver care — offering smaller patient panels, deeper patient relationships and freedom from some of the biggest frustrations of traditional practice. For licensed physicians ready … Read More