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Dr. Pachavit Kasemsap is a general surgeon and a United States Air Force veteran. An accomplished Medical Director and Healthcare Manager, Pachavit Kasemsap, MD, spent nine years as a flight surgeon, a critical role in maintaining the health of airmen.

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Dr. Pachavit Kasemsap is a general surgeon and a United States Air Force veteran. An accomplished Medical Director and Healthcare Manager, Pachavit Kasemsap, MD, spent nine years as a flight surgeon, a critical role in maintaining the health of airmen.

Flight surgeons are medical specialists who work with Air Force personnel. These surgeons must master a set of skills above that of a typical surgeon since the men and women they treat are often exposed to challenging conditions that can have complex effects on their bodies. The job of a flight surgeon is to prevent, detect, and treat the many physiological responses that can result from those challenges.

Flight surgeons require an MD or DO, and they must complete an American Osteopathic Association-accredited program of specialty training. Further, flight surgeons must pass a course in aerospace medicine and complete a residency program. As commissioned officers, flight surgeons must complete officer courses as well and be board-eligible for aerospace medicine.

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Dr. Pachavit Kasemsap is a general surgeon and a United States Air Force veteran. An accomplished Medical Director and Healthcare Manager, Pachavit Kasemsap, MD, spent nine years as a flight surgeon, a critical role in maintaining the health of airmen. Flight surgeons are medical specialists who work with Air Force personnel.

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Primary Care Practices in Need of Assistance to Stay Afloat

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Primary Care Practices in Need of Assistance to Stay Afloat

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Pennsylvania physician Pachavit Kasemsap, M.D. is a medical director manager in utilization management at Cigna and focuses his work on the efficiency and appropriateness of medical programs at the company. In addition to his work with Cigna, Dr. Pachavit Kasemsap is also a member of the American Medical Group Association (AMGA), an organization that aims to improve health and find ways to care for patients at a lower cost.

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Pennsylvania physician Pachavit Kasemsap, M.D. is a medical director manager in utilization management at Cigna and focuses his work on the efficiency and appropriateness of medical programs at the company. In addition to his work with Cigna, Dr. Pachavit Kasemsap is also a member of the American Medical Group Association (AMGA), an organization that aims to improve health and find ways to care for patients at a lower cost.

Recently, the organization published an article focused on the need for primary care practices to get help in response to the current pandemic. The article predicts a dark future for the entire sector unless funding and support are provided.

Currently, office visits have decreased almost 25 percent since the onset of the pandemic with many struggling to remain open. Moreover, according to the Commonwealth Fund, both virtual and in-person office visits have declined since the outbreak. Because of stay-at-home orders across the country compounded by office closures, revenue sources have dropped significantly.

While the federal government has assisted and the Primary Care First has initiated capitation payments (which will not go into effect until 2021), many practices would have to close their doors. For this reason, the Commonwealth Fund, America's Health Insurance Plans, and primary care medical societies, in addition to other organizations, have asked Congress to allocate money for primary practices in the next stimulus package.

Areas of focus include telemedicine coverage and contracting strategies. With this funding, the industry organizations are hoping to encourage insurers to provide telemedicine coverage and rewarding primary care providers for providing patients high-quality care.

The alternative to not providing support is quite bleak. The public could potentially face a healthcare system where it would take six months to get an appointment to see a doctor-and simply because many physicians would be forced to close their doors leaving the ones who are still practicing overwhelmed with a patient load.

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Primary Care Practices in Need of Assistance to Stay Afloat

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Pennsylvania physician Pachavit Kasemsap, M.D. is a medical director manager in utilization management at Cigna and focuses his work on the efficiency and appropriateness of medical programs at the company. In addition to his work with Cigna, Dr. Pachavit Kasemsap is also a member of the American Medical Group Association (AMGA), an organization that aims...

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Certified by the American Board of Surgery, Dr. Pachavit Kasemsap is the former medical director of WellMed Medical Group. In that role, Pachavit Kasemsap, MD, maximized outcome among independent physician groups through collaboration with the operations and provider relations staff, mentoring and maintaining continuous communication with contracted physicians, and recruiting new medical directors. He also raised CMS Star rating to 4.5.

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Certified by the American Board of Surgery, Dr. Pachavit Kasemsap is the former medical director of WellMed Medical Group. In that role, Pachavit Kasemsap, MD, maximized outcome among independent physician groups through collaboration with the operations and provider relations staff, mentoring and maintaining continuous communication with contracted physicians, and recruiting new medical directors. He also raised CMS Star rating to 4.5.

Launched in 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Star Rating System helps consumers better understand the performance rates of nearby health facilities. The ratings are available on the CMS Hospital Compare website. CMS Star Ratings help give patients a prior knowledge of the quality of care offered at local health facilities and the chance to compare the quality of service offered by one with another.

CMS calculates hospital star ratings from data collected from the hospitals; Outpatient Quality Reporting OQR and Inpatient Quality Reporting. Hospitals have to provide a minimum of three measures within a minimum of three measure groups, which must include one outcome group (readmission rate, patient safety, or mortality) to be eligible for an overall CMS rating. Other performance areas include timeliness of care, patient experience, and effectiveness of care.

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Certified by the American Board of Surgery, Dr. Pachavit Kasemsap is the former medical director of WellMed Medical Group. In that role, Pachavit Kasemsap, MD, maximized outcome among independent physician groups through collaboration with the operations and provider relations staff, mentoring and maintaining continuous communication with contracted physicians, and recruiting new medical directors.