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Doctors at NYC Health and Hospitals are being directed to cut the amount of time they allot for primary care visits in half .
Shortening each visit would allow new patients to get appointments faster, according to a presentation.
The Doctors Council SEIU , the union that represents physicians in the public health system, says the system should focus on recruiting more doctors, rather than loading up employees’ patient rosters.
The longer wait times come as patients increasingly return to in-person care after relying more heavily on telehealth visits during the pandemic, and as the health system continues to work to expand the population it serves, according to the Mayor’s Management Report . Enrollment in NYC Care , which assigns uninsured patients to primary care providers at NYC Health and Hospitals , was up 16% at the beginning of this year compared with last year , the report found. This story was updated to include a comment from NYC Health and Hospitals and additional details about the directive..
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