As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in parts of the U.S., many primary care practices are not ready to address the current surge or a second wave predicted to come in the fall.

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 26 states had 14-day upward trends in cases and positivity rates on June 25.

At the same time, practices are reopening to in-person visits in all parts of the U.S. while primary care doctors are feeling uncertainty over the duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on their practice, according to a survey of 730 primary care clinicians in 49 states and Washington, D.C.

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