They have been a major backer of One Medical Group which has had great success with their primary care model.
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The founders of aQuantive, Amazon, Dell and Expedia have backed Qliance, one of the pioneers of the direct primary care model.
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The primary care model has drawn insurance industry opposition in part because the health insurer middleman is cut out of the equation as doctors are no longer paid by the likes of Aetna (AET), Humana (HUM) or a UnitedHealth Group (UNH).
If primary care practices more aggressively adopt an anesthesia model, we might simultaneously expand access to primary care while improving the quality of the care we provide.
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Consequently, primary care in the old model remains an economic loser compared to sub-specialist practices.
Likewise, primary care doctors are seeing similar phenomena and increasingly there are organizations such as Physician Care Direct and the American Academy of Private Physicians which are setup to transition a primary care practice into a model that can be described as two parts Marcus Welby, one part Steve Jobs.
Changing the business model for primary care medicine is a huge opportunity for healthcare cost savings.
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Direct Primary Care is the only available model that could accomplish these goals.
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Retainer-based direct primary care is exploding around the country providing an alternative for primary care physicians to the insurance bureaucracy laden model most practice in.
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In a DPC model, the primary care physician will not get one dime more or one dime less based on any wrap around utilization.
Second, this model could increase primary care physician pay.
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The challenge for the NHS, where self-help books are already used in many places, is how to implement this model so people have easy supported access in primary care, he said.
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