A practice model that puts primary care first

Physicians Practice March 7, 2024
Jeff Wells, MD, MBA

Physicians and employers are tired of waiting for the government to fix health care. So they came together and fixed it themselves.

Properly investing in primary care is the No. 1 lever we can pull to fix the U.S. health care system. Up until the 1970s, everyone pretty much agreed, and primary care was the anchor of our health system. But in response to new reimbursement rules put in place by the government and insurance carriers, hospitals began looking at primary care as a loss leader to get the more lucrative referrals in the door so they could consume expensive services like imaging, cardio work-ups, and colonoscopies.

So, hospitals bought up most of the independent primary care practices and layered...

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