Credit Suisse December 1, 2021
We recently hosted a seasoned physician executive for a virtual meeting with a small group of investors on a discussion related to value based care and related topics.
Thoughts on Brick and Mortar vs Physician Partnership Models. Our expert emphasized that both brick and mortar (salaried/employed) model and partnership model have their virtues and drawbacks. Brick and mortar models have fully-integrated enabled practices with multidisciplinary care teams, analytics, aggregated data, electronic medical records, along with health plan data which are used in the processes of bringing patients in. However, the key challenge with this model is scalability. From a physician perspective, they are drawn to this model because there is a lot of support, multidisciplinary teams, preparation pre- and post-visit...