4sight Health November 28, 2023
Investing in value based care (VBC) should be a no-brainer, right? Nobody argues that adequate access to primary care is not a prerequisite for value based care. Internist Jeffrey Millstein, a regional director for Penn Primary Care and the author of a recent STAT article, however, bemoans what VBC is doing to primary care access. He complains that VBC is actually decreasing primary care access by requiring clinicians to spend more time on preventive and chronic care services as part of better population health management.
As a result, Millstein argues, some patients who need acute care services can’t see their doctors on a timely basis. Instead, they seek the care they need in urgent care centers or emergency departments. There...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor