Our country is in the grips of a nationwide shortage of primary care physicians (PCPs) as pressures on our medical community caused by burnout, administrative burdens and broken payment systems continue...
CenterWell makes home care play through primary care segment
By
Adam Healy
Aug 31, 2023
Humana’s CenterWell has begun to bring primary care to the home as it continues to expand its senior-focused healthcare segment.
Home-based primary care: A great example of value-based care
By
Julie Sacks
Jul 18, 2023
I am proud that the field of home-based primary care (HBPC) is helping lead the charge toward successfully implementing value-based care (VBC) on a large scale.
CMS introduces primary care innovation model
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 12, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) disclosed Thursday that it will be testing a new voluntary primary care model in eight states.
A tale of two transactions
By
Liza Berger
Feb 24, 2023
Two major deals made this a big week for healthcare dealmaking. The first was UnitedHealth Group’s acquisition of LHC Group for a whopping $5.4 billion. A second was Amazon’s purchase of healthcare...
The importance of engaging seniors with primary care
By
Krithika Srivats
Feb 16, 2023
The spectrum of what can be done to proactively address seniors’ health starts with access to primary care.
The costs of avoidable emergency room visits
By
Bethany Doran, MD
Feb 07, 2023
Gaps in the medical system can cause unnecessary emergency room visits.
Primary care’s role in the interconnected world of home care
By
Liza Berger
Nov 18, 2022
What exactly defines home care these days? The lines among the various service lines in the home are blurring to the point it’s almost hard to tell the difference between home care and something else.
How to bring primary care to the homebound
By
Lynn Carroll
Oct 18, 2022
The increasing number of homebound Americans and growing realization that patients do better in their homes are combining with technological advances to drive a shift toward primary care in the home.
The significance of the Signify deal
By
Liza Berger
Sep 09, 2022
The big news coming out of home care this week is CVS Health’s nearly $8 billion acquisition of Signify Health. What is not easy to grasp at this point, though, is just how important this purchase is.