Saving Primary Care
Can replacing our fee-for-service model with value-based care save our healthcare system?
The number of Americans with a primary care physician is declining along with the number of medical school graduates wanting to go into primary care. A big reason for this is how, and how much, their work is paid and valued.
Can replacing our fee-for-service model with value-based care save our healthcare system? In this episode, Dr. Farzad Mostashari, former National Coordinator for Health IT at HHS and current Co-Founder and CEO of Aledade, dives into what, why, and how of value-based care solutions.
Farzad is the former National Coordinator for Health IT at HHS, and served as a distinguished expert at the Brookings Institute’s Engelberg Center for HealthCare Reform. Prior to his work at the Office of the National Coordinator, he founded the NYC Primary Care Information Project, which equipped 1,500 physicians in underserved communities with electronic health records.
He has been published in the New York Times, the Journal of American Medical Association, and Health Affairs, among others. Dr. Mostashari received his MD from Yale and his Masters in Population Health from Harvard’s School of Public Health.
Topics covered:
Why we’re facing a primary care doctor shortage, and what we can do about it
What exactly value-based care is, and how it can help improve patient outcomes
Why it’s important to keep physicians independent
If it’s harder to work in startups or federal agencies
The biggest roadblock he’s faced in his work
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