MedLion Management, Inc. announced today that they will be using Helpouts by Google to offer telelmedicine services to its patients. This is the type of innovation we expect from a national leader in the movement to improve Direct Primary Care. Great job, MedLion.
April 3, 2014
April 2, 2014
Direct Care Is The Blue Collar Bootstrap Solution To Our Broken Healthcare System
Yes, it’s true. More and more primary-care and family physicians are launching concierge practices for middle- and lower-income patients. It’s not an April Fools jokes. We literally saw 5 more docs enter the field just this week!
And yes, we’re limited in scope now. But we are radically reshaping how American families get their medicine.
April 1, 2014
45% Of Physicians Say EMRs Make Care Worse And Cost Practices Money
It’s another case of hate to say we told you so. Looks like for too many doctors, their worst EMR fears have come true, proving to be expensive, a drain on staff and technically inadequate. A total of 45% of respondents to a study said that in fact, patient care is worse since implementing EMR.
March 31, 2014
Welcome To The Broken American Healthcare System. Where Dissatisfied Docs Can’t Provide Quality Care.
According to Afshine Ash Emrani, MD, the worst news in healthcare isn’t antibiotic resistance, drug-drug interactions, hospital-acquired infections, and definitely not the alarming rate of obesity in our youth.
No, the worst news is the increasing number of dissatisfied physicians.
March 28, 2014
Major Insurance Conglomerate To Raise Rates By Double Digits
WellPoint surprised industry experts when it announced it will likely seek “double-digit plus” rate hikes. Insurers still have two months before they must submit their 2015 rates, so WellPoint’s prediction could impact other insurers’ rate-setting plans, Bloomberg reported.
March 28, 2014
The Evolution Of Primary Care
For decades, primary care physicians ran their offices in a “physician-centric” manner. PCPs ran their offices during convenient hours, rarely reached out to patients when they weren’t in the office and spent virtually no energy building their brand or their patient experience.
March 28, 2014
America Spends The Most On Healthcare. Tell That To 3,900 People Who Just Lost Their Hospital Jobs.
Affected by reduced payments, hospitals in Pennsylvania cut 3,900 jobs from February 2013 to February 2014. Oh and more layoffs and budget cuts are expected, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry and The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.
March 27, 2014
If 1 in 25 Hospital Patients Get An Infection, Then Let’s Keep People Out Of The Hospital
Healthcare technology continues to advance, but the CDC has new estimates on where infection rates aren’t falling — hospitals.
About one in 25 hospital patients in the U.S. pick up an infection during their care, according to a new estimate from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
March 27, 2014
Half Of Uninsured Plan To Go Without Coverage Past ACA Enrollment Deadline
The March 31 deadline to enroll in health insurance is coming! Half of uninsured people want to remain uninsured, according to a poll released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Are you one of those people? Then we recommend pledging support for direct care.
March 27, 2014
