This article is a section of a longer paper on Direct Primary Care (DPC) that was introduced in an earlier piece -- Health Plan Rorschach Test: Direct Primary Care. The following excerpt from that ...

For the most part, providers support the Direct Provider Contracting proposal put forward by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, with some stipulations and considerable tweaking. Key ...

CMS issued a request for information on direct provider contracting models as a possible avenue to reduce costs and improve care quality. Direct provider contracts would cut payers out of the equation ...

Healthcare officials and groups offered the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) feedback on its Direct Provider Contracting model, which would involve agreements be between payers and ...

Employers have been trying to figure out healthcare since the days of the Model T. Henry Ford opened his namesake hospital in 1915 with hopes of improving the quality of healthcare for his employees.

Given an Orwellian title, Direct Contracting, launched by Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), was anything but direct. “Indirect Contracting” would have been a far more accurate name, ...

Paladina Health announced this week it is acquiring Healthstat, adding more than 230 clinics to its direct primary care system. Healthstat is a provider of onsite, near-site, shared and virtual ...