Yes. And, favorable selection to member-funded DPC is likely even greater than that already actuarially documented for employer funded DPC. [D]o economic forces lead to healthier patients self-selecting to a DPC practice? . . . . . . The value proposition for chronically ill patients– needing frequent visits and savings on ancillary services (labs, meds,Continue reading “Do economic forces lead to healthier patients self-selecting to member- funded DPC practice?”
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Medi-Share gives its Christian take on DPC downstream cost savings: $31 — a year.
Christian Care Ministry (“Medi-Share”), whose 400,000 members account for more than a quarter of health cost sharing members nationally, recently acted to allow some of its members to receive credit for their entire direct primary care membership fees up to $1800 per year. That there is a certain synergy between DPC and health cost sharingContinue reading “Medi-Share gives its Christian take on DPC downstream cost savings: $31 — a year.”
HSA breaks for DPC defeat the purpose of HSA breaks
HSAs are intended to encourage more cost-conscious spending by placing more of the health care financing burden on out-of-pocket spending by the users of services, as opposed to having the costs of those services incorporated in payments shared over a wider group of plan enrollees regardless of service use. H/T Blumberg and Cope. HSAs areContinue reading “HSA breaks for DPC defeat the purpose of HSA breaks”
Helping those patients most dependent on DPC means defeating the DPC/HDHP/HSA “fix”.
Plus, two more reasons to reject the “fix”. Direct Primary care clinicians and advocates often point out, accurately, that they serve a broad socio-economic range of patients. The range is well illustrated by a pair of oft-appearing themes, “concierge care for the middle class” and “affordable care for those who fall between the cracks”. InContinue reading “Helping those patients most dependent on DPC means defeating the DPC/HDHP/HSA “fix”.”
Risk adjustment, and more, badly needed for KPI Ninja’s Strada-brag
Amended 6/26/20 3:15AM The Milliman report’s insistence on the importance of risk adjustment will no doubt see the DPC movement pouring a lot of their old wine into new bottles, and perhaps even the creation of new wine. In the meantime, the old gang has been demanding attention to some of the old wine stillContinue reading “Risk adjustment, and more, badly needed for KPI Ninja’s Strada-brag”
Why is subscription DPC the precise hill on which self-styled “patient-centered” providers have chosen to make a stand?
A subscription model is not the most patient-centered way. Consider this primary health care arrangement: Provider operates a cash practice no insurance taken no third party billed Provider may secure payment with a retainer balance is carried refreshed when balance falls below a set threshold Provider may bill patient for services rendered on any basisContinue reading “Why is subscription DPC the precise hill on which self-styled “patient-centered” providers have chosen to make a stand?”
Why a policy wonk like Wyden should kill a DPC/HDHP fix for subscription medicine.
A 1.8 billion dollar subsidy to support subscription-model contraction of primary care patient panel sizes is a problematic policy in a country when there is a shortage of primary care physicians. I came to this trying to figure something out. We hear that Ron Wyden kept the DPC/HDHP fix for subscription fees out of theContinue reading “Why a policy wonk like Wyden should kill a DPC/HDHP fix for subscription medicine.”
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Pandemic effects on DPC enrollment
Possibilities to think about: DPC members who lose employer coverage will have the ability to go to ACA-compliant marketplace plans. Many of these will reach the low income levels at which ACA provides robust cost-sharing reduction is available. The relative desirability of DPC will fall. Some DPC members who lose income will become Medicaid eligible,Continue reading “Pandemic effects on DPC enrollment”
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