HIMSSCast: What is direct primary care, and how can it help patients?
Zak Holdsworth, CEO and cofounder of Hint Health, joins Healthcare Finance News Executive Editor Susan Morse to discuss the DPC model.
The fee-for-service model of healthcare has been reexamined over the past few years, with alternative models increasingly gaining traction. Zak Holdsworth, CEO and cofounder of Hint Health, tells Healthcare Finance News Executive Editor Susan Morse he believes the status quo payment models are on their way out. The question isn't if, but when.
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Talking points:
- How Hint Health got started.
- How the direct primary care model works.
- The benefit for health systems.
- What about specialty care?
- Employers are starting to explore new options.
- Should insurers be scared?
- The difference between this model and the ACO REACH model.
- The future for Hint Health.
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Flat-fee primary care model helping fill a niche in Texas, but it isn't insurance
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Hint Health rolls out value-based primary care direct contracting network
How a direct primary care model provider benefits from an easy-to-use EHR
