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Industry Voices—The future of U.S. healthcare must be primary care-led

Fierce Healthcare

The time has come to recognize the power of primary care to lead transformation of the U.S. healthcare system. There is an old saying that if you do not make time for your wellness, you will be forced to make time for your illness. |

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Virtual primary care provider HealthTap now accepting insurance

Fierce Healthcare

Virtual primary care company HealthTap is expanding its reach to millions of Americans by now accepting health coverage for it services. Virtual primary care company HealthTap is expanding its reach to millions of Americans by now accepting health coverage for it services.

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Digital primary care startup K Health raises $50M in equity funding round

Fierce Healthcare

Digital primary care startup K Health raised $50 million in an equity funding round to build out its AI-powered medical services and fuel its growth, the company announced Monday.

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Primary care goes up against the healthcare disruptors

Healthcare It News

ORLANDO – The future of primary care and how retailers are disrupting the traditional experience was the focus of a fireside chat between Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips, chief physician executive at Press Ganey and Sashi Moodley, chief medical officer at Walgreens. Phillips, former president of Clinical Care for Providence St.

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Senators Whitehouse, Cassidy propose bipartisan primary care payment reform, seek industry feedback

Fierce Healthcare

Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Bill Cassidy want to reform how primary care providers get paid through Medicare, and they also want to hear from the healthcare industry about the best way to do it.

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How virtual primary care can amplify value for providers and patients

Healthcare It News

Primary care physicians are the heart of healthcare delivery in the United States. In addition to providing many crucial health services, they are the traffic cop to all the other forms of healthcare throughout a health system. You contend virtual primary care can amplify value in several ways.

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Primary care reimagined: A virtual front door to healthcare

Healthcare It News

Many healthcare consumers today are disconnecting from traditional primary care, since the current experience is not meeting consumers' expectations, some industry observers say. When consumers disengage, the promise of traditional primary care cannot be realized. You are big on reimagining primary care.