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Dr. Bill Frist, a heart and lung transplant surgeon, served as a U.S. senator from Tennessee from 1995 to 2007, including serving as Senate majority leader from 2003 to 2007. Here he’s pictured during a meeting with President George W. Bush.
When we look back on 2020, undoubtedly a definitive period in our history, perhaps one of our greatest lessons will be the near-miraculous power of partnerships and collaboration.
When we harnessed the greatest scientific minds of the world from both academia and companies and paired them with the financial backing and influence of the most powerful governments, we advanced light-years ahead in vaccine research, viral treatments and diagnostics.
Health Velocity adds partner
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Independent Health pays providers for patient outcomes, not by how many people primary care clinicians get to walk through their front door.
In the four years since the insurer implemented its primary care capitated payment program, the Buffalo, New York-based health plan has moved 630 clinicians to accept a 10% up-and-downside adjustment for effectively managing 20,000 patients health. Providers like the program because it allows them to tailor their practice offerings and stay financially afloat when patients skip visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Independent Health benefits from clinicians increased focus on preventative care, which decreases members hospital and emergency department stays and lowers overall costs, CEO Dr. Michael Cropp said.
How Frist-backed Main Street Health will succeed where others have fallen short
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