The Episode of Care (Part 2): Achievement vs. Activity Medicine
Follow the financial flow, to be in the care model know Let’s start by looking at the dynamics of fee-for-service. In much of today’s healthcare market, primary care physicians make money when they physically see a patient, evaluate them, do things to them, or prescribe some sort of clinical activity. These activities are captured in […]
The Episode of Care (Part 1): Care Models powered by Business Models
I have already put forward my vision of a different model for primary care and healthcare that just IS. And by model, I refer not only to the care model, but also the business model that underpins it. In the next several posts I want to elaborate on what I believe is an important improvement […]
Unfragmented – Features not Firms
If you’ve attended health innovation conferences over the last decade, there seems to be an interesting paradox at work. On one hand, everyone claims to be looking for ways to help engage patients more effectively in their care, which generally means simplifying and focusing the experience while decreasing its complexity. On the other, there continues [&he
A Connected System of Health
Crossover Health is undergoing a foundational shift in our business model, our care delivery approach, and the value we create for our member patients and employer clients. The transition began in March 2018, when we realized that being a medical staffing company operating clinics would only be at best a partial fulfillment of our underlying […]
Full Stack Healthcare
Full Stack Healthcare? Now, that’s an interesting term. Jay Parkinson, MD – our new Chief Designer and one man digital accelerator – recently drew my attention to this phrase. The more I have thought through it, the more I like this concept to describe what we are trying to accomplish with our Connected System of […]