Episode # 117 – Direct Contracting is Much Larger than Anyone Thinks. Here’s The What, The Who and The Why it’s Inevitable and Unstoppable with your Host Ron Barshop.

In this episode Ron chats about his experiences with direct contracting and his insights into how it is a better way to do healthcare in America. He discusses how direct contracting is better for the doctors, consumer, payer and how it lowers costs for all along with is better for population health. The outcomes from those with direct care are undeniable. Direct care patients have 30%-60% less meds, stays in hospitals, ER vists, imaging, specialist visits, and procedures than non direct care patients. He also dives into how giving patients better and more convenient access to their docs changes everything.

For more information, here are the links referenced in the episode:

https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Contracting/ContractorLearningResources/Downloads/ja0421.pdf

https://med.noridianmedicare.com/web/jeb/topics/claim-submission/mandatory-claims-submission#:~:text=Mandatory%20Claim%20Submission,Medicare%20patients%20for%20services%20rendered.&text=Violations%20of%20the%20requirement%20may,and%2For%20Medicare%20program%20exclusion

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