Healthcare's Highest Return Investment Is Children

About this episode

Chris Johnson discusses the importance of investing in pediatric primary care for Medicaid populations and its impact on community health outcomes.

Send us Fan Mail Bluebird Kids Health CEO Chris Johnson makes the economic and moral case for investing in pediatric primary care for Medicaid populations. Drawing parallels between caring for frail seniors and serving healthy children, he explains why predictable wellness visits, combined with proactive population health management, can transform community outcomes. Chris discusses locating clinics in pediatric care deserts, measuring success through net promoter scores rather than billing c...

People in this episode

Host: James Jordan

Guest: Chris Johnson

Topics covered

• pediatric primary care
• Medicaid
• community health
• population health management
• economic investment

Keywords

• pediatric care
• Medicaid populations
• wellness visits
• healthcare investment
• community outcomes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bluebird Kids Health

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