About this episode

This episode discusses the implications of direct primary care and the removal of health plans from the equation.

EPISODE 10 — Our second episode in a four-episode series on primary care. Today: Direct primary care. What happens when you take the middle man … the health plan … out of primary care? What happens when primary care clinicians no longer have to worry about billing and coding? What new services do they offer? What else do they do differently? Find more information, including additional resources and an excellent transcript, at www.unleashedpodcast.org/#s2e4.

People in this episode

Host: Unleashed

Topics covered

• primary care
• direct primary care
• health care
• billing and coding
• health plans
• clinician services

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Unleashed

Books & works: UNLEASHED: Episode 10

Places: www.unleashedpodcast.org

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