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The first time I figuratively, not actually, met Marshall Allen was the day he did not meet Dave Chase for lunch. Dave was in Manhattan, and he was supposed to meet up with Marshall. But something happened, and Marshall was unable to make said lunch. So, I filled in for Marshall, who I had never met at that point. I zipped uptown to have lunch with Dave instead. We simply could not have Dave Chase eating lunch alone in my home city, I guess; and I was extremely pleased to ensure that that did not happen. Anyway, of course I met Marshall after that—I mean, being his standby and all. This was, I’m gonna say, 10 years ago or more. So, when I saw the beautiful words that Dave Chase had written about Marshall after his death in May of this year, 2024, of course I asked Dave if he wouldn’t mind coming on Relentless Health Value and saying a few words about Marshall and his legacy. Also mentioned in this #healthcarepodcast: Allen Health Academy; Dave Chase, Health Rosetta-discovering archaeologist; Marty Makary M.D., M.P.H.; Doug Aldeen Health Rosetta Click to read the full article on the RHV Web site and listen to the Relentless Health Value Podcast: https://cc-lnk.com/EP443

#DirectPrimaryCare: 1,200 Practices Nationwide. #Subscription Membership. No #Claims. More #Time with Doctor. Direct Primary Care (#DPC) is Paying for a Doctor via a Monthly Membership Fee. They Do NOT Bill #Insurance. There is No Fee or Copay for Each Office Visit and Visits are #Unlimited. Direct Primary Care Doctors Are Most Frequently #FamilyPractice Physicians, but #InternalMedicine and #Pediatricians Can Also Have Direct Primary Care Practices. The Average Direct Primary Care Practice Has a Panel of 345 #Patients, with a Goal of About 600 Patients at Full Capacity. For Comparison, the Typical Fee-for-Service Primary Care Doctor Has a Patient Panel of 2,500. 57% of Direct Primary Care Practices Contract with #Employers That Pay the Monthly Membership on the Employee's Behalf. Direct Primary Care is a Strategy to Increase the #Quality of Care and Decrease #HealthcareCosts for an Employee Health Plan. 

The healthcare industrial machine rolls on. After spending some time in payor land, I figured the below would be a crazy visual to put together. How have the 6 big publicly traded healthcare behemoths fared since 2010, on a pure revenue basis? Since 2010, these 6 vertically integrated players combined (note: including non-premium revenues) have seen their revenues increase 12.1% compounded annually, from $307.8B in 2010 to $1,356.3B in 2023. Transactions to call out include CVS’ purchase of Aetna, Cigna’s purchase of Express Scripts, and UnitedHealth Group aligning with 90,000 physicians while employing 10,000 of those – spending $30B+ in the last 2 years alone on acquisitions. Don’t be fooled – there is still plenty of room for these players to grow as the U.S. population ages. There are plenty of implications about healthcare baked into these numbers. P.S. if you like visuals like these join my newsletter along with 32k+ others here: https://lnkd.in/gniNmHvz

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