The Prospective Payment Primer Show

05/22/20 • 23 min

On the sixth episode of TAFP’s podcast, Texas Family Doc Talk, we’re joined by Erica Swegler, MD, to discuss changing the fee-for-service payment model for primary care to prospective payment and what that would mean for family physicians and their patients. Dr. Swegler serves on the AAFP Board of Directors, she’s a past president of TAFP, and she owns a solo family medicine practice in Austin.

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The COVID-19 Survivor Show

Tim Martindale, MD, of the Martindale Family Medicine Clinic in Waco, Texas, became ill with COVID-19 on April 5, 2020, and when the symptoms started, they hit fast. "It was not a light thing. It was a powerful anvil knocking me down," he says. Dr. Martindale describes his battle with the disease, several techniques and activities that probably kept him out of the hospital, and what his return to practice has been like.
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The Direct-to-Employer Primary Care Show

On this episode of Texas Family Doc Talk, we’re joined by Dr. Jed Constantz, a strategic consultant in the field of primary care finance and delivery reform. He’s been in the health care industry for more than 30 years, working with payers, employers, and physicians to implement solutions to improve the quality and efficiency of care while reducing costs. He is now the principal strategist at Advanced Primary Care Strategies. We discuss the increasing prevalence of employers purchasing primary care directly from physician groups and practices, a strategy many refer to as direct-to-employer primary care.
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