A Practical Plan to Deliver the Quadruple Aim in Your Primary Care Practice Consistently
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New science, new systems, and new payment models make it possible to modify your practice to produce the quadruple aim consistently but the current system will never do it. The slide above shows the most common conditions in an internal medicine practice in order of visit frequency and the revenue from those conditions. The frequency of visits would be similar in an adult nurse practitioner practice. The three most common conditions are hypertension, high cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes. Heart artery disease and other cholesterol issues are also very frequent and related to the first three. Fully half of the most common adult primary care visits are cardiometabolic. Adult primary care practices contain many patients with chronic kidney disease and heart failure as well. These conditions are all related and optimal medical therapy produces better outcomes at lower cost for the patients who have them. Don’t refer these patients. With optimal medical therapy you can retain them in your practice and provide better care while making your practice more secure financially.
A Practical Plan to Deliver the Quadruple Aim in Your Primary Care Practice Consistently
A Practical Plan to Deliver the Quadruple Aim…
A Practical Plan to Deliver the Quadruple Aim in Your Primary Care Practice Consistently
New science, new systems, and new payment models make it possible to modify your practice to produce the quadruple aim consistently but the current system will never do it. The slide above shows the most common conditions in an internal medicine practice in order of visit frequency and the revenue from those conditions. The frequency of visits would be similar in an adult nurse practitioner practice. The three most common conditions are hypertension, high cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes. Heart artery disease and other cholesterol issues are also very frequent and related to the first three. Fully half of the most common adult primary care visits are cardiometabolic. Adult primary care practices contain many patients with chronic kidney disease and heart failure as well. These conditions are all related and optimal medical therapy produces better outcomes at lower cost for the patients who have them. Don’t refer these patients. With optimal medical therapy you can retain them in your practice and provide better care while making your practice more secure financially.