Employer and physician groups ask California legislature to mandate health insurers pay $2.5B of prospective monthly payments to primary care practices for 2020, 2021
How Iora Health responded to COVID-19 by quickly shifting to a virtual care model and then fundamentally redesigning their care processes
With primary care practices in financial trouble, private insurance could help by temporarily boosting payments; Would benefit insurers in the long run through avoiding specialist coverage, further practice consolidation
Survey says 50% of primary care doctors report no income from virtual visits in the last 4 weeks, with 13% predicting practice closure due to finances within the next month
MGMA report shows physician compensation has risen 5-9% over the last 5 years; Projecting compensation to suffer as a result of pandemic
Hims & Hers add Spanish language primary care physicians to telehealth service; Targeting 15.1% of American Hispanics living without insurance coverage, offering $39 visits
Major employer groups ask congress to subsidize 90-100% of COBRA premiums for laid off workers, provide direct relief funds to primary care practices, and prevent mergers by practices accepting CARES Act relief funding
Experts opine on how COVID-19 could change U.S. healthcare industry, including telemedicine, employer-sponsored insurance, nursing homes, drug pricing, scope of practice
One Medical posts deeper than expected Q1 losses, but increases 2020 membership targets on better-than-expected Q1 membership growth
Premera Blue Cross launches lower premium PPO plan that requires members to access primary care via 98point6 telehealth app
Stellar Health raises $10M Series A; Building an incentives platform for primary care physicians that pays them for value-based care-coordination activities
CDC study shows steep declines in number of routine vaccinations performed on children during the pandemic
How concierge doctors help patients operate outside the healthcare system, including getting them sought after coronavirus tests
Healthcare loses 1.4 million jobs in April; Dental accounts for 36%, physicians' offices 17%, hospitals 9.6%
Babylon Health partnering with Mount Sinai Health Partners to bring telemedicine app, AI assistant, and symptom checker to New York; UK company intends to grow to operate in all 50 states
Walmart gets unanimous local approval for fifth health center in Georgia; 6,500 square foot facility is being constructed modularly to allow for easy expansion
Analysis: How Oak Street Health, an 80,000 patient value-based primary care center network, shifted to delivering 93% of visits remotely
Collective Health & One Medical study shows 45% reduction in per-member health spending for employees enrolled in One Medical membership program
Analysis: Primary care needs a new operating system; a technical infrastructure that supports a patient-centric, unbundled care experience
