197. The Future of Primary Care with Shawn Martin

Shawn Martin, executive vice president and CEO of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), joins Josh Israel, MD, and Sean Cavanaugh to discuss challenges with the future of primary care, particularly independent primary care practices. Martin believes that value-based care has helped sustain rural health care practices and health centers, and that the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) will serve as the foundation for value-based care moving forward. Martin stresses the benefits of partnering with support organizations, like accountable care organizations (ACOs), in succeeding in value-based care and outlines opportunities for the AAFP to partner with ACOs to support physician independence, provide value-based care training and advocate for rural health care funding.

0:00 Intro
2:16 AAFP health care advocacy priorities
4:19 Decline in number of family physicians and independent practice
6:17 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and the sustainable growth rate
11:42 Frustration with payments for primary care physicians
13:17 Primary care physician workload
15:36 The impact of value-based care on primary care
17:40 Hybrid payment models
20:24 Employed and Independent physicians
22:40 Partnering with support organizations in value-based care
23:34 How can Aledade help primary care physicians?
25:26 Rural health care, H.R. 1, and the rural health transformation fund
27:41 Training for new family practitioners

Want to learn more?
How rural health care clinics leverage value-based care to improve health disparities: https://aledade.com/value-based-care-...
Rural health update from the Aledade Policy Institute:
https://aledade.com/value-based-care-...
Read more about Aledade’s rural health care partner organizations:
https://aledade.com/value-based-care-...
https://aledade.com/value-based-care-...

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