Take a step back in time to a world where the doctor handed you the bill and there was no insurance company looming in the middle.(Editor’s note: This report was updated at 3 p.m. Friday with comments ...

This article is a section of a longer paper on Direct Primary Care (DPC) that was introduced in an earlier piece -- Health Plan Rorschach Test: Direct Primary Care. The following excerpt from that ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is seeking input on direct provider contracting (DPC) between “payers and primary care or multi-specialty groups to inform ...

For the most part, providers support the Direct Provider Contracting proposal put forward by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, with some stipulations and considerable tweaking. Key ...

CMS issued a request for information on direct provider contracting models as a possible avenue to reduce costs and improve care quality. Direct provider contracts would cut payers out of the equation ...

Over the past several years, the big trend in healthcare has been to inch away from fee-for-service reimbursement and toward value-based care, in which a provider's reimbursement is tied more to ...

Enid, Oklahoma-based Reliant Direct Primary Care, which has two offices in northern Oklahoma and three providers, is a direct primary care provider that sees far fewer patients than a traditional ...

The direct-to-consumer (DTC) model of healthcare may be the future of healthcare delivery in regards to consumer access and potentially reducing bureaucracy. Even Eli Lilly is getting in on the action ...

NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Northwell Direct today announced that it has been selected by Northwell Health to supply the provider network for the health system’s 2022 health care benefits ...

Fewer investors across all age groups are using traditional advisors as their primary provider of financial guidance, according to research group Cerulli Associates. The decline is most pronounced ...

After a decade refining their advice services, Fidelity, Schwab, E*Trade and other online brokerage firms are now rubbing up against traditional financial advisors, according to a new report from ...