Paying for a medical home directly, without health plans as intermediaries, could give patients 24/7 access to care while lowering costs to the system as a whole. That, at least, is the claim made by Norm Wu of medical home company Qliance Medical Management, along with a handful of independent primary care practices that have reached the same conclusion. Article [1]
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[1] http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/235830/topic/WS_HLM2_PHY/Direct-Medical-Home-Offers-Healthcare-Without-Insurers.html